Victor Söderström

Victor Söderström was regarded as one of the SHL's leading defencemenSHL, the Swedish Hockey League, is Sweden’s top men’s domestic ice hockey league.Article in SVT SportRead the sourceArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose during the 2024/25 season. At Brynäs, he played an important role in the team's play with the puckArticle in HockeynewsRead the sourceArticle in SportbladetRead the sourceClose. Victor SöderströmArticle in SvenskaFansRead the sourceArticle in Swedish Ice Hockey AssociationRead the sourceClose grew up in Skutskär near Gävle, with Skutskärs SK as his first hockey club. He moved from Skutskär to Brynäs U16 for the 2015/16Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose season.

In his February 2020Article in SvenskaFansRead the sourceClose interview with SvenskaFans, Söderström recalled playing goalie with his own age group at around 9 or 10 and forward with older players, before becoming a defenseman after the age of 12. When he wanted to be a goalie, Jacob Markström was his favorite player, he told the IIHF in December 2019Article in IIHFRead the sourceClose.

In a December 2019 interview with Hockeysverige, he said he had attended both school and hockeygymnasiumA Swedish hockeygymnasium combines upper-secondary (high school) studies with scheduled ice hockey training.Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose, combining upper secondary studies with hockey, alongside players born in 2000 who were a year older. That same year, he chose another season at Brynäs after consulting his family and agent Claes ElefalkArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose.

His father had been a major influence on his hockey, Söderström told SvenskaFans in February 2020Article in SvenskaFansRead the sourceClose, and was the first person he called after games. In the December 2019Article in IIHFRead the sourceClose IIHF interview, he also described the support he had received in Arizona: Oliver Ekman-Larsson had hosted him for over a month, and Carl Söderberg had helped him too.

Asked by the IIHF about number 77Article in IIHFRead the sourceClose in December 2019, Söderström mentioned Coffey, Bourque, Hedman and Esposito and described himself as a hockey-history nerd. In his February 2020Article in SvenskaFansRead the sourceClose SvenskaFans interview, he said he relaxed during summer with golf and occasional padel.