{"id":799659,"date":"2026-07-13T18:45:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/799659\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T18:45:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:45:11","slug":"jets-sign-forward-viggo-bjorck-to-a-three-year-entry-level-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/799659\/","title":{"rendered":"Jets sign forward Viggo Bj\u00f6rck to a three-year, entry-level contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WINNIPEG,\u00a0July 13, 2026\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The Winnipeg Jets Hockey Club announced today\u00a0that they have\u00a0signed\u00a0forward\u00a0Viggo\u00a0Bj\u00f6rck to a three-year, entry-level contract with an average annual value of $1,075,000.<\/p>\n<p>Bj\u00f6rck,\u00a0Winnipeg\u2019s first-round pick (eighth overall) in the 2026 NHL Draft, tallied 15 points (6G, 9A) in 42 games with\u00a0Djurg\u00e5rdens\u00a0IF in the SHL as well as\u00a0three points (1G, 2A) in three playoff games.\u00a0In 2024-25, the Stockholm, Sweden product broke Sweden\u2019s J20\u00a0Nationell\u00a0league record for scoring by a 16-year-old, posting 74 points (27G, 47A) in 42 games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Internationally,\u00a0Bj\u00f6rck\u00a0claimed a gold medal at the 2026 World Junior Championship, posting nine points (3G, 6A) in seven games,\u00a0a silver medal at the 2025 U18 World Championship, and bronze at the 2024 Hlinka Gretzky Cup. The 18-year-old\u00a0also\u00a0represented Sweden at the 2026 World Championship, recording six points (1G, 5A) in eight games, ranking fourth on the team.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Viggo Bj\u00f6rck<br \/>Centre<\/p>\n<p>Born Mar.\u00a012, 2008 \u2013 Stockholm, Sweden<\/p>\n<p>Height 5.09 &#8212; Weight 180\u00a0&#8212; Shoots\u00a0R<\/p>\n<p>-#####-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WINNIPEG,\u00a0July 13, 2026\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The Winnipeg Jets Hockey Club announced today\u00a0that they have\u00a0signed\u00a0forward\u00a0Viggo\u00a0Bj\u00f6rck to a three-year, entry-level contract with an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":799660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-799659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=799659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/799660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}