Tuhia tētahi tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I whānau a Ehlers ki Rānana, engari i neke ki Tiamana i te wā e tamariki ana, i te wā i tākaro hokihi ai tōna pāpā, a Heinz ki reira. I takaro a Heinz i etahi riiki i Uropi, a i tohua e nga New York Rangers i te 1984 NHL Entry Draft
, ahakoa kaore ia i tākaro i Amerika ki te Raki. I muri i tana mahi takaro ka noho a Heinz hei kaiako, a ko ia te kaiako matua o te SCL Tigers i te Swiss National League A. Ka hoki mai a Ehlers ki Denmark mo etahi tau, ka hoki ki Switzerland i te 2007 i te wa i riro ai tana papa i te tuunga kaiako. Ko Sebastian Ehlers, te tuakana o Nikolaj e toru tau te pakeke, kei te takaro mo nga Odense Bulldogs i te AL-Bank Ligaen, te riiki nui i Denmark. He tuahine iti anō tōna, ko Caroline. Ko te kaitiaki o San Jose Sharks a Alexander True te whanaunga o Ehlers.