Lucas Wallmark

Lucas Wallmark
Wallmark with Sweden in 2015
Born	(1995-09-05) 5 September 1995 (age 28) Umeå, Sweden
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb)
Position	Centre
Shoots	Left
NL team Former teams	HC Fribourg-Gottéron Skellefteå AIK Luleå HF Carolina Hurricanes Florida Panthers Chicago Blackhawks CSKA Moscow ZSC Lions
National team	Sweden
NHL Draft	97th overall, 2014 Carolina Hurricanes
Playing career	2013–present

Lucas Wallmark (born 5 September 1995) is a Swedish professional ice hockey center who is currently playing for ZSC Lions of the National League (NL). He was selected by the Carolina Hurricanes in the fourth round, 97th overall, at the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career

Wallmark made his Elitserien debut playing with Skellefteå AIK during the 2012–13 Elitserien season. ^[1] He transferred to SHL rivals, Luleå HF, with which he spent three seasons the following year.

On 11 June 2015, Wallmark signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Carolina Hurricanes. ^[2]

During the 2017–18 season, on 30 December 2017, Wallmark scored his first NHL goal with the Hurricanes in a game against the St. Louis Blues. ^[3] He was reassigned to the Charlotte Checkers on 8 January 2018. ^[4] Wallmark was named the Checkers' MVP following the team's elimination from the 2018 Calder Cup playoffs. ^[5]

In the 2019–20 season, through 60 games, Wallmark established a career-high 11 goals before he was traded by the Hurricanes at the NHL trade deadline along with Erik Haula, Eetu Luostarinen and Chase Priskie to the Florida Panthers in exchange for Vincent Trocheck on 24 February 2020. ^[6] He added one goal and an assist in 7 regular season games with the Panthers before the season was paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He returned in the qualifying rounds for the post-season, going scoreless in 2 games.

As an impending restricted free agent, Wallmark was not tendered a qualifying offer by the Panthers, ending his brief tenure with the club on 8 October 2020. ^[7] As a free agent Wallmark signed a one-year, $950,000 contract with the Chicago Blackhawks on 12 October 2020. ^[8]

During the pandemic delayed 2020–21 season, Wallmark struggled to find his role with the Blackhawks, posting just three assists through 16 games before he was placed on waivers and assigned to the taxi squad on 6 April 2021. Wallmark was then traded once again to the Florida Panthers on 8 April 2021, along with Lucas Carlsson in exchange for Brett Connolly, Riley Stillman, the rights to former first-round pick Henrik Borgström and a 7th-round pick in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft. ^[9] Wallmark went scoreless in 4 regular season games in his return with the Panthers, remaining primarily on the club's taxi squad through the playoffs.

As an impending free agent, Wallmark left the NHL in signing a one-year contract with Russian outfit HC CSKA Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) on 15 June 2021. ^[10] In the 2021–22 season, Wallmark seamlessly adapted to the KHL in registering eight goals and 19 points through 31 regular season games.

He made two playoff appearances before terminating his contract with CSKA on 4 March 2022 due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. ^{[11] [12] [13]}

As a free agent in the off-season, Wallmark was later signed to a three-year contract with Swiss club, ZSC Lions of the NL, on 16 May 2022. ^[14]

On December 28, 2022, ZSC Lions replaces his coach, Rikard Grönborg with Marc Crawford. Wallmark cannot adapt to his new coach's playing system and decides to terminate his contract on May 3, 2023. The next day, he signs a two-year contract with HC Fribourg-Gottéron. ^[15]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2009–10	Tegs SK Hockey	J18		16	3	6	9	37		—	—	—	—	—
2009–10	IF Björklöven	J18 Allsv		10	1	3	4	0		—	—	—	—	—
2010–11	Skellefteå AIK	J18		20	14	25	39	6		—	—	—	—	—
2010–11	Skellefteå AIK	J18 Allsv		16	4	24	28	12		2	1	0	1	0
2011–12	Skellefteå AIK	J18 Allsv		2	1	1	2	0		3	3	2	5	2
2011–12	Skellefteå AIK	J20		37	11	26	37	14		3	1	2	3	4
2012–13	Skellefteå AIK	J20		14	5	11	16	18		—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	Skellefteå AIK	SEL		2	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	Karlskrona HK	Allsv		16	5	5	10	4		—	—	—	—	—
2013–14	Luleå HF	SHL		41	3	7	10	2		1	0	0	0	0
2013–14	Asplöven HC	Allsv		11	1	7	8	6		—	—	—	—	—
2014–15	Luleå HF	SHL		50	5	13	18	14		9	0	5	5	2
2015–16	Luleå HF	SHL		48	8	24	32	20		11	7	2	9	4
2016–17	Charlotte Checkers	AHL		67	24	22	46	28		5	3	3	6	2
2016–17	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL		8	0	2	2	2		—	—	—	—	—
2017–18	Charlotte Checkers	AHL		45	17	38	55	16		8	3	2	5	4
2017–18	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL		11	1	0	1	2		—	—	—	—	—
2018–19	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL		81	10	18	28	36		15	1	4	5	6
2019–20	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL		60	11	12	23	18		—	—	—	—	—
2019–20	Florida Panthers	NHL		7	1	1	2	0		2	0	0	0	2
2020–21	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL		16	0	3	3	6		—	—	—	—	—
2020–21	Florida Panthers	NHL		4	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2021–22	CSKA Moscow	KHL		31	8	11	19	18		2	0	0	0	0
2022–23	ZSC Lions	NL		50	10	27	37	30		7	0	1	1	2
SHL totals				141	16	44	60	36		21	7	7	14	6
NHL totals				187	23	36	59	64		17	1	4	5	8
KHL totals				31	8	11	19	18		2	0	0	0	0
NL totals				50	10	27	37	30		7	0	1	1	2

International

Year	Team	Event	Result		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2011	Sweden	IH18			5	0	1	1	0
2012	Sweden	IH18			5	4	3	7	2
2013	Sweden	WJC18	5th		5	2	3	5	2
2014	Sweden	WJC			7	3	5	8	2
2015	Sweden	WJC	4th		7	4	2	6	8
2022	Sweden	OG	4th		6	5	0	5	10
2022	Sweden	WC	6th		6	1	3	4	0
Junior totals					29	13	14	27	14
Senior totals					12	6	3	9	10

References

1. "2012-13 Skellefteå AIK player statistics". eliteprospects.com. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
2. "Canes sign forward Lucas Wallmark". Carolina Hurricanes . 11 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
3. "Upshall breaks tie, Blues beat Hurricanes". tsn.ca. 30 December 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
4. Niedzielski, Nicholas (8 January 2018). "HURRICANES ASSIGN LUCAS WALLMARK TO CHARLOTTE". gocheckers.com. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
5. Niedzielski, Nicholas (17 May 2018). "CHECKERS 2017-18 AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED". gocheckers.com. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
6. "Panthers acquire Haula, Wallmark, Luostarinen, Priskie from Carolina". Florida Panthers. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
7. "Lucas Wallmark doesn't get qualifying offer". CBS Sports . 8 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
8. "Blackhawks, Wallmark agree to one-year deal". The Sports Network. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
9. "Florida Panthers Acquire Lucas Carlsson and Lucas Wallmark from Chicago". Florida Panthers. 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
10. "Lucas Wallmark becomes a CSKA player" (in Russian). HC CSKA Moscow. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
11. "Lucas Wallmark and Joakim Nordstrom leave CSKA" (in Russian). HC CSKA Moscow. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
12. Schram, Carol. "NHL Suspends Dealings With KHL As Russia's Ukraine Invasion Impacts Hockey World". Forbes.
13. "Snapshots: KHL Departures, AHL Signings, NHL Trade Market". Pro Hockey Rumors. 5 March 2022.
14. "ZSC Lions sign Lucas Wallmark" (in German). ZSC Lions. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
15. "Voici pourquoi Lucas Wallmark a quitté Zurich pour Fribourg Gottéron" (in French). Blick. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2024.

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com , or  Eliteprospects.com , or  Eurohockey.com , or  Hockey-Reference.com , or  The Internet Hockey Database