Joel Eriksson Ek
Eriksson Ek (left) and Kirill Kaprizov with the Minnesota Wild in 2023.
Born (1997-01-29) 29 January 1997
Karlstad, Sweden
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 208 lb (94 kg; 14 st 12 lb)
Position Centre
Shoots Left
NHL team
Former teams		 Minnesota Wild
Färjestad BK
National team  Sweden
NHL Draft 20th overall, 2015
Minnesota Wild
Playing career 2014–present

Joel Eriksson Ek (last name sometimes stylized as Eriksson-Ek, born 29 January 1997) is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre for the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League (NHL). Following his rookie season in the Swedish Hockey League, Erikkson Ek was drafted 20th overall by the Wild in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. Internationally, Erikkson Ek has represented his home country Sweden at both the junior and senior levels, winning gold once at the 2017 IIHF World Championship.

Personal life

Eriksson Ek was born on 29 January 1997, in Karlstad, Sweden,[1] to parents Clas Eriksson and Anna Ek.[2] He comes from a hockey playing family as his father Clas played with Färjestad BK for 13 seasons[3] and his brother Olle was drafted by the Anaheim Ducks in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft.[2] Growing up, Eriksson Ek's favourite player was Peter Forsberg because of his dedication to the sport and his playing skills.[3]

Playing career

Sweden

Growing up in Sweden, Eriksson Ek played junior hockey for the Färjestad BK in the J18 Elit and J20 Nationell league. He split the 2014–15 season between the Färjestad BK's junior team in the J20 Nationell league and their senior team in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).[3] While playing in the SHL as a minor, Eriksson Ek attended Karlstad Fria Läroverk for his high school education.[4] Leading up to the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, Eriksson Ek was ranked 22nd among all international skaters by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau's mid-season ranking.[5] In the SHL, Erikkson Ek scored four goals and two assists for six points while he scored 21 goals and 32 points through 25 games for Farjestad’s junior team.[3] In the middle of his rookie season in the SHL, Eriksson Ek was extended on a first team contract for a further three-years with Färjestad BK on 12 January 2015.[6] Erikkson Ek earned praise by hockey pundits throughout the season and eventually raised his draft ranking from 22nd to fourth among all international skaters.[7] It was suggested by numerous hockey analysts that Eriksson Ek would be chosen 19th overall by the Detroit Red Wings, becoming their first Swedish forward drafted in the first round.[8][9] He was eventually drafted in the first round, 20th overall, by the Minnesota Wild[10] and signed to a three-year, entry-level contract worth $2.775 million.[11]

Minnesota Wild

Following his second SHL season, Eriksson Ek attended the Wild's training camp ahead of the 2016–17 season where he was paired with Jason Pominville and Jason Zucker.[12] He recorded one assist and 10 shots on goal in five preseason games with Minnesota before being re-assigned to the Wild's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Iowa Wild, to start the season. Eriksson Ek made his debut with the Iowa Wild on 18 October against the Grand Rapids Griffins and scored his first goal with the team that night. He was recalled back to the NHL the following game.[13] Eriksson Ek made his NHL debut on 22 October 2016, against the New Jersey Devils, where he became the seventh rookie in franchise history to score his first career NHL goal in his debut game. Following the game, head coach Bruce Boudreau praised him for being a responsible player.[14] Over his first four games with the Wild, Eriksson Ek tallied four more points before going pointless in his next five. He became the first teenager in Wild history and the fourth rookie to have three assists in one game.[15] After serving as a healthy scratch for two consecutive games, Eriksson Ek was re-assigned back to Färjestad BK on 17 November 2016.[16] General Manager Chuck Fletcher later stated that Eriksson Ek was returned to Sweden in order to not burn the first year of his contract.[17] Over 26 regular-season games with the Farjestad BK, Eriksson Ek recorded eight goals and eight assists for 16 points and added three goals and three assists for six points over seven SHL playoff games. On 28 March, Eriksson Ek returned to the Minnesota Wild for the remainder of the 2016–17 season.[18] Eriksson Ek stepped into a primarily bottom-six role upon rejoining the team[19] and finished the regular season with three goals and four assists for seven points over 15 games.[1] As the Wild qualified for the 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, Eriksson Ek made his postseason debut during their first round series against the St. Louis Blues.[19] He made his debut in Game 1 of the series where he registered three shots on goal in 11:04 minutes of ice time.[20] He went pointless over three games in the Stanley Cup playoffs[1] as the Blues eliminated the Wild in five games.[21] Following their elimination, Eriksson Ek was chosen to represent Sweden at the 2017 IIHF World Championship.[20]

During the 2017 offseason, Eriksson Ek trained alongside fellow Swedish NHL players Jonas Brodin, Oscar Klefbom, and Marcus Johansson while also adding 10 pounds of muscle.[22] As he did not play over 25 games and was under 26, Eriksson Ek was still considered to be a rookie for the 2017–18 NHL season.[23] As such, USA Today listed Eriksson Ek as one of the top rookies to know for the 2017–18 season and a possible candidate to win the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's Rookie of the Year.[24] While participating in the NHL's Traverse City Prospects Tournament, Eriksson Ek suffered a mild injury that resulted in him missing the first few days of training camp.[25] He recovered in time to play in the Wild's opening night game against the Detroit Red Wings, where he immediately found chemistry on the third line with Marcus Foligno and Chris Stewart. The trio scored the teams' first two goals of the season 48 seconds apart in the Wild's opening night game against the Detroit Red Wings.[26] His production slowed down over the next 10 games as he accumulated only three points while averaging nearly 14 minutes of ice time as the team's third-line centre.[27] After failing to improve on his three points in the first 20 games of the season, Eriksson Ek was re-assigned to the Iowa Wild on 21 November.[28] He recorded three goals and four assists for seven points over seven games with the Iowa Wild before being recalled back to the NHL on 6 December.[29] Over the month of December, Eriksson Ek was paired on a line with Daniel Winnik but continued to stuggle to score goals and assists.[30] After only accumulating seven points over 42 games, Eriksson Ek was re-assigned to the AHL on 26 January.[31] He added one assist over one game with the Iowa Wild before returning to the NHL level three days later.[32] After going 50 games without a goal, Eriksson Ek broke his scoring drought in a 5–3 win over the New York Islanders on 19 February 2018.[33] Eriksson Ek finished the 2017–18 regular season with six goals and 10 assists for 16 points over 75 games.[1] During the Wild's first round 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs series against the Winnipeg Jets, Eriksson Ek was reunited with Foligno and Winnik on the fourth line.[34] He tallied his first career post season point, an assist off of Matt Dumba's second period goal, in Game 3 to help the Wild win 6–2.[35] However, this would prove to be his only point of the series[1] as the Wild were eliminated in six games. Immediately following their elimination, the Wild replaced General Manager Chuck Fletcher with Paul Fenton, a former executive with the Nashville Predators.[36]

Prior to the start of the 2018–19 season, Eriksson Ek was expected to play on a line with Jordan Greenway and Charlie Coyle.[37] However, an early season lower-body injury kept him out of the lineup for six games starting on 11 October.[38] As Greenway had been reassigned to the AHL prior to Eriksson Ek's reactivation from injured reserve, his new linemate on the fourth line was Matt Read.[39] Upon returning from his injury, Eriksson Ek struggled to produce points and only accumulated one goal and three assists over 27 games. In an effort to help Eriksson Ek regain his confidence, head coach Boudreau re-assigned him to the Iowa Wild.[40][41] Over his five-game stint in the AHL, Eriksson Ek recorded four goals and two assists for six points, including two power-play goals and two game-winning goals. He was recalled back to the NHL level on 8 January 2019.[42] Upon returning to the NHL, Eriksson Ek was partnered with forwards Kyle Rau and Landon Ferraro and earned time on the team's penalty kill as a replacement for Eric Fehr.[43] He added one goal and four assists over the following couple of games before being returned to the AHL in order to gain playing time during the NHL's mandated mid-winter break.[44] Upon returning to the NHL, Eriksson Ek formed an immediate connection with Luke Kunin whom he had played alongside in the AHL.[45] Over their first four games back in the NHL, Kunin talleid four points while Eriksson Ek tallied three and the two were routinely praised by head coach Boudreau.[46] However, their momentum was stagnated after both Kunin and Eriksson Ek suffered injuries in March.[47] Eriksson Ek missed eight games before returning to the Wild lineup as a second-line center between Kunin and Greenway.[48] He finished the regular season with a career-high seven goals and 14 points through 58 games. After the Wild failed to qualify for the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs, they replaced Paul Fenton as General Manager with Bill Guerin. Nearly two hours following this announcement, Eriksson Ek signed a two-year, $2.975 million contract extension with the Wild as a restricted free agent.[49]

Despite the 2019–20 season being cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Eriksson Ek set new career highs in goals and assists over 62 games. He tallied two goals and 10 assists for 12 points through the first 30 games of the season before suffering an upper-body injury during a game against the Philadelphia Flyers on 14 December.[50][51] He missed four games to recover from the injury and scored the game-winning goal in his return on 23 December.[52] Although Eriksson was setting personal records, the Wild struggled to win games and eventually replaced head coach Bruce Boudreau with Dean Evason on 14 February. At the time, the Wild had a 27–23–7 record and were within three points of a wild-card spot for the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs.[53] When the NHL paused play due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Eriksson Ek had already set new career-highs with eight goals and 21 assists for 29 points over 62 games.[1] As the regular season was cancelled before its conclusion, the NHL implemented a Stanley Cup Qualifiers best-of-five tournament to determine which bottom four playoff teams advanced to the first round.[54] As the Wild were a 10th-seed team, they faced the 7th-seeded Vancouver Canucks in the qualifying tournament.[55] Eriksson Ek recorded his first career postseason goal in Game 4, although the Wild would be eliminated that game.[56]

Following the 2019–20 season, the Wild lost veterans centermen Mikko Koivu and Eric Staal which resulted in Eriksson Ek stepping into a larger role as the team's first-line centre.[57] The season was also unique in that it was limited to only 56 games and the league was split into four divisions, North, West, Central and East.[58] As the Wild's top centerman, Eriksson Ek started the season with three goals over five games and goals in consecutive games for the first time in his NHL career.[59] Over the season, Eriksson Ek often played on a line with Greenway and Foligno,[60] which was nicknamed the GREEF line after their last names.[61] In February, the Wild postponed six games after numerous players contracted COVID-19. Eriksson Ek was on the league's COVID-19 protocol list from 3 February to 13 February.[62] At the end of his first season as the team's first line centre, Eriksson Ek improved his career-high goal total from eight to 19 while averaging a career-high 17 minutes per game.[57] His efforts in the regular season continued into the Wild's first round series against the Vegas Golden Knights in the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs. During Game 1, Eriksson Ek scored his second postseason goal, and first in overtime, to lift the Wild to a 1–0 win.[60] Although he injured his knee in Game 6, Eriksson Ek returned to finish the game but remained injured. The Wild would be eliminated the following game in a 6–2 Game 7 loss.[63] On 2 July 2021, Eriksson Ek signed an eight-year, $42 million contract extension with the Wild.[64]

Eriksson Ek remained the Wild's top line centre but swapped Foligno and Greenway for Kirill Kaprizov and Mats Zuccarello.[65] On 20 October 2021, Eriksson Ek recorded his first career NHL hat-trick in a 6–5 win over the Winnipeg Jets.[66] His efforts helped the Wild start the season with a 5–3–0 record.[67] Although he suffered an injury on 20 December and recovered in mid-January, Eriksson Ek only missed three games due to game cancellations related to COVID-19 outbreaks.[68] However, his return was further delayed as he was entered into the league's COVID-19 protocol from 13 January to 19 January.[69] Once he was able to return to the Wild, Eriksson Ek was reunted with Foligno and Greenway on the Wild's top line.[70] The trio played an important role in the Wild's late season success as one of the NHL's top shutdown lines.[71] On 5 May, Eriksson Ek and Tyson Jost recorded the second-fastest goals to start a game in franchise history to lead the Wild 5–1 over the Washington Capitals.[72] This also marked Eriksson Ek's career-best 20th and 21st goals and his 12th point over 14 games.[73] However, he would soon experience a nine-game goalless drought that was broken with a two-goal, three-point game against the Seattle Kraken on 22 April.[74] Eriksson Ek finished the regular season with a career-high 26 goals and 23 assists for 49 points[1] as the Wild faced off against the St. Louis Blues in the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs.[75] Eriksson Ek played an integral role in the Wild's 6–2 win over the Blues in Game 2 as he scored two goals and added one assist.[76] He finished the series with a career-high three goals and two assists over six games and was one of only two Wild players to score over one goal.[77] His efforts were also recognized by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association as he placed seventh in Frank J. Selke Trophy voting as the NHL's best defensive forward.[78]

Injuries to Foligno and Greenway resulted in the GREEF line being split up for the first month of the 2022–23 season.[79] Although Eriksson Ek and Foligno started playing alongside winger Ryan Reaves in late-November,[80] the GREEF line was shortly thereafter reunited once Greenway was healthy.[79] Over the next eight games, Eriksson Ek accumulated four goals and seven assists for 11 points.[81] At the end of December, the Wild had maintained a 21–13–2 record and Eriksson Ek was one of only four Wild players with over 20 points on the season.[82] He then started the month of February with three goals and five points over a five-game point streak.[83] After blocking a shot during a game against the Pittsburgh Penguins on 6 April, Eriksson Ek missed the final four games of the regular season and the first two games of the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs. He returned for Game 3 against the Dallas Stars but was limited to only 19 seconds before being pulled. It was later revealed that he had suffered a fractured fibula and required surgery.[84]

Eriksson Ek began the 2023–24 season strong by tallying eight goals and 14 points to lead the team in scoring.[85] However, the Wild began the season with one of their worst starts in franchise history as they went 5–10–4 over their first 20 games.[86] On 10 November, during a game against the Buffalo Sabres, Eriksson Ek became the 11th player in franchise history to score 100 goals for the team.[85]

International play

Internationally, Eriksson Ek has represented his home country Sweden at both the junior and senior levels. He first represented Sweden at the 2014 World U-17 Hockey Challenge and 2014 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament, although the team failed to medal.[3] Before being drafted into the NHL, Eriksson Ek represented Sweden again at the 2015 IIHF World U18 Championships, where he tallied five goals and six points over five games. He was also named Player of the Game on 23 April following Sweden's game against Team Canada.[87] Eriksson Ek was named captain of Team Sweden at the 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, although they would place fourth after losing to Team Russia in the bronze medal game.[88] Later that year, he won gold for the first time at the 2017 IIHF World Championship. Over 10 games, Eriksson Ek recorded one goal and two assists for three points.[89]

Player profile

Described as an aggressive offensive threat, Eriksson Ek says he models his game after former NHL player Peter Forsberg.[90] After being drafted by the Wild, Assistant General Manager Brent Flahr cited his ability to be a two-way player as the main reason for drafting him.[10] NHL Director of European Scouting Goran Stubb described Eriksson Ek as a reliable and creative centre with great speed and shot.[91]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2012–13 Färjestad BK J18 8 1 1 2 4 — — — — —
2012–13 Färjestad BK J18 Allsv 18 0 5 5 6 — — — — —
2013–14 Färjestad BK J18 19 16 9 25 8 — — — — —
2013–14 Färjestad BK J18 Allsv 14 6 9 15 14 5 2 6 8 2
2013–14 Färjestad BK J20 13 2 2 4 4 4 1 1 2 2
2014–15 Färjestad BK J20 25 21 11 32 20 6 5 5 10 6
2014–15 Färjestad BK SHL 34 4 2 6 4 3 0 0 0 2
2015–16 Färjestad BK SHL 41 9 6 15 18 4 1 0 1 2
2016–17 Iowa Wild AHL 1 1 0 1 0 — — — — —
2016–17 Minnesota Wild NHL 15 3 4 7 4 3 0 0 0 0
2016–17 Färjestad BK SHL 26 8 8 16 12 7 3 3 6 0
2017–18 Minnesota Wild NHL 75 6 10 16 22 5 0 1 1 0
2017–18 Iowa Wild AHL 8 3 5 8 8 — — — — —
2018–19 Minnesota Wild NHL 58 7 7 14 20 — — — — —
2018–19 Iowa Wild AHL 9 4 5 9 8 — — — — —
2019–20 Minnesota Wild NHL 62 8 21 29 22 4 1 0 1 2
2020–21 Minnesota Wild NHL 55 19 11 30 20 7 2 1 3 2
2021–22 Minnesota Wild NHL 77 26 23 49 28 6 3 2 5 8
2022–23 Minnesota Wild NHL 78 23 38 61 44 1 0 0 0 0
SHL totals 101 21 16 37 34 14 4 3 7 4
NHL totals 421 92 114 206 160 26 6 4 10 12
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Ice hockey
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 Germany/France

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2014 Sweden U17 6th 5 1 0 1 0
2014 Sweden IH18 4th 5 3 1 4 0
2015 Sweden WJC18 8th 5 5 1 6 2
2017 Sweden WJC 4th 7 6 3 9 4
2017 Sweden WC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 10 1 2 3 4
Junior totals 22 15 5 20 6
Senior totals 10 1 2 3 4

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