Oilers' Mattias Ekholm relishes long-awaited chance to have big impact for Sweden

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Oilers' Mattias Ekholm relishes long-awaited chance to have big impact for Sweden

EDMONTON — Fifteen-year-old Mattias Eklholm was glued to his television in Borlange, Sweden, back in February 2006, as his heroes met Finland in the gold medal men’s hockey game at the Turin Olympics. It was a legendary game, from which legends emerged. “You look at some of our biggest guys — (Nicklas) Lidstrom, (Mats) Sundin and these guys — they played pretty much that one Olympics that they won, and that’s how they became those big legends,” …