Left wing Elmer Soderblom skated in his rookie season with the Grand Rapids Griffins and totaled eight points (5-3—8) and 10 penalty minutes in 20 games. The 6-foot-8 forward also appeared in 21 games with the Detroit Red Wings, totaling eight points (5-3—8) and eight penalty minutes in 21 outings.

Regular Season Stat Line

20 GP, 5 goals, 3 assists, 8 points, -3 rating, 10 PIM with GRG
21 GP, 5 goals, 3 assists, 8 points, 0 rating, 8 PIM with DET

Contract Status

Signed with Detroit through the 2024-25 season

By the Numbers

14 – He made his North America and NHL debut on Oct. 14 during opening night with the Red Wings against the Montreal Canadiens. He scored his first NHL goal during the contest and finished with a plus-two rating and five shots.

9 – He made his AHL debut with the Griffins on Dec. 9 at the Springfield Thunderbirds.

3 – Notched his first AHL goal and point on Jan. 29 at the Chicago Wolves during a season-high three-point contest (2-1—3).

4 – Amassed a season-high four-game point streak (4-2—6) from Jan. 29-Feb. 4

3 – Totaled a three-game goal streak from Jan. 29-Feb. 3 (4-0—4)

6 – Registered a point in six straight games with the Red Wings from Dec. 14-31 (3-3—6)

1 – He became the tallest player to compete for the Griffins at 6-foot-8.

2 – Tallied two shootout goals on Feb. 4 at Texas and Feb. 19 at Manitoba

Newsworthy

Grand Rapids Griffins | Blazin' Griffs Ep. 4 w/ SÖDERBLOM, EDVINSSON, & JOHANSSON (griffinshockey.com)

Grand Rapids Griffins | High Ceiling (griffinshockey.com)

Yzerman sees Detroit 'moving in the right direction' as organization (nhl.com)

Steve Yzerman on Red Wings’ progress, prospects, Derek Lalonde - mlive.com

Elmer Soderblom maximizing size, opportunity with Griffins - mlive.com

Ranking the top 50 drafted NHL prospects: Logan Cooley leads Scott Wheeler’s 2023 list - The Athletic

Red Wings prospect Soderblom using size to his advantage with Griffins (detroithockeynow.com)

Detroit Red Wings are No. 4 in 2023 NHL prospect pool rankings - The Athletic

Red Wings Notebook: Swedes Shine for Griffins; Do Pens Want Ned? (detroithockeynow.com)

Grand Rapids Griffins | ELMER SODERBLOM INTERVIEW & HORVAT TRADE RUMORS - Winged Wheel Podcast - Jan. 25th, 2023 (griffinshockey.com)

Ranking the best NHL players and prospects under 23: Rasmus Dahlin tops the list - The Athletic

How Red Wings’ young forwards put themselves on the right side of a tough lineup decision - The Athletic

Photo at top by Macy Mineni/Griffins