Mattias Ekholm opens up about making the Swedish national team
The official rosters for the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament were revealed yesterday, and Mattias Ekholm has received the distinguished honour of representing his home country of Sweden.
In a recent interview, Mattias Ekholm opened up about his personal feelings towards being selected, including what it means to him to represent Sweden on the international stage.
-Mattias Ekholm
Ekholm was one of seven defencemen picked to don the Tre Kronor at the inaugural NHL tournament to be held Feb. 12-20, 2025, joining Gustav Forsling, Victor Hedman, Erik Karlsson, Rasmus Andersson, Jonas Brodin and Rasmus Dahlin.
Fellow countryman and Edmonton Oilers forward Viktor Arvidsson has also been selected to represent Team Sweden at the 4 Nations Face-Off -- which comes as a huge surprise concerning his current injury status.
Arvidsson was one of 13 Swedish forwards selected along with Filip Forsberg, William Nylander, Mika Zibanejad, Adrian Kempe, William Karlsson, Joel Eriksson Ek, Gustav Nyquist, Elias Pettersson, Lucas Raymond, Leo Carlsson, Elias Lindholm and Jesper Bratt.
The tournament, running from February 12 to 20, will feature Canada, the USA, Sweden, and Finland, with games held in Montreal and Boston.
Oilers Central would like to congratulate Mattias Ekholm and Viktor Arvidsson on this outstanding achievement -- they will undoubtedly make Oil Country extremely proud come February.
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