Andreas Borgman

Andreas Borgman has built a reputation for his physical play on defenceArticle in HockeynewsRead the sourceArticle in SportbladetRead the sourceArticle in SVT Nyheter JönköpingRead the sourceClose. Andreas BorgmanArticle in AftonbladetRead the sourceClose grew up in Stockholm and played youth hockey with IFK Tumba’s group for players born in 1995. He started playing hockey at just 3, according to SVT’s AprilSVT stands for Sveriges Television, Sweden’s public service television broadcaster.Article in SVT NyheterRead the sourceClose 2017 profile. HV71’s 2016/17 media guide identifies Huddinge IK as his first clubArticle in HV71Read the sourceClose.

In Sportbladet’s 2017 profile, Borgman recalled that DjurgårdenDjurgårdenDjurgården, short for Djurgårdens IF, is a sports club in Stockholm. Here, the name refers to its ice hockey team, which has developed many Swedish NHL players.Close had not selected him for its hockey gymnasiumArticle in AftonbladetRead the sourceClose, an upper-secondary programme with a hockey focus, and that he had then explored other options. At 16, he moved to Sundsvall and TimråArticle in AftonbladetRead the sourceClose. Looking back on the move, he thought a change of environment might have been what he neededArticle in AftonbladetRead the sourceClose. He also described how training with Timrå’s senior team had given him strong motivation and a clearer understanding of what it took to succeedArticle in AftonbladetRead the sourceClose.

In Toronto’sArticle in SportsnetRead the sourceClose dressing room, Borgman went by “Borgy” during 2017/18. The name appears in Sportsnet’s list of Maple LeafsArticle in SportsnetRead the sourceClose nicknames from that season, compiled with help from Matt Martin and Nazem Kadri.