Detroit Hockey Now’s Bob Duff posted an article this morning which discusses Axel Sandin Pellikka’s history as more than a defenseman who joins offensive rushes:
At the age of 10, Detroit Red Wings prospect Axel Sandin Pellikka desperately wanted to attend a hockey school in his native Sweden. The problem is, the only spots open at the school were for defenseman.
Sandin Pellikka was a forward. With emphasis on the was.
“In my youth I was mostly a forward,” Sandin Pellika said in an interview with SHL.se. “I remember I was at a hockey school, but I don’t remember where, and it only had (defense spots) left. Then I registered as a (defenseman) and after that I was a (defenseman).
“I thought I can score from that position too, haha.”
