Nikolaj Ehlers

Nationality

Denmark

Born

1996-02-14

Height

6'0" / 182 cm

Weight

172 lbs / 78 kg

Number

#27

Nikolaj Ehlers is a Danish professional ice hockey forward for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League. Ehlers previously played ice hockey in Switzerland, where his father Heinz was a coach, and then moved to North America in 2013 to play with the Halifax Mooseheads of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). After one year with Halifax he was selected ninth overall by the Jets in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, and spent one more season in juniors before making the NHL in 2015. Internationally Ehlers has played for Denmark at both the junior and senior level, including at three World Championships.