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Brady Tkachuk will captain the USA team at the 2024 Hockey World Cup.

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He is the team captain of his club team. Now Brady Tkachuk will also be the team captain for the American World Cup team that Tre Kronor will face in tomorrow’s premiere.

The USA is fielding an exciting team in this year’s Hockey World Cup in the Czech Republic. Now the team management has appointed their team captain and, not entirely illogically, the choice fell on the team’s biggest star, Brady Tkachuk.

The 24-year-old is the everyday team captain for his Ottawa Senators in the NHL and, despite his young age, has been so for the last three seasons.

The alternate captains will be Chicago Blackhawks guard Seth Jones, Columbus Blue Jackets ditto Zach Werenski and New York Islanders forward Brock Nelson.

Brady Tkachuk has been named captain of Team USA for the IIHF World Hockey Championship. The alternates are Brock Nelson, Seth Jones and Zach Werenski.

— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) May 9, 2024

Tkachuk, who is making his first World Cup, is coming off a season in which he accounted for 37 goals and 74 points in 81 games in Ottawa. With that, he topped the internal goals and points league. He was also second in the NHL’s ejection league behind Arizona’s Liam O’Brien with his 134 expulsion minutes.

Despite completing six NHL seasons with the club, he still has not played a single playoff game.

The USA opens the WC by meeting Tre Kronor in Ostrava tomorrow at 20.20.

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Linus Videll leaves Södertälje.
Instead, games await in Östersund.

Södertälje has suffered another heavy loss of players for next season.

After the point king, also the league’s MVP, Marcus Eriksson previously chose to take an SHL chance in Skellefteå, it is now clear that another seasoned key piece is leaving the team.

Via its website informs Södertälje that there will be no continuation in the club for Linus Videll.

– It has been a very difficult decision to make and a very long process. My family and I have made a decision that we believe is the best for our family. SSK means and always will mean a lot to me, says Videll in a statement on the club’s website.

Signing a two-year contract with Östersund

Instead, games await in hockey Allsvenska competitor Östersund next season, the Allsvenskan club confirms via social media. Videll has signed a two-year contract with last season’s runner-up in the Hockeyallsvenskan.

The 39-year-old forward was named the Hockeyallsvenskan’s most valuable player in the 2022/23 season, when he collected 57 points in 42 games for Södertälje. This season, he scored 35 points in the regular season and was limited to just 30 games due to injury concerns.

– It is sad to leave SSK and it feels bitter to do so without playing playoff hockey properly, not being able to give back to the fans. All the love they have given me, I have been treated extremely well during the years I have been in SSK and I have really felt their love. I will miss SSK, that’s how it is, says Videll.

MVP in the HockeyAllsvenskan, a total of 12 seasons and over 350 points in Sweden’s two highest leagues, we can continue.

Linus Videll has signed for two years in the green-yellow jersey! ✍🏻

Many thanks for all the support so far on the supporter recruitment, together we made this possible! 💚💛 pic.twitter.com/TqVGkgdqx8

— Östersunds IK (@OstersundsIK) May 8, 2024

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Oskar Lindblom returns to Brynäs.

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Brynäs has secured yet another returnee from North America.
On Wednesday, the SHL newcomer announced that Oskar Lindblom is ready for a return to the club.

Oskar Lindblom is back in Brynäs.

Via its website, the Gävle team announces that the 27-year-old is returning home after seven seasons in North America.

– It feels incredibly good, I have always dreamed of coming back to Brynäs. To now be able to do when I am at a fairly young age where I feel that I can continue to develop feels extra good, I am very dedicated to this, says Lindblom.

The last time Lindblom played in Brynäs was the 2016/17 season, when he was recorded for 47 points (22+25) in 52 games in the regular season and finished in fourth place in the SHL’s scoring league. Since then, he has played 337 NHL games and produced 112 points.

Writing a 2+3-year contract

Last season there was one NHL game with the San Jose Sharks and 41 games in the AHL with the farm team San Jose Barracuda, where he produced 16 points.

– It is of course very gratifying that Oskar is coming home. He is a player that we all know what capacity he possesses and he knows very well what the club wants and stands for. He is not only a good hockey player, he is also a good person who always does his utmost and makes others better, that is something that we also value very highly. I have played with Oskar myself so I know how important he will be to this group. He is also at a good age where he has gathered a lot of experience but also has many years of hockey left in him, says sports manager Johan Alcén.

Oscar Lindblom is the second returner that Brynäs managed to secure after promotion to the SHL, as Jakob Silfverberg is already ready for the club. The 27-year-old is also the third reinforcement to be brought in from North America, as the newcomer has previously also finished with AHL goalkeeper Erik Källgren.

Lindblom’s contract with Brynäs extends over the 2025/26 season with an option for three more seasons.

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Alexander Reichenberg is dead – aged 31.

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Norwegian ice hockey has sadness. On Sunday, the news came that the former national team player and SHL player Alexander Reichenberg died at the age of 31. His club Lillehammer announces it on their website.

In the 2018/19 season, he played 27 games for Färjestad and the following season there were another 17 SHL games with IK Oskarshamn.

Now comes the tragic news that Norwegian Alexander Reichenberg has passed away at the age of 31.

It is on its website as his club Lillehammer goes out with the message:

“For the club and the team, Alexander was a big profile, a player with an x-factor in his game and an important contributor in the group. He also used his international experience to motivate the team’s young players who were at the beginning of their careers.

After the successful season, which has just ended, Alexander received well-deserved attention from several big clubs in Norway and abroad. Of course, there was also an offer from the parent club on the table and he wanted to take the time to consider a new professional offer abroad in exchange for a good life with work, club games and the community with friends and colleagues in Lillehammer.

It is unbelievably sad to think that he will never again hear the crowd sing in the Eidsiva Arena and that we who sat in the stands will no longer see the player with the big smile, the extra finesse or the razor sharp shot from the shot circle in power play.

Rest in peace, no. 61. You will always be remembered as an artist.”

Alexander Reichenberg was born in Leksand

What is behind the death has not been made public.

Alexander Reichenberg was born in Leksand in 1992 as the son of the Swedish, former Leksand player Ronny Reichenberg. He later moved to Lillehammer, where the son came to spend large parts of his own career.

In total, he played 384 A-team matches for Lillehammer during a total of eleven seasons at the club. He also had professional adventures in the Czech Republic and Austria in addition to the stays in Sweden and trips to Norwegian competitors such as Storhamar and Stjernen.

Internationally, Alexander Reichenberg won two WCs and one Olympics in the Norwegian national team jersey.

The Canadian, Kris Beech continues in the HV71.
The skills coach who joined before last season gets an extension.
– Kris has done a fantastic job during the year. says Andreas Davidsson on the club’s website.

“Nubben”, Lindbom and others. The purge in HV71 has been clear since the end of the season. However, Kris Beech will remain in his role.

The Canadian, who made 189 appearances for the club as a player, returned ahead of last season to take on the role of skills coach. Now the club announces that he will be extended by one year.

– Kris has done a fantastic job during the year and has been appreciated by players in all our elite teams. He has come in with an innovative way of thinking and has enormous commitment and drive. We are convinced that the work Kris puts into our players will have an effect both in the short and long term, therefore we are happy that he chooses to continue with us, says Andreas Davidsson, acting chairman of HV71, on club website.

In addition to his work with the A team, Beech has also been part of the hockey high school, both on the boys’ and girls’ side.

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