Mads Christensen (ice hockey, born 1987)

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Mads Christensen
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Born (1987-04-02) 2 April 1987 (age 37)
Herning, Denmark
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb; 13 st 5 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
Metal team
Former teams
Herning Blue Fox
SønderjyskE
Iserlohn Roosters
Eisbären Berlin
EHC München
National teamFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Playing career 2003present

Mads Christensen (born 2 April 1987 in Herning) is a Danish-German professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for Herning Blue Fox of the Metal Ligaen (DEN).

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Playing career

A product of Herning IK, he won the Danish championship with the Blue Fox in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2008. In 2009, he captured the title with SønderjyskE.

After spending the 2009-10 season with the Iserlohn Roosters of the German DEL, [1] he signed with fellow DEL side Eisbären Berlin in 2010. [2] During his four-year tenure in the German capital, he won three straight championships titles (2011, 2012 and 2013) and the 2011 European Trophy. In 2014, he headed to EHC München and helped the team capture the 2016 and 2017 German championships.

Christensen gained German citizenship in September 2017. [3]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2002–03 Herning Blue Fox DEN 4000020110
2003–04Herning Blue FoxDEN200110
2004–05Herning Blue FoxDEN3116716151014
2005–06Herning Blue FoxDEN33156214315310132
2006–07Herning Blue FoxDEN36111021261513418
2007–08Herning Blue FoxDEN4415153099164374
2008–09 SønderjyskE DEN391718355815851328
2009–10 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 5114314560
2010–11 Eisbären Berlin DEL2754910124266
2011–12 Eisbären BerlinDEL3361218181342612
2012–13 Eisbären BerlinDEL4711516401372928
2013–14 Eisbären BerlinDEL4098173431014
2014–15 EHC München DEL471712294210000
2015–16 EHC MünchenDEL51925345614641020
2016–17 EHC MünchenDEL52162137621416724
2017–18 EHC MünchenDEL47148224617751216
2018–19 EHC MünchenDEL11202101820218
2019–20 EHC MünchenDEL1805512
DEL totals424103131234390105322153128

International

YearTeamEventGPGAPtsPIM
2004 Denmark WJC18 61122
2005 DenmarkWJC18612314
2005 Denmark WJC-D1 50008
2006 DenmarkWJC-D123146
2007 DenmarkWJC-D152572
2007 Denmark WC 611214
2008 DenmarkWC40002
2009 DenmarkWC62132
2010 DenmarkWC72022
2011 DenmarkWC64156
2013 Denmark OGQ 30110
2013 DenmarkWC30224
2014 DenmarkWC70334
2016 DenmarkWC80226
2016 Denmark OGQ 30002
2017 DenmarkWC70118
2018 DenmarkWC50000
Junior totals24791632
Senior totals659122150

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References

  1. Mads Christensen's profile and statistics at DEL.org (in German)
  2. "Young Polar Bear team matures and develops". Eisbären Berlin (in German). 1 June 2010. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
  3. "EHC Red Bull München". www.redbullmuenchen.de (in German). Retrieved 9 September 2017.