Patrick Bjorkstrand

Patrick Bjorkstrand
Bjorkstrand with Mora IK in 2012
Born	(1992-07-01) 1 July 1992 (age 32) Herning, Denmark
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb)
Position	Forward
Shoots	Left
Metal team Former teams	Aalborg Pirates Herning Blue Fox Medveščak Zagreb SaiPa Ontario Reign KooKoo Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers TPS EC VSV
National team	Denmark
NHL draft	Undrafted
Playing career	2009–present

Patrick Bjorkstrand (born 1 July 1992) is a Danish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for Aalborg Pirates of the Metal Ligaen (DEN). He formerly played with the Ontario Reign of the AHL while under contract to the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL).

He is the son of hockey coach Todd Bjorkstrand and the older brother of Oliver Bjorkstrand.

Playing career

Bjorkstrand made his first steps at the senior level in his native Denmark with Herning Blue Fox of the Metal Ligaen. He won the Danish national championship with Herning in 2011 and 2012. He spent the 2012–13 campaign with Mora IK of the Swedish HockeyAllsvenskan. From 2013 to 2016, Bjorkstrand played for Medveščak Zagreb of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), ^[1] interrupted by a Finland stint with SaiPa in the course of the 2014–15 season. ^[2]

On 14 July 2016 he signed a one-year, entry-level contract with the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL) and spent the season with the Kings' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate Ontario Reign. ^[3] After the season Bjorkstrand returned to Finland and signed with KooKoo of Liiga on 3 August 2017. ^[4] He left Finland in February 2018 to head to Germany, where he signed with the Nürnberg Ice Tigers of the DEL. ^[5]

In the off-season, Bjorkstrand returned for a third stint in the Finnish Liiga, agreeing as a free agent to a one-year contract with HC TPS on 5 June 2018. ^[6] He contributed with his two-way play, recording 10 goals and 20 points in 59 games in the 2018–19 season.

On 5 June 2019 Bjorkstrand left the Liiga as a free agent, signing an initial one-year contract with Austrian club, EC Panaceo VSV, of the EBEL. ^[7]

International play

Bjorkstrand competed in the 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Denmark men's national ice hockey team.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2009–10	Herning Blue Fox	DEN		32	4	5	9	20		10	1	1	2	0
2010–11	Herning Blue Fox	DEN		38	3	17	20	16		14	2	8	10	0
2011–12	Herning Blue Fox	DEN		36	9	25	34	30		17	3	8	11	10
2012–13	Mora IK	Allsv		51	6	7	13	12		—	—	—	—	—
2013–14	Medveščak Zagreb	KHL		54	4	9	13	14		4	0	0	0	0
2014–15	Medveščak Zagreb	KHL		55	7	8	15	2		—	—	—	—	—
2014–15	SaiPa	Liiga		11	2	0	2	0		7	1	2	3	2
2015–16	Medveščak Zagreb	KHL		57	13	9	22	12		—	—	—	—	—
2016–17	Ontario Reign	AHL		42	8	4	12	10		2	0	0	0	0
2017–18	KooKoo	Liiga		52	14	23	37	24		—	—	—	—	—
2017–18	Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers	DEL		3	0	2	2	0		9	1	1	2	0
2018–19	TPS	Liiga		59	10	10	20	14		5	1	1	2	0
2019–20	EC VSV	EBEL		46	15	20	35	10		3	0	0	0	0
2020–21	EC VSV	ICEHL		23	3	7	10	10		—	—	—	—	—
2021–22	Aalborg Pirates	DEN		40	17	27	44	20		10	3	2	5	2
KHL totals				166	24	26	50	28		4	0	0	0	0
Liiga totals				122	26	33	59	38		12	2	3	5	2

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2009	Denmark	U18-D1		5	2	3	5	0
2010	Denmark	U18-D1		5	2	4	6	2
2010	Denmark	WJC-D1		5	3	2	5	2
2011	Denmark	WJC-D1		5	3	4	7	2
2012	Denmark	WJC		6	1	5	6	4
2013	Denmark	OGQ		3	0	0	0	0
2013	Denmark	WC		7	0	0	0	2
2014	Denmark	WC		7	1	3	4	2
2015	Denmark	WC		7	1	0	1	2
2016	Denmark	WC		8	0	1	1	4
2022	Denmark	WC		7	1	0	1	0
Junior totals				26	11	18	29	10
Senior totals				39	3	4	7	10

References

1. "Young forwards Patrick Bjorkstrand and Luke Walker join the Bears" (in Croatian). Medveščak Zagreb. 2013-06-24. Retrieved 2013-06-24.
2. "Bjorkstrand završava sezonu u finskoj SaiPi". www.medvescak.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-16. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
3. "Kings sign Patrick Bjorkstrand to one-year ELC". LA Kings Insider. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
4. "KooKoo vahvistuu Tanskan maajoukkuehyökkääjällä - Bjorkstrand matkaa Kouvolaan". www.jatkoaika.com (in Finnish). August 3, 2017. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
5. "Ice Tigers verpflichten Patrick Bjorkstrand | Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers Nürnberg". www.icetigers.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-02-21.
6. "HC TPS strengthens with Patrick Bjorkstrand". HC TPS (in Finnish). 2018-06-05. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
7. "EC Panaceo VSV land transfer coup". EC VSV (in Russian). June 5, 2019. Retrieved June 5, 2019.

External links

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