Swedish defenseman Julius Bergman took a significant step forward in his second professional season with the San Jose Barracuda. He scored 19 more points (30) than his rookie season (11), and shot 82 more times (138) in only four more games. Bergman was even better in the postseason, tying fellow Swedes Joakim Ryan and Tim Heed for first in playoff assists among Barracuda defenseman, and tying for second among the entire team.
While Bergman isn’t as often discussed as his countrymen Heed and Ryan the 21-year-old is nearly five years younger than the former and three years younger than the latter.