- Fredrik Näslund
Infobox Ice Hockey Player
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team=Nybro Vikings IF
former_teams =VIK Västerås HK Nyköping Hockey
league =HockeyAllsvenskan
position = Left Wing
shoots = Right
height_ft = 6
height_in = 4
weight_lb = 229
nickname =
nationality = SWE
birth_date = Birth date and age|1986|2|11|mf=y
birth_place =Bromma , SWE
draft = 104th overall
draft_year = 2004
draft_team =Dallas Stars
career_start = 2003Fredrik Näslund (born:
February 11 ,1986 in Bromma,Sweden ) is a Swedish ice hockey player who plays for the Nybro Vikings inHockeyAllsvenskan .Näslund, who now lives in Stockholm, was a member of the Västerås Juniors in his home country of Sweden for three years. He was drafted in the 4th round (104th overall) of the
2004 NHL Entry Draft to theDallas Stars . Jeff Twohey, the general manager of the Peterborough Petes of the OHL, saw great potential in Näslund as a player. He had the 6'4", 210-pound Swedish winger drafted in the first round of the 2005 CHL Import Draft.Näslund's acclimatization to the North American style of hockey helped the
Peterborough Petes in their obtainment of the Ontario Hockey League championship in 2006, in the team's 50th anniversary. He played on a line withPhiladelphia Flyers prospectSteve Downie and with OHL superstarJordan Staal . The big European rookie was one of two imports on the Petes that season, along with Czech Republic nativeLubomír Štach , a defenceman who was traded to the Petes from theGuelph Storm .Other than Oshawa Generals free agent Nathaniel Brooks (who was signed out of Tier II) and Justin Sawyer (who could not qualify due to playing ten games during the 2004/2005 season), Näslund was the oldest rookie in the OHL last year.
He returned to Sweden the next season.
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