Erik Brannstrom’s hockey season for his team in Sweden has ended. But the 18-year-old defenseman, a first-round pick of the Golden Knights, wants to stay on the ice.
Brannstrom’s team, HV71, was eliminated Wednesday in the Swedish League playoffs.
“The season ended pretty early here, and I would like to keep playing for a few more months,” Brannstrom told the Swedish hockey website hockeysverige.se.
Brannstrom, the No. 15 overall pick and one of the Knights’ three first-round picks, had 15 points in 44 games for HV71. He signed a three-year entry level contract with the Knights in July.