• Grundstrom, who spent the past two seasons playing with Modo in Sweden’s top professional league, collected 7-9—16 in 2015-16 to finish in the top five among Swedish Hockey League junior-aged players in goals (4th) and points (t-5th).

• He was the second-youngest player on Team Sweden’s fourth-place team at the 2016 World Junior Championship in Helsinki, Finland, two days older than Rasmus Asplund (No. 4 European Skater).

• Grundstrom, who hails from Umea, Sweden, also represented his country at both the Ivan Hlinka Memorial and World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in 2014 and averaged a point per game at the 2015 Under-18 World Championship (3-2—5 in 5 GP).

• Grundstrom recalls winning a gold medal at the 2011-12 TV-Pucken, a youth tournament in Sweden, as his most memorable hockey moment. The following season he led all skaters with 10 goals in eight tournament games (10-5—15).

• His father, Per Grundstrom, and older brother, Gustav Grundstrom, both played professional hockey for Bjorkloven in their hometown of Umea, Sweden.

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GETTING TO KNOW CARL...

My go-to karaoke choice is: Snoop Dogg
Last TV show I binge-watched is: Top Gear
The app I spend way too much time on is: Instagram
At an all-you-can-eat buffet I go straight for the: Pizza
The coolest person I've ever met is: Peter Forsberg
The athlete I admire most is: Zlatan Ibrahimovic
If I could be one person for a day it would be: Zlatan Ibrahimovic
I am inspired by: I inspire myself
I am afraid of: Nothing
I dream of: Playing in the NHL