William Eklund from Sharks reacts to the violation of the wrist with the Swedish national team

This story originally appeared on Hockeysverige.se and was translated into English by Swedish.

The expectations for San Jose Sharks, striker William Eklund, before the IIHF World Championship 2025 on home ice in Stockholm 2025.

But after cutting Filip Hronek on Saturday in Sweden on Saturday against the Czech Republic against the Czech Republic, the 22-year-old will not take part in the main event. He needed operated on and takes three months to recover from the terrible injury.

“It was an accident that you don't want to see in hockey, but it happened, and of course it's unfortunate,” said Eklund days after the incident. “I immediately had a lot of thoughts through my head and obviously I was afraid.”

The Swedish coach Sam Hallam had an eklund on the squad when he presented his team in front of the World Cup on Monday. But Eklund immediately realized that it was not an option.

“I went to the hospital pretty quickly afterwards. Even (Sunday) when I was with the Swedish team, I understood it,” said Eklund.

Although he was sad to miss the big event on home, he is also lucky that things have not become worse than her.

“I don't have an exact number of how many stitches I have, but it is a wrist injury that I would rather not go into too much detail,” he said. “There is a very good reason to use everything to protect from skate cuts. I am also very grateful that it wasn't worse.”

He has not used this type of protection in the past, but claims that he will do it in the future.

Despite his absence, Eklund believes that Sweden has a good chance of going all the way.

“The boys can go all the way. The team has everything they need to walk,” said Eklund. “It would be great if you could do it. I really hope you do it.”

Eklund lives not far from the Avicii Arena, the home of the group A. Although he will not play, he plans to see exactly.

“I'll be there for a few games. Other games that I may not be there personally, but I will follow every game in one way or another.”

Eklund enjoyed a breakthrough season with the Sharks and set a personal record with 17 goals and 58 points in 77 games of the regular season. The sharks last came in the NHL and will select second place in the NHL design of 2025. His younger brother Victor will be a top -10 election this year.

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