Of Red Wings prospect-related note in Europe today:
In the Finnish Liiga, Jesse Kiiskinen is absent, but you folks know that I’m a, “We’re going to follow the team anyway” person, so: HPK Hameenlinna lost 4-3 to IFK Helsinki in a shootout;
In the DEL, Kevin Bicker is injured and missing both DEL games and World Junior Championship games, but his Frankfurt Lowen won 5-4 in overtime over Iserlohn;
In the SHL, Noah Dower Nilsson got boosted to Frolunda HC’s 2nd line, took 2 shots in 10:54 played and Frolunda HC won 4-2 over Linkopings HC;
Anton Johansson’s team continues to struggle, but it’s not his fault. He scored a goal, finishing at +1 with 2 shots in 17:00 played as Leksands IF lost 4-2 to Timra IK;
And Skelleftea AIK is a bit of a “unit” even without Axel Sandin Pellikka, who is at the World Junior Championship for the next two weeks, but so SAIK won 4-2 over Orebro, with a certain Michael Brandsegg-Nygard finishing even with 1 shot and a minor penalty taken in 14:23 of ice time.
