Axel Sandin Pellikka picked up a hat trick to lead Team Sweden to a 5-2 victory over Slovakia ... who was leading Springfield of the American Hockey League (St. Louis Blues affiliate) with 11 ...

Sandin-Pellika, 19, was drafted 17th overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 2023 NHL Draft and is playing for Skelleftea AIK of the Swedish Hockey League ... the natural hat trick with six ...

Defenceman Axel Sandin Pellikka scored a natural hat trick as Sweden kicked off the 2025 world junior hockey championship with a 5-2 rout of Slovakia on Thursday. Sandin Pellikka, a Detroit Red ...

MONTREAL -- The 4 Nations Face-Off starts three weeks from Wednesday in Montreal, but the rivalry between Sweden and Finland ...

"We have a lot of good defencemen who like to play with the puck, so it's fun that we got some goals from there," said Sandin Pellikka, the Swedish captain and a first-round draft pick by Detroit ...