
Red Wings prospect Axel Sandin-Pellikka leading Sweden at world juniors
OTTAWA — Axel Sandin-Pellikka loves a good dangle.
The defenceman idolized Patrick Kane as a kid after his dad brought a Chicago Blackhawks jersey home to Sweden with the stickhandling wizard’s No. 88 stitched on the back.
Sandin-Pellikka was mesmerized by the star forward’s quick hands and deft touch.
He’s now got plenty of that in his own tool belt. The 19-year-old has also come to realize sometimes less is more.