Vegas Golden Knights center Jonathan Marchessault (81) handles the puck with Dallas Stars defenseman John Klingberg (3) following close behind during the first period of the game at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017. Bridget Bennett Las Vegas Review-Journal @BridgetKBennett
The leading scorer in the NHL among defenseman hails from Gothenburg, Sweden. (And it’s not the Senators’ Erik Karlsson or the Lightning’s Victor Hedman, by the way.)
Three of the past seven Norris Trophy winners as the league’s best defenseman are Swedish.
And when the IIHF World Junior Championship starts Tuesday in Buffalo, New York, the main attraction will be 17-year-old defenseman Rasmus Dahlin from — where else?