and another bronze at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Canada. Mattias Ekholm is under a 4-year, $25,000,000 contract extension with the Edmonton Oilers, which runs from 2022 to 2026 ...

Playing junior for the Leafs ... Skill, structure and development follow. The way Mattias Ekholm remembers it, earning a living in hockey was never front of mind when he first stepped onto ...

“Yeah, he sent a funny, cool text,” said the St. Louis-born Frederic, who was friends with the Tkachuks, Matthew and Brady, ...

“I was Oscar Klefbom the hockey player. Now I’m a stay-at-home dad. It takes time to adjust and accept the way it is,” he ...

From the World Junior Championship to the World Championship ... featured Jonas Brodin, Mattias Ekholm, Gustav Forsling and Rasmus Andersson. Each team practiced just twice before the tournament ...

Jones — who played junior with Oilers defenceman Evan Bouchard ... He was recalled Monday because the Oilers weren’t sure if Mattias Ekholm and Darnell Nurse would play and was here a few ...

The Edmonton Oilers need some help on the blue line. In the Connor McDavid/Leon Draisaitl era, the back end has always been a concern for this team, and it continues to be an area needing improvement ...

Victor Hedman – Jonas Brodin Mattias Ekholm – Erik Karlsson Gustav Forsling – Rasmus Dahlin Andersson as the seventh defender. The three Swedish goaltenders are Filip Gustavsson, Linus ...

FILE - Former Milwaukee Bucks player Junior Bridgeman talks to the media ... skates past Edmonton Oilers defenseman Mattias Ekholm (14) and scores a goal past Edmonton Oilers goaltender Stuart ...

Related: 3 Oilers Takeaways From the 4 Nations Face-Off It’s far better than it once was, as Evan Bouchard has turned into a top-pairing defenceman, while Mattias Ekholm has been excellent ever ...

Mikkola had the upper hand in the only international meeting involving any of these players, defeating Forsling and the Swedes en route to their gold medal win at the 2016 World Junior Championship ..

Absent from trip ...