A rising prospect has inked his first NHL contract.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, the Detroit Red Wings<\/a> announced that the team has signed forward Noah Dower-Nilsson to a three-year, entry-level contract. The deal is set to begin with the 2026-27 season.<\/p>\nUPDATE: The #RedWings<\/a> have signed Noah Dower-Nilsson to a three-year, entry-level contract beginning with the 2026-27 season.<\/p>\nDower-Nilsson was taken by the Red Wings in the third round, 73rd overall, of the 2023 NHL Draft. He\u2019s the younger brother of center Liam Dower-Nilsson, who was picked by Detroit in the 2021 draft, though he never signed with the team.<\/p>\nThe younger of the Dower-Nilsson clan has become known for his playmaking ability and overall sense of the game in the offensive zone. He can create space with his quickness, while being an efficient forechecker who can quickly turn defense into offense.<\/p>\nThe 20-year-old has spent the past two seasons with Fr\u00f6lunda HC of the Swedish Hockey League. In his first full campaign with the club during the 2024-25 season, he scored four goals and six assists for 10 points, but didn\u2019t register a point in the playoffs as the Indians lost in the semifinals to the eventual SHL champions, Lule\u00e5 HF.<\/p>\nThis year, Dower-Nilsson had a little more production, notching six goals and 10 assists for 16 points in 48 games, before adding two goals and four points in the postseason. Ultimately, Fr\u00f6lunda was eliminated by Lule\u00e5 once again, this time losing in six games during the quarterfinals. <\/p>\nIn the midst of the 2025-26 campaign, the Str\u00f6mstad, Sweden native, helped the Indians capture the Champions Hockey League title for a record fifth time, and the first since 2019-20.<\/p>\nAcross four seasons in the SHL, Dower-Nilsson appeared in 91 games, scoring 11 goals and 17 assists for 28 points. <\/p>\nInternationally, Dower-Nilsson has played for Sweden a few times. He helped Tre Kronor take home the silver medal at the 2022 Hlinka Gretzky Cup and 2023 IIHF Under-18 Men\u2019s World Championship. Also, he won bronze at the 2022 World Junior A Challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A rising prospect has inked his first NHL contract. On Sunday, the Detroit Red Wings announced that the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":542368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5101],"tags":[599,93,5137,5,4,3358,5138],"class_list":{"0":"post-542367","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-red-wings","8":"tag-detroit","9":"tag-detroit-red-wings","10":"tag-detroitredwings","11":"tag-hockey","12":"tag-nhl","13":"tag-red-wings","14":"tag-redwings"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116353176998021798","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
UPDATE: The #RedWings<\/a> have signed Noah Dower-Nilsson to a three-year, entry-level contract beginning with the 2026-27 season.<\/p>\nDower-Nilsson was taken by the Red Wings in the third round, 73rd overall, of the 2023 NHL Draft. He\u2019s the younger brother of center Liam Dower-Nilsson, who was picked by Detroit in the 2021 draft, though he never signed with the team.<\/p>\nThe younger of the Dower-Nilsson clan has become known for his playmaking ability and overall sense of the game in the offensive zone. He can create space with his quickness, while being an efficient forechecker who can quickly turn defense into offense.<\/p>\nThe 20-year-old has spent the past two seasons with Fr\u00f6lunda HC of the Swedish Hockey League. In his first full campaign with the club during the 2024-25 season, he scored four goals and six assists for 10 points, but didn\u2019t register a point in the playoffs as the Indians lost in the semifinals to the eventual SHL champions, Lule\u00e5 HF.<\/p>\nThis year, Dower-Nilsson had a little more production, notching six goals and 10 assists for 16 points in 48 games, before adding two goals and four points in the postseason. Ultimately, Fr\u00f6lunda was eliminated by Lule\u00e5 once again, this time losing in six games during the quarterfinals. <\/p>\nIn the midst of the 2025-26 campaign, the Str\u00f6mstad, Sweden native, helped the Indians capture the Champions Hockey League title for a record fifth time, and the first since 2019-20.<\/p>\nAcross four seasons in the SHL, Dower-Nilsson appeared in 91 games, scoring 11 goals and 17 assists for 28 points. <\/p>\nInternationally, Dower-Nilsson has played for Sweden a few times. He helped Tre Kronor take home the silver medal at the 2022 Hlinka Gretzky Cup and 2023 IIHF Under-18 Men\u2019s World Championship. Also, he won bronze at the 2022 World Junior A Challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A rising prospect has inked his first NHL contract. On Sunday, the Detroit Red Wings announced that the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":542368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5101],"tags":[599,93,5137,5,4,3358,5138],"class_list":{"0":"post-542367","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-red-wings","8":"tag-detroit","9":"tag-detroit-red-wings","10":"tag-detroitredwings","11":"tag-hockey","12":"tag-nhl","13":"tag-red-wings","14":"tag-redwings"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116353176998021798","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Dower-Nilsson was taken by the Red Wings in the third round, 73rd overall, of the 2023 NHL Draft. He\u2019s the younger brother of center Liam Dower-Nilsson, who was picked by Detroit in the 2021 draft, though he never signed with the team.<\/p>\n
The younger of the Dower-Nilsson clan has become known for his playmaking ability and overall sense of the game in the offensive zone. He can create space with his quickness, while being an efficient forechecker who can quickly turn defense into offense.<\/p>\n
The 20-year-old has spent the past two seasons with Fr\u00f6lunda HC of the Swedish Hockey League. In his first full campaign with the club during the 2024-25 season, he scored four goals and six assists for 10 points, but didn\u2019t register a point in the playoffs as the Indians lost in the semifinals to the eventual SHL champions, Lule\u00e5 HF.<\/p>\n
This year, Dower-Nilsson had a little more production, notching six goals and 10 assists for 16 points in 48 games, before adding two goals and four points in the postseason. Ultimately, Fr\u00f6lunda was eliminated by Lule\u00e5 once again, this time losing in six games during the quarterfinals. <\/p>\n
In the midst of the 2025-26 campaign, the Str\u00f6mstad, Sweden native, helped the Indians capture the Champions Hockey League title for a record fifth time, and the first since 2019-20.<\/p>\n
Across four seasons in the SHL, Dower-Nilsson appeared in 91 games, scoring 11 goals and 17 assists for 28 points. <\/p>\n
Internationally, Dower-Nilsson has played for Sweden a few times. He helped Tre Kronor take home the silver medal at the 2022 Hlinka Gretzky Cup and 2023 IIHF Under-18 Men\u2019s World Championship. Also, he won bronze at the 2022 World Junior A Challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A rising prospect has inked his first NHL contract. On Sunday, the Detroit Red Wings announced that the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":542368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5101],"tags":[599,93,5137,5,4,3358,5138],"class_list":{"0":"post-542367","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-red-wings","8":"tag-detroit","9":"tag-detroit-red-wings","10":"tag-detroitredwings","11":"tag-hockey","12":"tag-nhl","13":"tag-red-wings","14":"tag-redwings"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116353176998021798","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}