A disappointing end to Filip Forsberg ’s hockey season was followed by one heck of an opportunistic milestone in his personal life. Forsberg, 30, and the Nashville Predators lost in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs this spring, crashing out in six games against the Vancouver Canucks on May 3. Nine days later, Forsberg’s wife, Erin Alvey , gave birth their first baby, son Felix.
With his hockey schedule suddenly freed up, it allowed Forsberg — who stars on Prime Video’s new reality series Faceoff: Inside the NHL with his wife (and Felix!) — to spend all summer with the newest addition to his family. “The first month and a half, it was just recovery mode for me,” Forsberg exclusively told Us Weekly . “I didn’t have to go to the rink, go to practice.
I didn’t have to do anything. It was literally just spending time with him and Erin.” Forsberg continued, “Especially people in my profession, it’s very rare you get that type of time early on in life.
One of my teammates just had a baby two days before training camp started. That’s on the other end, you know?” Thanks to the happenstance, Forsberg was able to play much of an active role in Felix’s first few months. “If we would have moved on from the first round, it could have been a mid-playoff baby,” he said.
“It would have been very different. It’s not like I had to sleep in another room because he wakes up. I could just be up there.
” With the 2024-25 season right around the co.