Pittsburgh Penguins‘ 3rd round pick in the 2012 draft (#81 overall) Swedish-born rookie center Oskar Sundqvist(40) received his first NHL recall at the midway point of the 2015/2016 season.
The fairly sizable 6’3″ 209 lbs. power forward played a decent 14 shifts for 11:11 of total ice time with 1 shot on net, 1 break up and went 37% in the face off dot in what turned into a 6-3 drubbing.
A late cut from the parent club’s training camp last season and was summoned back up early with no appearance, he’s been decent to start his first campaign on reassignment with affiliate Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins scoring 5 goals and 11 assists with a -1 rating in 39 AHL contests on a top tier squad. He’s in all likelihood still getting his game adjusted.
The soon-to-turn 22-year old already had two years plus pro experience skating with Skelleftea AIK and even won the 2014 SHL Championship adding four goals and two assists in 13 playoff match-ups.
Signed to a three-year entry level deal he was allowed to spend the 2014/2015 in his home country to continue his development but did come over and appeared in one Calder Cup Playoff game with the farm team.
We shall see if this one rises to the top.