This morning, Hockeysverige.se’s Rasmus Kagstrom clarifies the rumors and reports that Axel Sandin Pellikka will attend the Red Wings’ training camp alongside teammate Michael Brandsegg-Nygard. According to Kagstrom, Sandin Pellikka has told Norran.se’s Robin Lindgren that he will not attend Detroit’s training camp:
Axel Sandin Pellikka is not going to Detroit Red Wings training camp
After winning SHL gold with Skelleftea, the great talent Axel Sandin Pellikka signed an NHL contract with the Detroit Red Wings. Now the defensive prospect tells Norran that he will not go over to the team’s NHL camp this fall.
Michael Brandsegg-Nygard will go over to the Detroit Red Wings’ training camp this fall, and thus risks missing the start of the SHL regular season. Skelleftea AIK has risked that the promising Axel Sandin Pellikka will join Michael Brandsegg-Nygard–but that’s not the case.
To Norran, the defensive talent confirms that he’s not going to training camp.
“We talked and since I will be playing here with Skelleftea this upcoming season, we agreed that I will stay here the whole season,” says Sandin Pellikka to the newspaper.
Last season, Axel Sandin Pellikka posted 18 points (10 goals and 8 assists) in 39 regular season games played, and another seven points (2 goals and 5 assists) in 14 playoff games for Skelleftea.
Detroit’s training camp begins on September 19th, two days before the SHL premiere, and lasts until the NHL premiere on the night of October 5th, Swedish time. During that period, the Red Wings will play eight exhibition games.
