Luleå HF News & Stories

Jakob Ihs-Wozniak put together one of the most productive draft-minus-one seasons in the J20 level in a long time, and now he's ready to put on an encore in his draft year.

Seemingly overnight, the Minnesota Wild have become one of the NHL’s most exciting teams. So many of their players register high on the fun-to-watch meter, and their team has plenty...

The New York Rangers are banking on Nils Lundkvist and Braden Schneider to become big parts of their blue line long-term. Russ Cohen spoke to the two at Rangers training camp.

The New York Rangers were the No. 2-ranked prospect pool last fall. In the year since, they graduated three top prospects and loaded up with more in the 2021 draft.

In the latest edition of the Film Room, Elite Prospects Dir. of North American Scouting Mitch Brown examines Nils Lundkvist's game and explains why he's one of hockey's most exciting prospects.

The Boston Bruins boast the 24th-best prospect pool in the NHL, and they're the subject of today's writeup in the EP Rinkside prospect pool rankings countdown.

Every year, the Pittsburgh Penguins want to compete for a Stanley Cup. It's understandable. When they're healthy, they can ice two of the best centers to ever play the game....

Filip Gustavsson spoke to Rasmus Kågström about the challenges he faced trying to break through in North America, and how he's riding a wave of confidence after signing a two-year deal with the Ottawa Senators this off-season.

J.D. Burke and his team of scouts have convened to put together their latest draft ranking for the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, a list that's 64 players long, crafted after the U18 in Frisco and Plano, Texas.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. More than a year spent tracking the progress of hundreds of players, consulting with industry insiders, running the numbers, and it all...

We’re less than a week away from the draft, so what better time than now to take stock of the best prospects already tied down with an NHL franchise? This...

We’re less than a week away from the draft, so what better time than now to take stock of the best prospects already tied down with an NHL franchise? This...

Every NHL Draft comes with its fair share of players labelled with the high-risk, high-reward tag. Two summers ago, it was Dominik Bokk, and last summer it was Arthur Kaliyev....

We’re exactly two weeks away from the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, so what better time for another draft ranking than now? While we position ourselves as a united front in...

The title just about says it all, right? Wrong. Desperately wrong. The EliteProspects 2020 NHL Draft Guide is available, but we haven’t had a chance to let you know what...

The Toronto Maple Leafs and Pittsburgh Penguins surprised everyone with a trade. Yes, a real, actual trade in hockey. How exciting! This wasn’t just any old trade; three NHL players...

One might think that two new rankings among a group of five public outlets might not result in a tectonic shift in the landscape of the NHL Draft, but that...

The appetite for NHL Draft coverage expands with every year. Where the main course centred on the first round alone once sufficed, our audience now demands a seven-plate meal with...

We’re little over a week away from the NHL Draft Lottery, scheduled for Friday, June 26th, at 8 PM Eastern. So what better time to update our ranking of the...

If you’re in this space, then there’s a good chance you’re an avid follower of the NHL Entry Draft. It’s the best place to be for those sorts of people....

All eight of the panellists shared one thing in common — they put Luleå HF defenceman Nils Lundkvist‘s name at the top of their ballot in the vote for the...

Under normal circumstances, I’d have just returned from the U18 World Hockey Championships in Plymouth, Michigan, fresh impressions of many of the 2020 NHL Draft’s best prospects foremost in my...

There’s only one certainty left in hockey, and it’s that the 2020 NHL Entry Draft is going to take place. We don’t know how it’s going to work or when...

Necessity is the mother of invention, and NHL teams are becoming increasingly inventive when filling out their rosters with the pressure of the salary cap bearing down on them. One...

It seems like just yesterday that the stars of today and even tomorrow crossed the stage in Dallas, donning their new team’s colours for the first time as a just...

The 2019 World Junior Hockey Championships did not end the way Team Sweden had hoped for. The Swedes suffered a gruesome defeat in the quarterfinals against the Swiss and failed...

This week on The Pipeline Show it’s the full preview of the 2020 World Junior Championship with in-depth analysis of the five main contenders with some fearless predictions thrown in...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden — The clock is ticking. When Swedish head coach Tomas Montén presented his preliminary roster for the upcoming World Juniors in the Czech Republic, there were some big...

I’m so proud to finally share the hard work of our scouts in the form of this year’s first NHL Entry Draft ranking for the EliteProspects Rinkside audience. So much...

As we slowly say goodbye to November and begin our ascent into the listlessness of winter, the Champions Hockey League tournament has said good-bye to eight more clubs. The Round...

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...

This week on The Pipeline Show we break some news regarding the Western Hockey League and their efforts to attract more American players. The CHL Insider takes us to the...

There’s a Swedish saying that goes “Upp som en sol, ner som en pannkaka”, which basically means that everything that what goes up must come down. For New York Rangers...

While we anxiously and impatiently wait for training camp and the extensively long pre-season schedule to conclude in the NHL, squads around Europe have been playing for keeps for some...

When Team Sweden’s Under-18 Head Coach Magnus Hävelid released his final roster for the U18 World Hockey Championships, many observers raised one, maybe even two eyebrows in response. With the...

IRVINE, CA – Six teams took to the ice for the 2019 Anaheim Rookie Faceoff this past weekend in Southern California, featuring some of the best and brightest prospects that...

The Carolina Hurricanes seem to get almost everything right these days. From a miraculous second-half of the NHL season that vaulted them to the Playoffs, and the Conference Finals run...

For the past several years, the European free agent market has been of great interest to NHL teams. Although the rights to most prospects get picked up through the draft,...

Greetings, and welcome to my blog! My name is Christoffer Hedlund and I am a Swedish scout for Future Considerations. In my scouting role, I spend a lot of time...

One year ago, he was an unknown commodity in Swedish hockey as he made head coach Tomas Montén‘s squad for the World Juniors in Buffalo. That’s where Jesper Sellgren experienced...

It is said goaltending is the toughest position in hockey to master. Sure, you see the occasional Carey Price become an NHL regular at age 20, but more often than...