Getting Bengt out of shape; Ex-Cap's quote is controversial, correct.(SPORTS)
Washington Times, The, February, 2006
Byline: Bob Cohn, THE WASHINGTON TIMES TURIN, Italy - Sweden beat Switzerland 6-2 in a men's hockey quarterfinal at the Winter Olympics yesterday. But the real score was Truth 1, Diplomacy 0. Former Capitals star Bengt Gustafsson, the coach of the Swedes, was vindicated after causing what amounted to a minor international incident.
That is, he committed an act of honesty, an egregious breach of etiquette among the coaching fraternity. Earlier this week, Gustafsson, who played nine years for the Capitals and once scored five goals in a game, said his team would be better off ...
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