Nils Ekman

Nils Ekman began his ice hockey career at AIK before joining Hammarby at age 15. In 1993–1994, he won the U18 European Junior Championship, and in 1994, he was drafted as the 107th overall pick in the NHL by the Calgary Flames. In 1995–1996, he won silver at the U20 World Junior Championship. His career continued internationally, first in the Finnish league and then in the NHL, where he played for teams including the Tampa Bay Lightning, San Jose Sharks, and Pittsburgh Penguins. After a period in the Russian KHL, Ekman returned to Djurgården but retired in 2011 following a stroke. In 2014, Ekman and his wife, Danijela Rundqvist, helped build Djurgården’s women’s ice hockey team, which won the Swedish Championship in 2016–2017. Today, he works as an expert commentator for SVT.