He has cracked the NHL at age 19 and already scored his first big-league goal.
Nikolaj Ehlers is causing a stir in Winnipeg as a new member of the Jets and is part of a strong rookie class in the NHL this season.
The dynamic Dane, the Jets' first-round pick in 2014, is also making some waves in his home country and with his family.
This week, Free Press hockey writer Tim Campbell spoke via phone with Ehlers' father Heinz, who was an NHL draft pick and an accomplished player in his own right and is now the head coach of Lausanne HC in Switzerland's top league, the National League A.