Markus Näslund: Difference between revisions

Näslund continued to play in junior tournaments over the next two years, competing in the [[1992 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1992]] and [[1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1993 World Junior Championships]], where Sweden won back-to-back silver medals. During his first tournament appearance in Germany, he recorded 10&nbsp;points, ranking third among all players, including a tournament-leading eight goals (tied with four others).<ref>{{cite web|title=1991–92 WJC-20|url=http://www.eliteprospects.com/league.php?leagueid=WJC-20&season=1991|accessdate=2010-10-16|publisher=Elite Hockey Prospects}}</ref> Sweden finished second in the tournament's round-robin format to the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]] with a record of five wins, one loss and one tie.<ref>{{cite web|title=WJHC History – 1992|url=https://www.tsn.ca/World_jrs/feature/?fid=3804|accessdate=2010-10-22|publisher=[[The Sports Network]]}}</ref>

 

 

Näslund made his senior international debut later that year at the [[1993 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1993 World Championships]] in [[Munich]] and [[Dortmund|Dortmund, Germany]], where he earned another silver medal with Sweden.<ref name="wc medals">{{cite news|title=IIHF World Championship|url=http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/history/all-medallists/men.html|accessdate=2010-10-22|publisher=[[International Ice Hockey Federation]]}}</ref> He contributed a goal and an assist over eight games. Three years later, he was added to Sweden's roster for the [[1996 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1996 World Championships]] in [[Vienna|Vienna, Austria]], after the Canucks were eliminated in the NHL playoffs.{{#tag:ref|The World Championships and the NHL playoffs occur simultaneously.|group=notes}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Markus Naslund|url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=11174|accessdate=2010-10-22|publisher=[[Hockey Hall of Fame]]}}</ref> He was pointless while competing in one game, as Sweden failed to medal.<ref name="wc medals"/> Several months later, Näslund competed in the inaugural [[1996 World Cup of Hockey|1996 World Cup]], but was again limited to one game. Sweden reached the semifinal, where they were eliminated by [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canada]].<ref>{{cite web|title=1996 World Cup |url=http://hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/4588/la_id/1.htm |accessdate=2010-10-22 |publisher=[[Hockey Canada]] |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728003753/http://hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/4588/la_id/1.htm |archivedate=2011-07-28 |df= }}</ref> Competing in his third [[1999 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|World Championships in 1999]], Näslund helped Sweden to a bronze medal with a 10-point effort in 10&nbsp;games.<ref name="wc medals"/>