Power of Brotherhood

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In my last .com article I talked about this being Thor Reingaard's 3rd WJC tournament with the only significant thing about this one being he would play with his brother Leif and cousin Lionel Collberg for the first time since their VHLM days. Well the tournament has come and gone and the power of these 3 players was nothing but unbelievable. Team World if you did not know, finished dead last the past two tournament. This time team world started the tournament hot and if not for dropping a couple of key games they could've flipped the script and finished 1st after pool play but instead Team World settled for 2nd place heading into the bracket stage.

 

Through pool play the family Trio but up good number to help support the team, Thor put up 4 points (1G,3A, +5), Leif put up 9 points (3G,9A, +0) and Lionel put up 13 points (1G,12A, +7). Team World's first matchup in playoffs was Team Asia who they defeated 4-1 with Thor being 1st star after a nice 3 point performance. On the other side of the bracket Team USA the 4 seed upset the top dog of the tournament Team Europe to play for Gold. It was in the gold medal game however where Team World would show how strong they were with a 3-1 Gold Medal clinching victory. In the playoff stage Thor would put up 4 points (2G,2A, +3), Leif would put up 3 points(1G,2A, +3), and Lionel wouldn't put up any however.

 

Nevertheless a terrific tournament by Team World, a very proud moment for the country of Greenland from the players representing them and hopefully the next time the 3 relatives get together it will be in the World Cup.