OEL has a blast with the past

Fans going through Coyotes withdrawal aren’t being helped by the IIHF Men’s World Championships being played in Denmark this year. Only two Coyotes players, Oliver Ekman-Larsson (OEL) and Darcy Kuemper are playing for their respective countries, Sweden and Canada. The timezone difference isn’t making it any easier when many of the games are being aired at 3 a.m. and 11 a.m. local time on the NHL Network. Replays are occasionally available but mostly centered around Team USA.

If there is one good Coyotes related thing that has come from the tournament it’s the video tweeted out earlier this morning, complete with English captions. OEL took some time off from his Team Sweden training to try out some ‘80s equipment and compare it to what he normally uses for a Swedish sports site www.aftonbladet.se.

(Note: There is one F-bomb dropped in Swedish in the video that is translated with an asterisk at 00:31 seconds in, the rest of the video is safe for kids.)

Watching OEL trying to be the OEL we all know, while wearing equipment that should be in a museum, is pretty hilarious. Based on his reviews, it’s highly unlikely than Stan Wilson will be ordering any old school gear any time soon.

If you want to catch OEL, in modern day equipment, play with Team Sweden the NHL Network Schedule converted to Arizona time is below: