Nikolaj Ehlers

Nikolaj Ehlers (born 14 February 1996) is a Danish professional ice hockey player who is a winger for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). 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 Winnipeg Jets in the 2014 NHL entry draft, and spent one more season in juniors before making the NHL in 2015. Ehlers won the Stanley Cup with the Hurricanes in 2026.