Red Wings sign Michael Brandsegg-Nygård to three-year, section level agreement
Forward was chosen fifteenth in general by Detroit at 2024 NHL section draft
DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings today endorsed forward Michael Brandsegg-Nygård to a three-year, section level agreement with a typical yearly worth of $975,000.
Brandsegg-Nygård, 18, was chosen by the Red Wings in the primary round (fifteenth generally speaking) of the 2024 NHL Section Draft, held at Circle in Las Vegas on June 28-29, and took part at Detroit’s Advancement Camp from July 1-5 at the BELFOR Preparing Center inside Little Caesars Field. The 6-foot-1, 207-pound forward spent most of the 2023-24 season with Mora IK in Sweden’s second-most noteworthy expert association, recording 18 focuses (8-10-18), an in addition to three rating and 19 punishment minutes in 41 standard season games. Brandsegg-Nygård additionally gathered 10 focuses (4-6-10) and eight punishment minutes in 12 postseason challenges, assisting Mora IK with arriving at the Elimination rounds for the second continuous season. Moreover, Brandsegg-Nygård logged 12 focuses (5-7-12), an in addition to nine rating and 10 punishment minutes in seven games with Mora IK’s under-20 group in Sweden’s top junior association. A local of Oslo, Norway, Brandsegg-Nygård turned into the primary Norwegian-conceived player to be chosen in the principal round of a NHL Section Draft.
Brandsegg-Nygård appeared with Mora IK in 2022-23, logging three focuses (1-2-3), an in addition to three rating and six punishment minutes in 11 games, alongside 38 focuses (17-21-38) in 35 games with the under-20 group and 10 focuses (5-5-10) in four games at the under-18 level. Before showing up in Sweden, Brandsegg-Nygård made his expert presentation as a 16-year-old with Vålerenga in the EliteHockey Ligaen, skating in eight games in Norway’s top proficient association during the 2021-22 mission. He additionally gathered 42 focuses (24-18-42) in 25 games with Vålerenga’s under-20 group and 19 focuses (10-9-19) in seven games with the under-18 crew in 2021-22. Brandsegg-Nygård paced Norway’s under-18 circuit with 16 objectives in eight games in 2020-21.
On the global stage, Brandsegg-Nygård played for Norway at the 2024 IIHF Big showdown, recording five focuses (3-2-5) in seven games on the way to being named one of his nation’s main three entertainers. He additionally addressed Norway at the 2024 IIHF World Junior Title, logging five focuses (3-2-5) in five games. Brandsegg-Nygård won a gold decoration at the 2023 IIHF World Junior Title Division I, gathering five focuses (2-3-5) in five games, and furthermore caught a silver decoration at the 2022 IIHF World Under-18 Title Division I with four places (2-2-4) in five appearances.
