The Calgary Flames will have many opportunities to compete for their country at this year’s IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship (WJC). One of those players was 2025 second round pick Theo Stockselius. Unfortunately, the star was injured in October and has now been banned from competition by his Swedish hockey club.
Stockselius is still recovering from his injury
Stockselius currently works for the Djurgården system in Sweden and has a time gap between the top SHL club and the J20 club.
On October 4, Stockselius made his SHL debut for top team Djurgården, logging seven minutes of TOI in a fourth-line role. Four days later, he suited up for the J20 team and suffered a nasty skate-cut injury that has kept him out ever since.
This caused Stockselius to miss the Swedish WJC training camp in Slovakia and has now been ruled out of the tournament.
Djurgården sporting director Niklas Wikegård said this in the HockeyNews SE article:
Pretty okay, I think. He suffered a nasty injury and then had to drop out of the junior national team, which was bad luck for him. He is recovering and slowly but surely he is getting better.
Djurgården’s sporting director Niklas Wikegård
The Stockselius timeline
According to the Calgary Flames, Stockselius is recovering well from the injury. He will play the rest of the season in Sweden. Because he is 18 years old, Stockselius will be eligible to play for the Swedish WJC next year.
Stockselius is considered one of the Flames’ top prospects. He has nine points in seven J20 games this season and has played in two SHL games so far with zero points. The 6’3″, 196lb center projects as a mid-six center at the NHL level, and will likely cross the pond in two or three years.
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