Robert Hägg

Robert Hägg is best known as a physical defenceman whose game centres on defensive workArticle in SportbladetRead the sourceArticle in HockeynewsRead the sourceArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceArticle in TVmatchenRead the sourceClose. Robert Hägg grew up in Alunda, and Gimo IF HC was his first clubArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceArticle in Svenska IshockeyförbundetRead the sourceClose. In a July 2023Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose interview with Hockeysverige, his brother Christian recalled how much of their childhood they spent at Gimo’s rink. They had access to the rink’s keys and played against older children, Christian saidArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose.

In the same interview, Christian spoke about their father Peter, who played hockey himself and was a youth coachArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose. He also remembered the brothers’ hockey cards andArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose Peter Forsberg being an idol to both of them.

Hägg later attended a hockeygymnasiumA Swedish hockeygymnasium combines upper-secondary (high school) studies with scheduled ice hockey training.Article in Tidningen 7Read the sourceClose in Örnsköldsvik, combining upper-secondary studies with hockey training. He and childhood friend Linus Sandin had played together in Gimo and later became teammates in Modo’s under-20 teamArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose. In his May 2020Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose interview with Hockeysverige, Sandin said that having Hägg in Philadelphia made choosing the Flyers feel more reassuring.

In Brynäs’ MayArticle in Brynäs IFRead the sourceClose 2025 announcement, Hägg said the time was right to return to Sweden. His conversations with Johan AlcénArticle in Brynäs IFRead the sourceClose had convinced him that he and Brynäs shared ambitions.