Colin Fitts answers questions from readers in his weekly mailbag. If you want your questions answered in a straightforward, ‘tell it how it is’ way, email or tweet Colin your questions about the hockey world. Enjoy!
@FittsTHW Who’s performance has been more impressive at the Worlds, In your opinion: Pekka
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Rinne, Joel Ward or Mikael Backlund?
— Steven Ellis (@StevenEllisNHL) May 20, 2014
First off, thanks to good friend Steven Ellis for giving me my first question in the new mailbag series on TwoPadStack.net. Because this question would be best answered at the end of the tournament, I waited.
Each of these players undoubtedly played their best hockey at the World Championships in 2014. Although Team Canada winger Joel Ward did not rack up a large sum of ice time most games, averaging 13:47 of ice time, he was consistently scoring goals for the red and white. At the end of the tournament, Ward totaled 6 goals, 3 assists in 8 games. Ward had the scoring touch and could not seem to miss.
Meanwhile, after getting snubbed from the Sochi Olympic roster earlier this year, Mikael Backlund had the opportunity to show the Tre Kronor what they were missing in Russia. The Calgary Flames forward helped lead Sweden to a bronze medal, scoring 8 points (5 goals, 3 assists) in 10 games. Despite scoring success, Backlund was still frustrated during a semi-finals match against Russia, when he did this that earned him a 25 minute penalty.
#Flames C Mikael Backlund given 25 penalty minutes (charging + game misc) at the end of RUS-SWE semi-final for this: https://t.co/fUpM7czKbj
— Darren Haynes (@DarrenWHaynes) May 24, 2014
However, neither Ward nor Backlund’s strong performances in Minsk could match up to Finnish netminder Pekka Rinne’s. Rinne, who was unenthusiastically cleared by team doctors at the last minute before the tournament, finished with 5 wins in 9 starts, 3 shutouts, 1.88 GAA and .928 save %. This excellence in net was recognized by tournament media as he was named MVP of the tournament.
