Predicting Sweden's roster for the 2023 World Junior Hockey Championship
With the 2023 World Juniors set to get underway in just over three weeks in Atlantic Canada. Today, we're going to take a look at who could be representing Sweden at the tournament, as they look to build on their bronze medal performance from 2022.
Goaltenders (3)
Ian Blomquist (Vasteras IK - HockeyAllsvenskan)
Hugo Havelid (Linkoping HC Jr. - Swe-Jr.)
Carl Lindbom (Djurgardens IF - HockeyAllsvenskan)
Defencemen (8)
Oskar Asplund (Almtuna IS - HockeyAllsvenskan)
Adam Engstrom (Rogle BK - SHL)
Simon Edvinsson (Grand Rapids - AHL)
Mattias Havelid (Linkopings HC - SHL)
Ludvig Jansson (Sodertalje SK - HockeyAllsvenskan)
Calle Odelius (Djurgardens IF - HockeyAllsvenskan)
Anton Olsson (Skelleftea AIK - SHL)
Elias Salomonsson (Skelleftea AIK - SHL)
Forwards (14)
Filip Bystedt (Linkopings HC - SHL)
Leo Carlsson (Orebro HK - SHL)
Liam Dower-Nilsson (Vasteras IK - HockeyAllsvenskan)
Jonathan Lekkerimaki (Djurardens IF - HockeyAllsvenskan)
Fabian Lysell (Providence - AHL)
Liam Ohgren (Djurgardens IF - HockeyAllsvenskan)
Noah Ostlund (Djurgardens IF - HockeyAllsvenskan)
Ludwig Persson (Bofors IK - HockeyAllsvenskan)
Oskar Pettersson (Rogle BK Jr. - Swe-Jr.)
Simon Robertsson (Skelleftea AIK - SHL)
Isak Rosen (Rochester - AHL)
Albert Sjoberg (Sodertalje SK - HockeyAllsvenskan)
Victor Stjernborg (Vaxjo HC - SHL)
William Stromgren (Brynas IF - SHL)
Sweden will open their tournament on Boxing Day against Austria. They'll then face Germany on December 27th, Czechia on December 29th before wrapping up the group stage on New Year's Eve against Canada.
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Kyle Connor | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Alex Tuch | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Owen Power | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Michael Bunting | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Drew Helleson | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jirí Kulich | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Isac Lundestrom | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Vladislav Namestnikov | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Nino Niederreiter | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Gabriel Vilardi | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jason Zucker | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Leo Carlsson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Ross Johnston | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Evgeni Malkin | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Josh Morrissey | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Cole Perfetti | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Bryan Rust | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Mark Scheifele | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Trevor Zegras | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 20 | 17 | 3 | - | 34 | |
Wild | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 29 | |
Hurricanes | 19 | 14 | 5 | - | 28 | |
Devils | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 27 | |
Golden Knights | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 25 | |
Panthers | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | |
Flames | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 25 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||