John Persson

John Persson was a physical forward who liked to get to the front of the netArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceArticle in Sveriges RadioRead the sourceArticle in fbkbloggenRead the sourceArticle in Brynäs IFRead the sourceClose. John PerssonArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose started playing organised hockey at Huddinge IK. In a joint interview in 2015Article in fbkbloggenRead the sourceClose, his brother Johan recalled John joining his team in Huddinge, while John said he later also played with the 1991 age group in Mora.

Before moving to Canada, he spent 1 year at a hockeygymnasiumA Swedish hockeygymnasium combines upper-secondary (high school) studies with scheduled ice hockey training.Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose, an upper secondary school with a hockey programme, he told Hockeysverige in 2014. In the same interview, he said he had been a teammate ofArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose Ryan Nugent-Hopkins in Red Deer and that they were still very good friends.

Looking back on his time in North AmericaArticle in fbkbloggenRead the sourceClose in the 2015 fbkbloggen interview, Persson said the extra ice time had improved his shot. He also felt that moving at a young age had made him more independentArticle in fbkbloggenRead the sourceClose.

The brothers also described constantly challenging each other as children, even when they were simply playingArticle in fbkbloggenRead the sourceClose. That competition had a concrete example in the 2015Article in fbkbloggenRead the sourceClose interview: John and Johan each claimed to be the better table tennis player of the 2. They also joked that the family’s Midsummer games almost needed a rulebook to prevent argumentsArticle in fbkbloggenRead the sourceClose.