MLive’s Ansar Khan discusses Red Wings prospect Jonatan Berggren’s strong start in the SHL this morning. Khan spoke with Wings director of player development Shawn Horcoff regarding the 5’10” mini-mite’s impressive October playing for Skelleftea AIK:
Berggren is off to a hot start for Skelleftea in the Swedish Hockey League, the country’s highest division. He is third in scoring with 16 points (two goals, 14 assists) in 10 games.
“He’s off to a great start and it’s a good sign for us,” Shawn Horcoff, Red Wings director of player development, said. “He’s a guy who’s faced a lot of adversity with injuries the last couple years. These aren’t injuries that are easy to come back from. They’re bigger injuries, longer layoffs.
“To his credit, going through that, it’s done two things – it’s made him realize what he needs to work on, and it’s also given him time to work on those deficiencies. He was a guy we drafted who was very raw in terms of his physical development. I think the last couple of years the amount of time he’s been able to spend in the gym and off the ice has helped him in that area.”
