Frölunda HC J18 News & Stories

Lassi Alanen empties the scout's notebook from Finland on names to watch for the 2025 NHL Draft.

EP Rinkside's Director of European Scouting take a dive into the numbers and the game on four draft-eligible prospects.

Sweden's Albin Sundsvik seemed almost at a loss for words when I asked him for comment on Elmer Söderblom's 4-1 goal in the third period. "Yeah, it’s amazing," Sundsvik told EliteProspects. "He’s a big guy, but he’s got really good hands as well. That was really cool to see. It was just an amazing goal." Even that might sell it short.

Theodor Niederbach didn’t generate much buzz in draft circles at the beginning of the year. It was a strange development considering how much attention he’d captured only two years prior...

Well, we’ve got some clarity concerning the 2020 NHL Draft. At the very least, we know where most of the first eight picks are headed, save for the most important...

The scouting community has long regarded Frölunda HC winger Lucas Raymond as one of the 2020 NHL Draft’s top prospects. That gilded reputation took something of a hit in his...

When Lucas Raymond, a highly regarded prospect for the 2020 NHL Draft, started the season with Frölunda HC of the SHL, the then 17-year-old knew this would be his most...

Many have cited the 2020 NHL Entry Draft as having potentially the strongest Swedish class in a long time. There’s a good chance we’ll see at least two Swedish players...

While the NHL and its fans didn’t collectively roll out a red carpet for Gustav Berglund at last June’s draft, the 6-foot-2, 194-pound defender already has a few hits under...

Elmer Söderblom, of the 6-foot-7, 220-pound frame, was among the largest players to hear their name called at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft when the Detroit Red Wings drafted him...

I’m sure the excitement of most New York Rangers fans at seeing their team’s top spot in the EP Rinkside Prospect Pool Rankings is met with equal parts bewilderment. We’re...

Eric Hjorth might have been one of the least known players crossing the stage at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. Not because Hjorth is a poor player or prospect, but...

Karl Henriksson was one of the SuperElit’s best offensive players last season and helped form the league’s most dangerous duo with 2020 NHL Entry Draft Top prospect Lucas Raymond. Henriksson’s...

Hi there, This weekend the blog was in Nyköping, to follow the JSM-playoffs. First at the J18-level, then at the J20-level. JSM is where the best junior teams in Sweden...

In the fall of 2016,  a 16-year-old, immensely talented defender took the breath out of the Swedish hockey sphere. We all know what that kid is doing today. Two years...