Stefan Persson

Stefan Persson is the founder and CEO of Hockey Beast, and still contributes analysis, insight and news reporting to the site.

He started covering hockey in 2003 at Swedish outlet Sportbladet. In 2015 he founded the Swedish sports site Sportbibeln, followed by Hockey Beast a year later.

Stefan is a lifelong NHL fan and has covered the regular season, playoffs and the Stanley Cup Final in person. He’s on a mission to visit every NHL arena — 23 down so far.