{"id":598690,"date":"2026-06-14T15:49:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T15:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/598690\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T15:49:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T15:49:06","slug":"minnesota-wild-signs-defenseman-viking-gustafsson-nyberg-to-amateur-tryout-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/598690\/","title":{"rendered":"MINNESOTA WILD SIGNS DEFENSEMAN VIKING GUSTAFSSON NYBERG TO AMATEUR TRYOUT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tApr 6, 2026<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{3cdb7634-224e-484f-a92c-97a78388555b}{101}\" paraid=\"313461732\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">SAINT PAUL, Minn.\u00a0&#8211; Minnesota Wild President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Bill Guerin today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club\u00a0has\u00a0signed defenseman\u00a0Viking Gustafsson Nyberg\u00a0to an amateur tryout (ATO). Gustafsson Nyberg will report to the Iowa Wild of the American Hockey League (AHL).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{3cdb7634-224e-484f-a92c-97a78388555b}{115}\" paraid=\"2136556150\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Gustafsson Nyberg, 22 (9\/21\/03), recorded 11 assists, 47 shots and 26 PIM in 37 games with the University of Connecticut (UConn) this season.\u00a0He led the team with a plus-18 rating, ranked second in blocked shots\u00a0(51) and third among defensemen in assists and points. The 6-foot-6, 225-pound native of Stockholm, Sweden, helped the Huskies reach the Hockey East Championship game and qualify for the NCAA Tournament. In two seasons (2024-25) at UConn, Gustafsson Nyberg totaled 21 points (1-20=21), 83 shots, 53\u00a0PIM\u00a0and 113 blocked shots. Gustafsson Nyberg transferred to UConn from Northern Michigan, where he played one season (2023-24) and posted three points (1-2=3) in 34 games while ranking fourth on the team (first among\u00a0freshmen) with 44 blocked shots.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{3cdb7634-224e-484f-a92c-97a78388555b}{129}\" paraid=\"262459486\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Prior to his collegiate career, Gustafsson Nyberg played two seasons (2021-23) with\u00a0Leksands\u00a0IF J20 of the Swedish Junior League, recording seven goals, 30 assists, 37 points (7-30=37), 28 penalty minutes, and a plus-21 rating in 82 games and serving as an alternate captain during the 2022-23 season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p paraeid=\"{ba4a21f3-6001-4f29-a3ea-5085f76a8f29}{160}\" paraid=\"344721219\">Iowa Wild hockey is presented by Kwik Star. For more information on Iowa Wild\u00a0hockey, please\u00a0visit\u202f<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iowawild.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">www.iowawild.com<\/a>. Season tickets for 2026-27\u00a0are on sale now. Fans can\u00a0purchase\u00a0season tickets for the upcoming season at\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iowawild.com\/wild-365\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.iowawild.com\/wild-365<\/a>.\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p paraeid=\"{ba4a21f3-6001-4f29-a3ea-5085f76a8f29}{204}\" paraid=\"1879771648\">Visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iowawild.com\/pressbox\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.iowawild.com\/pressbox<\/a>\u00a0for the latest news and information from the team including press releases, game notes, multimedia content, and daily statistics.\u202f\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p paraeid=\"{ba4a21f3-6001-4f29-a3ea-5085f76a8f29}{226}\" paraid=\"367722430\">Iowa Wild home games are played at Casey\u2019s Center. Iowa Wild games are now streaming on AHLTV on\u00a0FloHockey. Fans can visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/flosports.link\/4dyIrAx\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">FloHockey.tv<\/a>\u00a0now to create a free account, purchase subscriptions for the 2025-26 season, and watch all Iowa Wild games online.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apr 6, 2026 SAINT PAUL, Minn.\u00a0&#8211; Minnesota Wild President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Bill Guerin today&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":598691,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5118],"tags":[401,61310,8559,1928,38135,5,8558,161,38,5280,4,66516,43,66515,162],"class_list":["post-598690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-minnesota-wild","tag-ahl","tag-ato","tag-des-moines","tag-entertainment","tag-gustafsson","tag-hockey","tag-iowa","tag-minnesota","tag-minnesota-wild","tag-minnesotawild","tag-nhl","tag-nyberg","tag-sports","tag-viking","tag-wild"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116749255577916873","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598690","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=598690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}