A lot of characters named after hockey players. Backstrom, Niedermayer, D'Agostino, Morrow, Weiss, Anderson, Paquet (Paquette), Almond, Valentine. (May be just a coincidence)
Did you know that the author Leif GW Persson, also is a professor of criminology, and co-hosts a swedish weekly TV show om SVT, Crime of the Week (Veckans Brott)?