Get to know Team Sweden - Rickard Hugg

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Get to know Team Sweden - Rickard Hugg

Rickard Hugg - Kitchener Rangers (OHL)

19 year old Hugg is an undrafted forward who has played the majority of his hockey at junior level for Leksand IF including 11 games for the senior team in the SHL when he was only 17. Like the rest of the team he has already established himself as part of the national squad at junior level and has been captain and assistant captain of the U18 team. Playing under the limelight of the international stage he caught the attention of Kitchener Rangers in the OHL. The Rangers are one of the most prestigious teams in the league and the former team of players such as Gabriel Landeskog and Derek Roy. Now in his second season for the Rangers affiliates outfit, Hugg is on track for a breakout year with 32 points in 21 games making him the team's top scorer and second highest scoring European in the league behind JWC teammate, Hugo Leufvenius.