Gustav Nyquist

Gustav NyquistArticle in HallandspostenRead the sourceClose grew up in Malmö and began playing hockey in Limhamn before moving on to Malmö Redhawks. Speaking to Hallandsposten in 2011Article in HallandspostenRead the sourceClose, his father Fredrik recalled that the family had moved from Halmstad, where Gustav was born, when his son was 6 months old. Nyquist also attended Malmö’s hockeygymnasiumA Swedish hockeygymnasium combines upper-secondary (high school) studies with scheduled ice hockey training.Article in Malmö RedhawksRead the sourceClose, an upper secondary programme combining school studies with a hockey focus; the Redhawks’ 2019/20 partner brochure lists him among former students.

Looking back on his choice of the University of Maine in a Sportbladet interview during the 2016 World ChampionshipArticle in AftonbladetRead the sourceClose, Nyquist said the opportunity to pursue an education had helped attract him there. He studied economics while playing 3 hockey seasons at the universityArticle in University of Maine AthleticsRead the sourceArticle in AftonbladetRead the sourceClose. At the time of the interview, he said he still had half a year left to complete his economics degreeArticle in AftonbladetRead the sourceClose.

In the same interview, Nyquist recalled Swedish teammates from different stages of his hockey life and praised Pernilla WinbergArticle in AftonbladetRead the sourceClose, whom he had played alongside as a child in Limhamn. He also remembered staying with Niklas Kronwall, Henrik Zetterberg and Johan Franzén during his early call-ups to DetroitArticle in AftonbladetRead the sourceClose.

A namesake gave Nyquist a reason to follow horse racing: Red WingsArticle in NHLPARead the sourceClose fan Paul Reddam had named one of his racehorses after him. In NHLPA’s MayArticle in NHLPARead the sourceClose 2016 interview, Nyquist described following the horse as both fun and strange. Golf had been part of his life for longer; in a September 2023 interview with the Nashville PredatorsArticle in Nashville PredatorsRead the sourceClose, he said he had played since childhood.