After spending the last three seasons with Vasterviks IK in HockeyAllsvenskan, Vancouver Canucks prospect Hugo Gabrielson has decided to change teams ahead of the 2024-25 campaign, but will be remaining in the second tier of Swedish hockey.
On Wednesday, the Nybro Vikings announced that they've agreed to terms on a one-year contract with Hugo Gabrielson for the 2024-25 season.
Note: the quotes in this story are translated from Swedish.
Gabrielson says he's excited to be joining a really good organization in Nybro and added that expectations are very high this season for both himself and the Vikings.
Nybro's sports director Mikael Aaro commented on the signing on Wednesday, saying that Gabrielson has good skating, hockey sense/IQ and plays well at both ends of the ice. Aaro believes Gabrielson can play be a two-way defenceman for his team with plenty of offensive upside to his game.
Gabrielson, 21, was selected in the sixth round, 169th overall, by the Vancouver Canucks in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft. In 47 games with Vasterviks IK, the Gothenburg, Sweden native had 15 points (five goals, ten assists), ten penalty minutes and was a minus-13.
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