DETROIT \u2013 The Detroit Red Wings today recalled forward Michael Brandsegg-Nyg\u00e5rd from the American Hockey League\u2019s Grand Rapids Griffins under emergency conditions.<\/p>\n
Brandsegg-Nyg\u00e5rd, 20, has skated in 12 games with the Red Wings during the 2025-26 season, recording one assist, two penalty minutes, 17 shots and 36 hits in 12:17 average time on ice. The 6-foot-1, 204-pound forward has also played in 58 games with the Griffins this season and ranks among the team leaders with 20 goals (5th), 24 assists (3rd), 44 points (T2nd), a plus-19 rating (T6th), 40 penalty minutes (6th), seven power play goals (T1st), 13 power play points (2nd), eight game-winning goals (T1st) and 139 shots (3rd). Brandsegg-Nyg\u00e5rd began the 2024-25 campaign with Skellefte\u00e5 AIK in the Swedish Hockey League, logging 11 points (5-6-11) and 51 penalty minutes in 42 regular-season games, in addition to six points (4-2-6) and 12 penalty minutes in 11 postseason contests. He also made his North American professional debut with the Griffins in 2024-25, playing in two regular-season games before notching three points (2-1-3) in three Calder Cup Playoff matchups. Brandsegg-Nyg\u00e5rd previously spent two seasons with Mora IK in Sweden\u2019s second-highest professional league from 2022-24, collecting 21 points (9-12-21) and 25 penalty minutes in 52 games. He also racked up 50 points (22-28-50) and 38 penalty minutes in 42 games with Mora IK\u2019s under-20 team, along with 10 points (5-5-10) and six penalty minutes in four games at the under-18 level.<\/p>\n
Selected by the Red Wings in the first round (15th overall) of the 2024 NHL Entry Draft, Brandsegg-Nyg\u00e5rd became the first Norwegian-born player to be selected in the first round of an NHL Entry Draft. The Oslo, Norway, native made his professional debut as a 16-year-old with V\u00e5lerenga in the EliteHockey Ligaen, skating in eight games in Norway\u2019s top league during the 2021-22 season. On the international stage, Brandsegg-Nyg\u00e5rd represented his country at the 2025 IIHF World Championship, picking up four assists and a tournament-high 29 penalty minutes in five games. He also competed with Norway at the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship Division IA, netting one goal in five appearances. Brandsegg-Nyg\u00e5rd shined at the 2024 IIHF World Championship, recording five points (3-2-5) in seven games en route to being named one of his country\u2019s top three players. He also played at the 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship, totaling five points (3-2-5) in five games.\u00a0Brandsegg-Nyg\u00e5rd notched five points (2-3-5) in five games at the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship Division IA, and logged four points (2-2-4) in five contests at the 2022 IIHF World Under-18 Championship Division IA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DETROIT \u2013 The Detroit Red Wings today recalled forward Michael Brandsegg-Nyg\u00e5rd from the American Hockey League\u2019s Grand Rapids…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":551405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5101],"tags":[599,93,5137,5,4,3358,5138],"class_list":{"0":"post-551404","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\/116394061560019560","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551404","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=551404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/551405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}