Linus Nässén (ice hockey, born 2000)
Linus Nässén (born May 17, 2000) is a Swedish ice hockey forward who plays for Frölunda HC in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He is 181 cm tall, weighs 81 kg, and shoots left.
Nässén grew up in Hönö, Sweden, and started playing hockey with Skärgårdens SK before joining Frölunda’s junior academy in 2014. He played for Gothenburg at TV-pucken in 2014, helping the team win silver, and again in 2015, when Gothenburg were eliminated in the quarterfinals. He made his professional SHL debut with Frölunda in the 2018–19 season, with coach Roger Rönnberg calling him a future cornerstone of the team.
Internationally, Nässén has represented Sweden at several junior tournaments. He won gold with Sweden’s U17 team at the 2016 World U-17 Hockey Challenge, and bronze at the 2017 Ivan Hlinka Memorial (U18) and the 2018 IIHF World U18 Championship. He was part of Sweden’s U20 team that won bronze at the 2020 World Junior Championship, recording five assists in seven games.
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