Carolina Hurricanes forward Joakim Nordstrom is doing his part to ensure Sweden and Ireland continue their friendly relations during Euro 2016.
William Keane told Connor Heneghan of JOE.ie that he was at a bar in Paris with some friends watching Sunday's Northern Ireland-Poland match when three Swedish brothers walked by. After some "good-natured taunts" from the Irish, the Swedes decided to join them for a beer.
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"The eldest of them, Joakim, happened to mention that he was a hockey player but at the time nothing more was thought of it," Keane said. "After a couple of more songs and a beer, the bar man in Quigley's Point informed us that there was a drink for the house paid for by Joakim.
"As you can imagine, this was met with a huge cheer and everyone went over to thank him for his huge generosity. I estimate the round must have cost him around €500, so it was very generous indeed."
Keane didn't realize how well Nordstrom's hockey career was going until he got a Twitter notification the next day that the Swede was now following him, and had nearly 13,000 Twitter followers of his own.
"No wonder he was able to buy a round for the house," Keane said.
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