All five New York Rangers prospects playing in Europe were in action last week, and the most eye-catching moment came out of Switzerland: Rico Gredig finally got on the scoresheet for EV Zug.
The 21-year-old winger picked up his first goal of the season on Friday against Lausanne, and he did it by getting a piece of a Jacob Moverare shot from the blue line late in the second period. At that point, Zug was ahead 3-1.
Gredig also had a chance to add another goal in the third period after driving down the right side, but Ewan Huet turned it aside. He finished with three shots on goal and 13:52 of ice time.
Zug’s weekend got tougher the next day in Biel/Bienne, where Lias Andersson and his team rolled to a 5-0 win. Andersson, the former first-round pick, piled up two goals and two assists in the game, while Gredig was held off the board despite generating two scoring chances. Through 11 games, he now has four points, with one goal and three assists.
In Sweden, Mikkel Eriksen continued to look more comfortable with Färjestad BK. After a slow start, the 2025 fourth-round pick has played seven games since coming back from his loan with Mora IK in Allsvenskan, and he’s settled into the top six.
This past week, he appeared in both games for Färjestad and set up Saturday’s opening goal in a 4-1 win over Växjö Lakers. Eriksen’s shot was saved, and Linus Johansson finished off the rebound.
The encouraging part with Eriksen goes beyond the box score. He’s averaging 11:47 of ice time per game, with much of that coming without special teams work, but his underlying numbers have been strong.
According to expectedhockey.se, his metrics are among the best on the team, and he’s been a major reason the top-six group has been so effective. With Marcus Johansson and Victor Ejdsell still sidelined, he’ll keep getting chances for now.
Once they return, though, Eriksen likely slides back into a bottom-six role, and the bigger question becomes what path is best for his development.
Tomáš Chrenko stayed busy in Slovakia as HK Nitra kept rolling. The 2026 third-round pick helped his club extend its winning streak to six games, with five coming in the domestic league and one in the Champions Hockey League. He recorded six shots on goal over the weekend and added an assist in victories over HC Kosice, 5-1, and HK Propad, 4-1.
Samuel Jung also had a packed stretch in Finland, where KalPa’s U20 team played three games in three days. They opened with a 5-1 loss to Jung’s former team, Oulun Kärpät, but bounced back with a 6-0 win over RoKi and a 4-3 win over JYP.
Jung had two assists in each of those final two games. He now has one goal, five assists and a team-high 44 shots on goal in seven games.
In Russia, Ivan Patrikhayev skated in all three of CSKA Moscow’s games last week. The Rangers’ seventh-round pick from the most recent draft logged limited minutes and finished with four shots on goal as CSKA dropped two of three, with its only win coming Sunday against SKA St. Petersburg.
Rounding things out, Rasmus Larsson played in Hudiksvalls HC’s lone game of the week. The 2023 fifth-round pick helped his club to a 5-0 win, finishing without a point but with five shots on goal.
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