William Wallén
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William Wallén is a Swedish
professional ice hockey
forward
, currently playing for Jokerit
in Finland's SM-liiga
.
's under 18 team, he scored 17 goals and 22 points in 12 games of the J18 Elit and ten goals, 13 points in 11 games of the J18 Allsvenskan. For the 2006–07 season Wallén joined Djurgårdens IF
, continuing his success in the under 18 leagues with 21 goals and 36 points in 18 games of the J18 Elit and seven goals, 14 points in 13 games of the J18 Allsvenskan. In the Swedish Championship playoffs Djurgården's under 18 team were eliminated in the quarterfinals, Wallén then joined Djurgården's under 16 team and lead them to win the Swedish Championship title by scoring 13 goals and 18 points in five playoff games.
The following season Wallén represented Stockholm in TV-pucken
, Stockholm lost the final to Småland but Wallén who had scored 12 points in eight games was awarded Sven Tumbas Stipendium as the tournament's best forward. As a 16 year old he was brought up to play for Djurgården's under 20 team in the J20 SuperElit
, scoring 18 goals and 38 points in 35 games, the highest point total by an underage player that season. In the playoffs Djurgården's under 20 team were eliminated in the quarterfinals, the under 18 team won the Swedish Championship title with Wallén scoring three goals and five points in seven games.
For the 2008–09
season Wallén joined the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors
of the Ontario Hockey League
(OHL). In the Majors' home premier on October 3 Wallén suffered severe headache and nausea by the end of the game, after the game ended he was taken to the hospital by ambulance where doctors diagnosed an aneurysm
. He underwent two surgeries and made a full recovery. In January he returned to action, scoring one goal and an assist in his comeback. He finished the regular season with 11 goals and 22 points in 30 games, and added another two goals and four points in 11 playoff games.
The following season
Wallén appeared in 67 regular season games, scoring 14 goals 41 points and one goal two points in ten playoff games. In 2010
Wallén returned to Sweden, signing a two-year contract with Frölunda HC
of Elitserien
. He scored his first goal in a shootout after game four, securing Frölunda's first win at home of the season.
Wallén signed a try-out contract with Jokerit
of Finland's SM-liiga
for the 2011–12 season. He appeared in three games for Jokerit in the 2011 European Trophy, scoring one goal against his former team Frölunda, but was not offered an extension on his try-out contract.
Swedes
Swedes are a Scandinavian nation and ethnic group native to Sweden, mostly inhabiting Sweden and the other Nordic countries, with descendants living in a number of countries.-Etymology:...
professional 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
Forward (ice hockey)
In ice hockey, a forward is a player position on the ice whose primary responsibility is to score goals. Generally, the forwards try to stay in three different lanes, also known as thirds, of the ice going from goal to goal. It is not mandatory however, to stay in a lane. Staying in a lane aids in...
, currently playing for Jokerit
Jokerit
Jokerit is an ice-hockey team from Helsinki, Finland, playing in the Finnish Elite League, SM-liiga. The team has won 6 league championships...
in Finland's SM-liiga
SM-liiga
The SM-liiga is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. As of March 2008, it is ranked by the IIHF as the second strongest league in Europe. It was created in 1975 to replace the SM-sarja, which was fundamentally an amateur league. The SM-liiga is not directly overseen by the Finnish Ice...
.
Playing career
During the 2005–06 season at age 14 Wallén played for Stocksunds IFStocksunds IF
Stocksunds Idrottsförening, Stocksunds IF, SIF, is a Swedish sportsclub in Stocksund, just north of Stockholm. The club was founded on 3 January 1935 and at present it has sections for ice hockey, association football, figure skating and floorball...
's under 18 team, he scored 17 goals and 22 points in 12 games of the J18 Elit and ten goals, 13 points in 11 games of the J18 Allsvenskan. For the 2006–07 season Wallén joined Djurgårdens IF
Djurgårdens IF Hockey
Djurgårdens IF Hockey are a professional ice hockey team based in Stockholm, Sweden. They are the ice hockey department of the sports club Djurgårdens IF. The department was formed in 1922 with the help of Wilhelm Arwe and have since then become Sweden's most successful team, having won the Swedish...
, continuing his success in the under 18 leagues with 21 goals and 36 points in 18 games of the J18 Elit and seven goals, 14 points in 13 games of the J18 Allsvenskan. In the Swedish Championship playoffs Djurgården's under 18 team were eliminated in the quarterfinals, Wallén then joined Djurgården's under 16 team and lead them to win the Swedish Championship title by scoring 13 goals and 18 points in five playoff games.
The following season Wallén represented Stockholm in TV-pucken
TV-pucken
TV-pucken is a Swedish national ice hockey tournament for district teams of boys under 15 years of age. It was created by hockey legend Sven "Tumba" Johansson....
, Stockholm lost the final to Småland but Wallén who had scored 12 points in eight games was awarded Sven Tumbas Stipendium as the tournament's best forward. As a 16 year old he was brought up to play for Djurgården's under 20 team in the J20 SuperElit
J20 SuperElit
J20 SuperElit is a junior ice hockey league composed of 20 teams in Sweden. It is the highest-level junior ice hockey league in Sweden. The teams are divided in two groups, or divisions, Norra and Södra , and are usually associated with a professional team in either Elitserien or HockeyAllsvenskan...
, scoring 18 goals and 38 points in 35 games, the highest point total by an underage player that season. In the playoffs Djurgården's under 20 team were eliminated in the quarterfinals, the under 18 team won the Swedish Championship title with Wallén scoring three goals and five points in seven games.
For the 2008–09
2008–09 OHL season
The 2008–09 OHL season was the 29th season of the Ontario Hockey League . Twenty teams played 68 games each during the regular season schedule, which started on September 17, 2008 and concluded on March 15, 2009....
season Wallén joined the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors
Mississauga St. Michael's Majors
The Mississauga St. Michael's Majors are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League, based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. The team was originally known as the Toronto St. Michael's Majors, whose hockey program was founded and operated by St. Michael's College School in 1906...
of the Ontario Hockey League
Ontario Hockey League
The Ontario Hockey League is one of the three Major Junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 15-20.The OHL also operates under the Ontario Hockey Federation of Hockey Canada....
(OHL). In the Majors' home premier on October 3 Wallén suffered severe headache and nausea by the end of the game, after the game ended he was taken to the hospital by ambulance where doctors diagnosed an aneurysm
Aneurysm
An aneurysm or aneurism is a localized, blood-filled balloon-like bulge in the wall of a blood vessel. Aneurysms can commonly occur in arteries at the base of the brain and an aortic aneurysm occurs in the main artery carrying blood from the left ventricle of the heart...
. He underwent two surgeries and made a full recovery. In January he returned to action, scoring one goal and an assist in his comeback. He finished the regular season with 11 goals and 22 points in 30 games, and added another two goals and four points in 11 playoff games.
The following season
2009–10 OHL season
The 2009–10 OHL season was the 30th season of the Ontario Hockey League . Twenty teams played 68 games each during the regular season schedule, which started on September 17, 2009 and ended on March 14, 2010....
Wallén appeared in 67 regular season games, scoring 14 goals 41 points and one goal two points in ten playoff games. In 2010
2010–11 Elitserien season
- HV71 vs. AIK:- Färjestads BK vs. Brynäs IF:- Skellefteå AIK vs. Linköpings HC:- Luleå HF vs. Djurgårdens IF:*Note: Game 6 was played in the Ericsson Globe.- Färjestads BK vs. AIK:...
Wallén returned to Sweden, signing a two-year contract with Frölunda HC
Frölunda HC
Frölunda Hockey Club, also known as the Frölunda Indians, are a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Gothenburg. They are currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Elitserien, where they have played the majority of the seasons during its existence. The last time they played in the...
of Elitserien
Elitserien
Elitserien, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden...
. He scored his first goal in a shootout after game four, securing Frölunda's first win at home of the season.
Wallén signed a try-out contract with Jokerit
Jokerit
Jokerit is an ice-hockey team from Helsinki, Finland, playing in the Finnish Elite League, SM-liiga. The team has won 6 league championships...
of Finland's SM-liiga
SM-liiga
The SM-liiga is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. As of March 2008, it is ranked by the IIHF as the second strongest league in Europe. It was created in 1975 to replace the SM-sarja, which was fundamentally an amateur league. The SM-liiga is not directly overseen by the Finnish Ice...
for the 2011–12 season. He appeared in three games for Jokerit in the 2011 European Trophy, scoring one goal against his former team Frölunda, but was not offered an extension on his try-out contract.
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
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 | ||
| 2007–08 | Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens IF Hockey Djurgårdens IF Hockey are a professional ice hockey team based in Stockholm, Sweden. They are the ice hockey department of the sports club Djurgårdens IF. The department was formed in 1922 with the help of Wilhelm Arwe and have since then become Sweden's most successful team, having won the Swedish... |
J20 J20 SuperElit J20 SuperElit is a junior ice hockey league composed of 20 teams in Sweden. It is the highest-level junior ice hockey league in Sweden. The teams are divided in two groups, or divisions, Norra and Södra , and are usually associated with a professional team in either Elitserien or HockeyAllsvenskan... |
35 | 18 | 20 | 38 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 2008–09 OHL season The 2008–09 OHL season was the 29th season of the Ontario Hockey League . Twenty teams played 68 games each during the regular season schedule, which started on September 17, 2008 and concluded on March 15, 2009.... |
Mississauga St. Michael's Majors Mississauga St. Michael's Majors The Mississauga St. Michael's Majors are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League, based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. The team was originally known as the Toronto St. Michael's Majors, whose hockey program was founded and operated by St. Michael's College School in 1906... |
OHL Ontario Hockey League The Ontario Hockey League is one of the three Major Junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 15-20.The OHL also operates under the Ontario Hockey Federation of Hockey Canada.... |
30 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 2009–10 2009–10 OHL season The 2009–10 OHL season was the 30th season of the Ontario Hockey League . Twenty teams played 68 games each during the regular season schedule, which started on September 17, 2009 and ended on March 14, 2010.... |
Mississauga St. Michael's Majors | OHL | 67 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2010–11 2010–11 Elitserien season - HV71 vs. AIK:- Färjestads BK vs. Brynäs IF:- Skellefteå AIK vs. Linköpings HC:- Luleå HF vs. Djurgårdens IF:*Note: Game 6 was played in the Ericsson Globe.- Färjestads BK vs. AIK:... |
Frölunda HC Frölunda HC Frölunda Hockey Club, also known as the Frölunda Indians, are a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Gothenburg. They are currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Elitserien, where they have played the majority of the seasons during its existence. The last time they played in the... |
SEL Elitserien Elitserien, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden... |
12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Frölunda HC | J20 J20 SuperElit J20 SuperElit is a junior ice hockey league composed of 20 teams in Sweden. It is the highest-level junior ice hockey league in Sweden. The teams are divided in two groups, or divisions, Norra and Södra , and are usually associated with a professional team in either Elitserien or HockeyAllsvenskan... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Borås HC Borås HC Borås HC is a Swedish professional ice hockey club, based in Borås, playing in the Swedish second tier league HockeyAllsvenskan.-Notable players:*Nikolai Drozdetsky *Sergei Fokin *Stefan Persson... |
Allsv | 26 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Almtuna IS Almtuna IS Almtuna IS is a Swedish ice hockey club based in Uppsala and is currently playing in HockeyAllsvenskan, the second highest league of ice hockey in Sweden. Almtuna IS fan club is called "Red Lions".... |
Allsv | 12 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| OHL totals | 97 | 25 | 38 | 63 | 31 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships - Group B :-Relegation round:-Results:Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:*April 10, 2009: 5-2 *April 14, 2009: 8–3 -Final round:-Quarterfinals:-Semifinals:-Fifth place game:... |
Sweden Sweden men's national junior ice hockey team The Swedish men's national under 20 ice hockey team is the national under-20 ice hockey team in Sweden. The team represents Sweden at the International Ice Hockey Federation's World Junior Hockey Championship, held annually every December and January.Sweden's roster for the 1981 World Junior... |
WJC U18 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... |
4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| Junior int' totals | 39 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 57 | ||