Oliver Lauridsen

Oliver Lauridsen
Born	(1989-03-24) 24 March 1989 (age 35) Gentofte, Denmark
Height	6 ft 6 in (198 cm)
Weight	229 lb (104 kg; 16 st 5 lb)
Position	Defence
Shoots	Left
Liiga team Former teams	HC TPS Philadelphia Flyers Frölunda HC Jokerit Malmö Redhawks
National team	Denmark
NHL draft	196th overall, 2009 Philadelphia Flyers
Playing career	2011–present

Oliver Holton Lauridsen (born 24 March 1989) is a Danish professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for HC TPS of the Liiga. He previously played for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is the older brother to fellow international, Markus.

Playing career

Lauridsen hails from Gentofte, Denmark, where he started playing ice hockey in the youth ranks of IC Gentofte. He moved to Sweden in 2005 to join Rögle BK before heading to Linköping HC one year later. He played for both clubs at the youth level. In 2008, Lauridsen enrolled at St. Cloud State University. ^[1]

He was drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers 196th overall in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft and signed a two-year entry-level contract with the Flyers on 15 March 2011 after his third season of college hockey at St. Cloud State. ^{[2] [3]}

On 29 March 2013, after spending one season with the Adirondack Phantoms he was called up to replace the injured Braydon Coburn. ^[4] He debuted the next day in a game against the Boston Bruins. ^[5] A month later, Lauridsen scored his first NHL goal after Boston defenseman Zdeno Chára's attempt to clear the puck deep in his own zone managed to slip past Boston goaltender Anton Khudobin and into the net. ^[6] Lauridsen was credited with the goal since he was the last Flyers player to have touched the puck and it proved to be the game-winning goal. ^[6] Two days later he scored the game-winner again, this time via a slapshot that eluded New York Islanders goaltender Kevin Poulin. ^[7] During his time in North America, he played a total of 16 NHL contests for the Flyers ^[8] and 264 games in the American Hockey League for the Adirondack Phantoms and Lehigh Valley Phantoms. ^[9]

On 13 July 2015, Lauridsen signed with Frölunda HC of the Swedish Hockey League ^[10] and helped the team win the Swedish national championship and the Champions Hockey League in the 2015–16 season. In April 2016, he penned a deal with Helsinki based KHL team Jokerit. ^[11]

After four seasons in the KHL with Jokerit, Lauridsen opted to return to the SHL, agreeing to a three-year contract with the Malmö Redhawks on 29 April 2020. ^[12]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2004–05	IC Gentofte	DEN U20		24	4	12	16	22		—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	IC Gentofte	DEN.2		8	0	1	1	0		—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	Rögle BK	J20		28	1	1	2	32		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	Linköpings HC	J20		34	0	2	2	95		5	0	0	0	8
2007–08	Linköpings HC	J18		2	1	3	4	0		—	—	—	—	—
2007–08	Linköpings HC	J20		35	5	6	11	159		1	0	1	1	0
2007–08	Tranås AIF	Div.1		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2008–09	St. Cloud State Huskies	WCHA		28	0	1	1	38		—	—	—	—	—
2009–10	St. Cloud State Huskies	WCHA		43	6	6	12	54		—	—	—	—	—
2010–11	St. Cloud State Huskies	WCHA		37	1	8	9	51		—	—	—	—	—
2010–11	Adirondack Phantoms	AHL		2	0	0	0	30		—	—	—	—	—
2011–12	Adirondack Phantoms	AHL		65	3	4	7	85		—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	Adirondack Phantoms	AHL		59	1	5	6	77		—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		15	2	1	3	34		—	—	—	—	—
2013–14	Adirondack Phantoms	AHL		63	1	10	11	167		—	—	—	—	—
2014–15	Lehigh Valley Phantoms	AHL		75	4	6	10	152		—	—	—	—	—
2014–15	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		1	0	0	0	10		—	—	—	—	—
2015–16	Frölunda HC	SHL		42	1	3	4	67		16	1	3	4	10
2016–17	Jokerit	KHL		48	3	6	9	33		4	0	0	0	11
2017–18	Jokerit	KHL		54	1	3	4	38		11	0	1	1	14
2018–19	Jokerit	KHL		55	2	11	13	93		6	0	0	0	6
2019–20	Jokerit	KHL		24	1	0	1	17		4	1	0	1	0
2020–21	Malmö Redhawks	SHL		48	3	4	7	38		2	0	0	0	6
2021–22	Malmö Redhawks	SHL		42	3	0	3	41		—	—	—	—	—
2022–23	Malmö Redhawks	SHL		49	4	8	12	43		—	—	—	—	—
2023–24	HC TPS	Liiga		57	3	6	9	70		8	1	0	1	2
NHL totals				16	2	1	3	44		—	—	—	—	—
SHL totals				181	11	15	26	189		18	1	3	4	16
KHL totals				181	7	20	27	181		25	1	1	2	31

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2006	Denmark	WJC18 D1		5	0	0	0	4
2007	Denmark	WJC D1		5	0	1	1	6
2007	Denmark	WJC18 D1		5	1	2	3	16
2008	Denmark	WJC		6	0	2	2	14
2009	Denmark	WJC D1		5	0	0	0	6
2013	Denmark	WC		7	0	0	0	6
2014	Denmark	WC		7	0	0	0	14
2015	Denmark	WC		7	0	1	1	4
2016	Denmark	WC		8	0	0	0	6
2016	Denmark	OGQ		3	0	0	0	2
2017	Denmark	WC		7	0	2	2	10
2018	Denmark	WC		7	0	2	2	0
2019	Denmark	WC		7	0	1	1	6
2021	Denmark	WC		7	0	0	0	2
2021	Denmark	OGQ		3	0	2	2	2
2022	Denmark	OG		5	0	1	1	2
2022	Denmark	WC		2	0	1	1	0
2023	Denmark	WC		5	0	0	0	2
Junior totals				26	1	5	6	46
Senior totals				75	0	10	10	56

References

1. "Statistics". USCHO.com. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
2. "Flyers Sign Lauridsen". Philadelphia Flyers. 15 March 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
3. "Success Stories". St. Cloud State University. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
4. "Flyers' Coburn out with separated shoulder". NHL. 29 March 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
5. "Bruins @ Flyers game recap". NHL. 30 March 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
6. "Bruins vs. Flyers – 04/23/2013 – Philadelphia Flyers – Recap". Philadelphia Flyers. 23 April 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
7. "Islanders vs. Flyers – 04/25/2013 – Philadelphia Flyers – Recap". Philadelphia Flyers. 25 April 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
8. "Oliver Lauridsen". NHL.com. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
9. "TheAHL.com | The American Hockey League". theahl.com. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
10. "Tungt nyförvärv" (in Swedish). Frölunda Indians. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
11. "KHL: Oliver Lauridsen skifter til Jokerit – Faceoff.dk". www.faceoff.dk. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
12. "Oliver Lauridsen reinforces the Redhawks" (in Swedish). Malmö Redhawks. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.

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