Jacob Josefson Jacob Josefson ( born March 2 , 1991 ) is a professional Swedish ice hockey centre , currently playing for Djurgårdens IF in Elitserien . He was acquired by Djurgården ' s youth organisation at the age of ten , where he also began playing junior hockey in 2005 . Josefson made his Elitserien debut on February 28 , 2008 against Timrå IK , and has since then become a regular member of the senior team . His achievements in the Swedish Elitserien drew attention from NHL and he was selected in the first round of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft by the New Jersey Devils , 20th overall . Early life . Josefson was born on March 2 , 1991 in Stockholm , Sweden , to Annika and Peter Josefson . He is the youngest of three brothers . At the age of two , Josefson began skating and joined his first club IK Göta at the age of five , where his older brothers had played before him . He joined Hammarby IF for a year before he was acquired by Djurgårdens IF at the age of ten , playing in the 1991 team . He also played football until the age of 13 , before deciding to focus entirely on hockey . Playing career . Josefson started to play junior hockey in 2005 in Djurgården ' s under - 18 team . During the 2006 – 07 season , he helped Djurgården ' s under - 16 team to win the Swedish championship . The 2007 – 08 season began with the national junior hockey tournament TV - pucken . Josefson ' s team Stockholm / Vit reached the final which ended with a 2 – 1 defeat to Småland . He made his Elitserien debut on February 28 , 2008 against Timrå IK . However , this proved to be the only appearance Josefson would make in the Elitserien during the 2007 – 08 season . Josefson played for the J20 - team during most of the season scoring 14 goals and 31 points . His team reached the playoffs and the semifinals , where Brynäs IF proved to be too hard . Nevertheless , Josefson did manage to win a Swedish Championship during this season . He joined the under - 18 team during the playoffs where he helped the team to beat Färjestads BK in the finals . He signed a two year contract with Djurgården in May 2008 . The plan was to bring up Josefson to the senior team when it suffered of illness and injuries , while his usual team would be the J20 - team . He scored his first goal in Elitserien on September 23 in his third game , a 4 – 1 win against Brynäs IF . Ultimately , Josefson played almost every game of the regular season , and usually played along with Carl Gustafsson and Henrik Eriksson in the 4th line . At the end of the season , Josefson had scored 5 goal and 16 points , which is a record for junior players that are 18 years or younger in the senior team . Josefson was ranked third in the midterm rankings among European skaters by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau for the 2009 NHL Entry Draft . He was selected in the first round of the 2009 NHL draft by the New Jersey Devils , 20th overall . He participated at the Devils rookie camp in July 2009 along with Devils prospect Mattias Tedenby . He has been compared with centres Nicklas Bäckström and John Madden . In the beginning of the 2009 – 10 season , Djurgården participated in the Nordic Trophy pre - season tournament . In the second game , Josefson scored a hat - trick and two assists against Malmö Redhawks . At the end of the group stage , Josefson was the scoring leader with five goals and seven points . He scored his first points for the regular season , three assists , in the Elitserien premiere away against HV71 . Djurgården lost the game 7 – 6 . However , Josefson would get his revenge when he scored the game - winning goal in the 3 – 2 victory over HV71 on October 20 . This was also was his first goal of the regular season . Josefson missed six rounds of Elitserien due to the World Junior Hockey Championship , but was back in the roster against Timrå IK on January 9 . He scored an assist against Rögle BK on January 30 which was his 17 point for the season , putting him ahead of last season ' s total of 16 points . At the end of the regular season , Josefson had scored 8 goals and 20 points in 43 games . He missed the first two semifinals against Linköpings HC due to illness . Josefson re - signed with Djurgården for another year on April 27 . International play . Josefson played in his first IIHF sanctioned tournament when he was part of Sweden ' s team at the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships . He managed to score a hat - trick in the first game against Belarus . Josefson was a part of Sweden ' s national junior team at the 2009 World Junior Championships . He played in all of Sweden ' s six games but didn ' t score any points . A few months later he yet again played for Sweden in the U18 Championship but could not help his team go further than fifth place in the tournament . Josefson participated in the World Junior Championship for the second time when he was named for Team Sweden by head coach Pär Mårts for the 2010 World Junior Championships , along with fellow team - mates Daniel Brodin and Marcus Krüger . He scored his first goal of the tournament and the first goal of the game against Austria in the preliminary rounds . He scored two additional goals in Sweden ' s 7 – 1 victory over Finland in the last game of the preliminary rounds . Josefson also made three assists in the tournament , totaling his score at six points .