San Jose Sharks
AGENT: Eklund ‘Stable’ After Scary Injury
William Eklund, hopefully, can breathe a sigh of relief. But he’s not out of the woods yet.
The San Jose Sharks winger, representing Team Sweden, appeared to be cut in the left wrist by a Filip Hronek skate in a World Championships tune-up game against Czechia.
oh my god eklund got cut by a skate?? pic.twitter.com/WT9PlWyHeI
— x – Els✩ (@delamedela) May 3, 2025
Sportbladet reported that the San Jose Sharks star was taken to a local hospital for further evaluation. The game was played in Brno, Czechia.
“He’s stable,” Todd Diamond, Eklund’s agent, told San Jose Hockey Now. “Looks like it didn’t cut key tendons or nerves at the moment.”
That’s a promising initial report, considering how bad that the injury looked, but it still sounds like wait-and-see.
The World Championships begin on May 9 in Stockholm, Sweden and Herning, Denmark.
It was supposed to be a homecoming tournament for the 22-year-old San Jose Sharks’ playmaker, but that’s not the biggest thing on anybody’s mind right now.
UPDATE: Eklund posted this on his Instagram a couple hours after this story’s initial publication
"Everything is fine"
William Eklund just posted this on his Instagram pic.twitter.com/Hw0dkfPHgY
— Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) May 3, 2025
So much for coming in stronger next season
Dude, was that really called for? This was a serious situation and you are just being an ass.
GTFOH. It’s a real consequence of the issue.
You might over reacting to his comment.
I’m not. He’s focusing on the wrong “issue” when an injury like this could be career threatening. It’s dismissive, wrong headed and again, uncalled for.
You’re very stupid. But Willy Eklund thanks you for your concern. He’s gonna heal faster because you’re keeping everyone in the comments at SJHN focused on the right “issue”.
You definitely have revealed who you are w/ your silly bullying efforts. STFU.
No you’re over reacting. It’s established that Ek isn’t in any long term jeopardy. Not terrible to lament that he won’t have a normal summer getting stronger. No different than the people who said the same about Shaks injury.
When someone shows you who they are believe them.
Yeah wtf man. Moronic response to what could have been and could still be a major injury to a young man.
C’mon man
Yikes. Hoping for a full and fast recovery for Eklund.
Oh Lord. Eklund is such a fun guy. I really hope he’s ok and has a smooth recovery. Didn’t Evander Kane get a similar injury and missed a considerable amount of time?
As an Edmonton area resident, I’ve seen Evander Kane get his wrist cut open in a game. While there is no love lost for that man, it was still shitty to see happen to someone. But thankfully he recovered fully after surgery and it doesn’t seem to affect his game so hopefully Eklund makes a quick recovery and gets back to hockey with no lasting ill effects as well.
Incredibly lucky if no tendons were cut. A buddy got his wrist slashed during a game and you could see the tendon sticking out. There was so much blood though. Good sign for Eklund that the ice wasn’t instantly covered in blood. Hopefully it’s nothing serious.
Idk from that club they put in him it looks like he had surgery.
yeah, have to agree. Looks like the cast my buddy got. Must be a clean cut and they got everything reattached for him to say he’s going to be ok.
The Sharks ordered ASPIDA A9 wrist protection which is the highest NHL rating. Many players on multiple teams love them. But you wear them, to avoid cuts. He wasn’t wearing any cut protection.
Very dumb. At that level and full contact it should be mandatory.