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Anton Frondell
Swedish ice hockey player (born 2007) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Anton Frondell (born 7 May 2007) is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre for Djurgårdens IF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) while under contract to the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected third overall by the Blackhawks in the 2025 NHL entry draft.[1]
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Frondell made his senior-level debut at 16 years old for Djurgårdens IF in the second-tier HockeyAllsvenskan during the 2023–24 season, recording just under four minutes of time on ice in a 7–3 victory over Södertälje SK. Although he played primarily at the under-20 level that year, he appeared in nine HockeyAllsvenskan games and recorded one assist.[2][3] He suffered a foot injury in February 2024, which caused him to miss the remainder of the 2023–24 season.[4]
Frondell scored his first goal with the senior team in a pre-season game on 21 August 2024, in a 3–2 victory over Västerås IK.[2] A knee injury hindered him in the beginning of the 2024–25 regular season, which made him to miss the first few games.[5] He scored his first Hockeyallsvenskan goal away against Kalmar HC on 13 November 2024.[6] Frondell scored two goals and four points in the 5–2 victory against IF Björklöven on 27 January 2025.[7] Less than a month later, on 19 February, he repeated the feat with another two goals and four points in an away win against Almtuna IS.[8] Throughout the 2024–25 regular season, Frondell was typically paired with Victor Eklund and Fredric Weigel.[9] On 14 March 2025, Frondell signed a one-year contract extension with Djurgården, committing to the club for the 2025–26 season regardless of its promotion status from HockeyAllsvenskan to the SHL.[10] Two days later, he scored the game-winning goal in the first promotion play-off quarter final against Mora IK, making the score 4–3 for his team.[11] Frondell recorded 11 goals and 25 points in 29 regular season games, marking the second-highest point total ever by a player under 18 in HockeyAllsvenskan, only surpassed by the 27 points scored by William Nylander in 35 games during the 2013–14 season.[12] In the playoffs, Frondell played in 16 games, scoring 3 goals and 7 points.
On 27 June 2025, Frondell was selected third overall by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2025 NHL entry draft. He signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Blackhawks on 15 July 2025.[13] Frondell returned to Djurgården on loan for the 2025–26 SHL season.[14]
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International play
Frondell captained Sweden to a bronze medal at the 2023 World U-17 Hockey Challenge, where he had six goals and an assist in seven games.[15]
Frondell competed in the 2024 Under-18 Five Nations Tournament as a 16-year-old, leading Sweden in goals and beating the United States for first place in the event.[16]
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