Henrik Björklund
Encyclopedia
Henrik Björklund is a Swedish
ice hockey
forward. He is currently playing for Färjestads BK
in the Swedish Elitserien
. During the 2006/07 season Björklund only played one game with Färjestad, but when he played that game (against Malmö Redhawks
on March 2, 2007) he became youngest player ever to play with Färjestad. The rest of the season he played with the club's U18 team and was the team top scorer with 25 points in 14 games. He also won the scoring title for the whole league (U18 Allsvenskan).
He has been called "The new Håkan Loob
".
Björklund was drafted 111th overall by the Calgary Flames
in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft
.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
forward. He is currently playing for Färjestads BK
Färjestads BK
Färjestads Bollklubb is a Swedish professional ice hockey team based in Karlstad. Färjestad has had 18 Swedish Championship final appearances, winning nine times since Elitserien was started in 1975. The team plays in the highest Swedish league, and have done so since 1965...
in the Swedish Elitserien
Elitserien
Elitserien, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden...
. During the 2006/07 season Björklund only played one game with Färjestad, but when he played that game (against Malmö Redhawks
Malmö Redhawks
The Malmö Redhawks is an ice hockey club from Malmö, Sweden. The team is currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan. Malmö has played 16 seasons in the top Swedish league Elitserien .-History:...
on March 2, 2007) he became youngest player ever to play with Färjestad. The rest of the season he played with the club's U18 team and was the team top scorer with 25 points in 14 games. He also won the scoring title for the whole league (U18 Allsvenskan).
He has been called "The new Håkan Loob
Håkan Loob
Per Håkan Loob is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player who is currently the president of hockey operations of Färjestads BK in the Swedish Elitserien, for whom he played much of his playing career....
".
Björklund was drafted 111th overall by the Calgary Flames
Calgary Flames
The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is the third major-professional ice hockey team to represent the city of Calgary, following the...
in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft
2009 NHL Entry Draft
The 2009 NHL Entry Draft was the 47th Entry Draft. It was held on June 26–27, 2009 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec. The Draft was part of the Montreal Canadiens centennial celebrations. National Hockey League teams took turns selecting amateur ice hockey players from junior, collegiate, or...
.
Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... |
A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... |
Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2006–07 | Färjestads BK | SEL Elitserien Elitserien, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2006–07 | Färjestads J18 | J18A | 14 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 53 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 | ||
| 2007–08 | Färjestads BK | SEL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08 | Färjestads BK | J18A | 14 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 64 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 12 | ||
| 2008–09 | Färjestads BK | SEL | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2008–09 | Skåre BK | Div-1 | 38 | 21 | 14 | 35 | 83 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2009-10 2009–10 Elitserien season The 2009–10 Elitserien season was the 35th season of Elitserien. It started on September 21, 2009 and ended on March 13, 2010. The playoffs started on March 18, 2010 and ended on April 24, 2010. HV71 won the playoffs, beating Timrå IK 4–1 in the quarter final series, Skellefteå AIK 4–1 in the semi... |
Färjestads BK | SEL | 19 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2009-10 | Borås HC | Swe-1 | 31 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 51 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2010-11 | Färjestads BK Färjestads BK Färjestads Bollklubb is a Swedish professional ice hockey team based in Karlstad. Färjestad has had 18 Swedish Championship final appearances, winning nine times since Elitserien was started in 1975. The team plays in the highest Swedish league, and have done so since 1965... |
SEL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| SEL totals | 34 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
International statistics
| Year | Team | Comp | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Sweden | WJC18 IIHF World U18 Championships The IIHF World U18 Championship is an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation for national under-18 ice hockey teams from around the world. The tournament is usually played in April and is organized according to a system similar to Ice Hockey World Championships and World... |
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | Sweden | WJC18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |