Kalle Jernkrok ( Swede Calle Järnkrok ; born September 25, 1991 , Gavle , Sweden ) is a Swedish hockey player who strikes forward at the NHL Nashville Predators hockey club. Player of the Swedish national ice hockey team .
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| Position | attack | ||||||||||||
| Growth | 181 cm | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg | ||||||||||||
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| NHL draft | In 2010 , he was selected in the 2nd round under the overall 51st number by the Detroit Red Wings team | ||||||||||||
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Biography
Kalle Yernkruk is a pupil of the Brunes hockey club. In the 2009/10 season he made his debut for the team in the highest Swedish ice hockey league. In 2010, he participated in the NHL draft, was selected under the 51st number by the Detroit Red Wings team. For the youth national team of Sweden, he played at the Junior World Championships in 2009 and the Youth World Championships in 2011.
In 2013, Calle went overseas to play for the Grand Rapids Griffins team in the American Hockey League. In 2014, he joined the Nashville Predators NHL team [1] . In the 2013/14 season he made his debut for the team in the NHL, played 12 matches.
In 2013, Jernkruk became the world champion in ice hockey in the national team of Sweden. In 2014, he won the bronze medals of the World Cup.
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Links
- Yernkruk, Calle - statistics on Eliteprospects.com
- Yernkruk, Calle - statistics on The Internet Hockey Database