Julius Bergman

Julius Bergman (born 2 November 1995) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman for the Nybro Vikings of HockeyAllsvenskan.

Bergman was selected by the San Jose Sharks in the second round (46th overall) of the 2014 NHL entry draft.

Playing career Bergman grew up playing youth hockey in Sweden, initially with the junior teams affiliated with Karlskrona HK before being loaned to the Frölunda HC organization, where he played firstly with the J18 team before being moved to the J20 team. Bergman made his debut with the senior Frölunda team during the 2013 European Trophy.

Bergman signed a three-year entry-level contract with the San Jose Sharks on July 16, 2014. He spent the 2014–15 season playing major junior hockey in Canada with the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League. Bergman played three seasons with the Sharks' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate San Jose Barracuda. He had his best season in 2017–18, scoring ten goals and ten assists.

On June 19, 2018, he was traded by the Sharks alongside Mikkel Bødker and a sixth-round pick of the 2020 NHL entry draft to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for Mike Hoffman, Cody Donaghey and a fifth-round pick in 2020. After attending his first training camp with the Senators, Bergman was assigned to begin the 2018–19 season with AHL affiliate, the Belleville Senators. Bergman was unable to replicate his previous contributions in the AHL, posting just 6 assists in 33 games from the blueline. In February, Swedish sports paper Sportbladet reported that Bergman intended to return to Frölunda at the end of the season.

On February 22, 2019, Bergman was included in the trade of Matt Duchene by the Senators to the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for prospects Vitaly Abramov, Jonathan Davidsson and two conditional first-round picks in 2019 and 2020. He was immediately reassigned to the Blue Jackets' AHL affiliate, the Cleveland Monsters. Before Bergman could make his debut with the Monsters, the Blue Jackets traded him at the trade deadline to the New York Rangers along with fourth- and seventh-round picks in the 2019 NHL entry draft in exchange for Adam McQuaid. Bergman played 10 games to play out the remainder of the season with the Rangers AHL affiliate, the Hartford Wolf Pack.

Unable to break through to the NHL, as an impending restricted free agent from the Rangers, Bergman opted to return to continue his career in Sweden, signing a two-year contract with his original club, Frölunda HC, on May 8, 2019. In his return to Frölunda, Bergman struggled to find his role on the club in the 2019–20 season, contributing with just 6 assists through 42 regular season games before the COVID-19 pandemic cancelled the playoffs.

On 21 April 2020, Bergman terminated the final year of his contract with Frölunda, opting to sign a two-year deal with Finnish club, Lahti Pelicans of the Liiga.

During the 2022–23 season, Bergman went scoreless in 28 regular season games with Brynäs IF, before opting to move to second tier HockeyAllsvenskan club, Södertälje SK, on a three-year contract on 13 January 2023.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2010–11 Karlskrona HK Div. 1 50000 40000 2011–12 Karlskrona HK Div. 1 3636947 1010112 2012–13 Karlskrona HK Allsv 2300016 ————— 2012–13 Frölunda HC J20 151566 61238 2013–14 Frölunda HC J20 4513213454 30118 2013–14 Frölunda HC SHL 10004 ————— 2014–15 London Knights OHL 6013294278 104266 2014–15 Worcester Sharks AHL 10002 ————— 2015–16 San Jose Barracuda AHL 60381140 40004 2016–17 San Jose Barracuda AHL 643273040 151788 2017–18 San Jose Barracuda AHL 6510102057 40112 2018–19 Belleville Senators AHL 3306612 ————— 2018–19 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 100222 ————— 2019–20 Frölunda HC SHL 4206620 ————— 2020–21 Lahti Pelicans Liiga 57571232 50002 2021–22 Brynäs IF SHL 433258 30002 2022–23 Brynäs IF SHL 2800010 ————— SHL totals 114381142 30002 AHL totals 233165369153 2318914 Liiga totals 57571232 50002

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2012 Sweden U17 4th 6 0 3 3 6 2012 Sweden IH18 5 0 1 1 12 2013 Sweden U18 5th 50114 2015 Sweden WJC 4th 7 0 1 1 31 Junior totals 2306653