Erik Påhlsson

Photo by: Brace Hemmelgarn

Photo by: Brad Rempel

Photo by: Brace Hemmelgarn

Photo by: Brad Rempel

Photo by: Bjorn Franke

Position:
Forward
Ht./Wt.:
6-1 / 185
Class:
Sophomore
Shoot/Catch:
L
Hometown:
Landskrona, Sweden
Previous Team:
Dubuque (USHL)
NHL Rights:
Nashville (2024)

PRONUNCIATION

2025-26 | SOPHOMORE
Big Ten Conference Second Star of the Week (Feb. 3)
Academic All-Big Ten
• Skated in 32 games as a sophomore, missing four due to a mid-season injury
• Closed the campaign with 14 points behind five goals and nine assists
• Scored the first power-play goal of his career against No. 8/7 Wisconsin (Jan. 30), which was his lone game winner this season
• Had points in back-to-back outings four times, including the opening two games and the final two games of the season
• Scored goals in consecutive appearances Oct. 3-4 and again Jan. 30-31
• Helped secure a home sweep of No. 8/7 Wisconsin (Jan. 30-31) thanks to five points during the series with a season-high three points in the finale (Jan. 31) to earn B1G Second Star of the Week honors
• Both of his multi-point efforts of the year came in the series against Wisconsin
• Was one of two Gophers to record a multi-goal performance when he found the back of the net twice versus the Badgers (Jan. 31), his first time scoring multiple goals in a contest
• Won a total of 153 faceoffs during the year, ranking third on the team, with a season-high 10 versus Boston College (Oct. 9) and Long Island (Nov. 14)
• Posted a career-best plus-3 rating in the season opener against Michigan Tech (Oct. 3)
• Gophers held a 3-1-0 record in games he scored a goal and were 6-4-1 when he tallied a point
• Earned second letter

2024-25 | FRESHMAN
• Took to the ice in 30 games during his first season of college hockey at Minnesota, missing nearly a month in December with an injury
• Made his college hockey debut against Air Force (Oct. 11) at the 2024 Ice Breaker Tournament in Las Vegas
• Ended the season with 18 points on three goals and 15 assists
• Ranked second on the team and seventh among Big Ten Conference rookies in scoring
• Scored the first goal, and first point, of his NCAA career at Minnesota Duluth (Oct. 18)
• Had four multi-point outings for the season, all of which came during the month of January
• Recorded a season-best four points with a goal and three assists at home against Wisconsin (Jan. 31), including his lone game-winning goal of the year
• Twice tallied a season-long point streak of three games coming Nov. 8-Jan. 3 and again Jan. 17-24
• Scored the first shorthanded goal of his career versus Mercyhurst (Jan. 3) as one of three Gophers to find the back of the net when shorthanded
• Three of his 15 helpers came while the team was on the man advantage
• Posted 10 of his 15 total assists during the second period of games in 2024-25
• Tied for fourth on the team by winning 105 faceoffs, including a season-high eight in a win over St. Thomas (Oct. 26) at Xcel Energy Center
• Closed the campaign with a plus-7 rating with a season high of plus-2 in three different outings
• Gophers owned a record of 8-3-0 in games that he tallied a point and were a perfect 3-0-0 when he scored a goal
• Earned first letter

JUNIOR/HIGH SCHOOL
• Helped Dubuque reach the USHL Clark Cup Final in 2023-24 with current Gophers' teammate Beckett Hendrickson
• Tallied five points with one goal and four assists in 11 playoff appearances with Dubuque
• Closed the 2023-24 regular season ranked sixth in the league's scoring race with 72 points in 57 games behind 28 goals and 44 assists (1.26 points per game)
• Set a USHL record for the most points in a single season by a Swedish-born player
• Posted 10 power-play goals and 15 assists on the man advantage for the Fighting Saints
• Recorded a career-best five points in a win over Muskegon (Jan. 5) scoring twice and adding three assists
• Put together 19 multi-point outings and had a season-long point streak of 11 games from Oct. 20 to Nov. 24
• Made 91 appearances across two seasons for HV71 Junior in the Sweden J20 SuperElit league back in his home country of Sweden from 2021-23
• Recorded 63 points (26 goals, 37 assists) in 46 games while serving as the team captain for HV71 J20 in 2022-23
• Finished the 2021-22 campaign with 40 points in 45 outings behind 19 goals and 21 assists

PERSONAL
• Son of Ola and Tina Påhlsson
• Has an older brother, Karl, and a younger sister Thea
• Drafted in the seventh round of the 2024 NHL Entry Draft by the Nashville Predators as the 213th overall selection
• Ranked as the No. 177 skater in North America by NHL Central Scouting prior to the 2024 draft
• Only Gopher to ever wear No. 72