Red Wings Swede Shrugs Off Norwegian Shade

Hockey in Scandinavia has a long memory, and apparently so does the trash talk. The Red Wings Swede is taking the Norwegian mocking in stride, which is usually the calm way of saying he knows exactly what is being said and is not giving anybody the satisfaction. That kind of edge travels well in hockey, where a little national pride can turn into a very personal scoreboard. Detroit has seen enough of this stuff to know that the noise matters less than how a player answers it.