BIOGRAPHY
Erik Brannstrom was born September 2, 1999, in Eksjö, Sweden. He is a defenseman in the NHL.
Brännström played junior hockey with Swedish team HV71. In 2013–14, he debuted at the under-16 level, playing twenty-three games in the J16 SM. The following season Brännström moved on to HV71's J20 SuperElit. In 2015–16, Brännström made his Swedish Hockey League debut.
He was drafted 15th overall in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft by the Vegas Golden Knights and agreed to a three-year, entry-level contract with the Knights on 16 July 2017. He played the 2017–18 season with the HV71 organization. Brännström earned his first NHL recall on 5 May 2018 to help the Knights during their 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs run, but did not appear in any games.
Brännström attended the Golden Knights 2018 training camp but was reassigned to the AHL on 27 September 2018. During the 2018–19 season, Brännström was selected to participate in the 2019 AHL All-Star Game.
On 25 February 2019, Brännström was traded to the Ottawa Senators as part of a package to acquire Mark Stone and Tobias Lindberg. In addition to Brännström, Ottawa acquired Oscar Lindberg and a 2020 second round draft pick in the deal. Brännström made his NHL debut with Ottawa on 14 March 2019 in a game against the St. Louis Blues.
On October 5, 2020, Brännström was loaned to the SCL Tigers of the National League (NL) for the start of the 2020–21 season. He made his NL debut with the Tigers on October 15, 2020 in a 8–1 away loss to Genève-Servette HC. On November 21, 2020, in his eighth game with the Tigers, Brännström was punched in the face by EHC Biel's Damien Brunner during a line change in the third period. Brännström was not injured on the play and Brunner immediately received a game misconduct. On December 11, 2020, Brännstrom left the Tigers after having appeared in 10 games (8 points) to return to Ottawa for the start of training camp.
On September 5, 2022, Brannstrom signed a one year 900k contract extension with the Ottawa Senators.
