Pontus Åberg

Pontus Åberg is an offensive forward whose strengths include goalscoringArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceArticle in SportbladetRead the sourceArticle in HockeynewsRead the sourceArticle in HockeynewsRead the sourceClose. Pontus Åberg’s first clubArticle in Timrå IKRead the sourceArticle in FoC FarstaRead the sourceClose was FoC Farsta, where he started in the hockey school at Farsta ice rink. In a 2020Article in Traktor ChelyabinskRead the sourceClose interview with Traktor, he recalled learning to skate at 2 or 3 and starting hockey at 4. He also remembered choosing hockey over football when he was 12 or 13Article in Traktor ChelyabinskRead the sourceClose.

Åberg attended Djurgårdens IFDjurgårdens IFDjurgården, 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’s hockeygymnasiumA Swedish hockeygymnasium combines upper-secondary (high school) studies with scheduled ice hockey training.Article in Timrå IKRead the sourceClose, an upper secondary programme with a hockey focus. In October 2011, Sportbladet reported that he was attending VittragymnasietArticle in AftonbladetRead the sourceClose. The same report described how repeated conversations with hockey mentor Erik RymanArticle in AftonbladetRead the sourceClose helped him develop during his time at 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.

In Traktor’sArticle in Traktor ChelyabinskRead the sourceClose 2020 interview, Åberg said Peter Forsberg had been an inspiration and that he had enjoyed watching Colorado play as a child. He also described his free time that summer: padel once or twice a week and occasional rounds of golfArticle in Traktor ChelyabinskRead the sourceClose.

In the same interview, Åberg recalled the nicknames from his time in Nashville: his teammates called him Po, Bergy or BergerArticle in Traktor ChelyabinskRead the sourceClose. He said, however, that nobody on the team called him “The PopeArticle in Traktor ChelyabinskRead the sourceClose”.

In SeptemberArticle in FoC FarstaRead the sourceClose 2019, FoC Farsta welcomed Åberg back to the rink where he had started playing hockey and wished him well for the coming season. When he and Jesper Frödén were selected for the Channel One Cup in December 2020Article in FoC FarstaRead the sourceClose, the club marked their selection and recalled that both had started in its hockey school.