Patrick Bjorkstrand

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Patrick Bjorkstrand
2012-12-29 Patrick Bjorkstrand 01.jpg
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 teamFlag of Denmark.svg  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).

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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 TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2009–10 Herning Blue Fox DEN 3245920101120
2010–11 Herning Blue FoxDEN3831720161428100
2011–12 Herning Blue FoxDEN36925343017381110
2012–13 Mora IK Allsv 51671312—————
2013–14 Medveščak Zagreb KHL 5449131440000
2014–15 Medveščak ZagrebKHL5578152—————
2014–15 SaiPa Liiga 11202071232
2015–16 Medveščak ZagrebKHL571392212—————
2016–17 Ontario Reign AHL 4284121020000
2017–18 KooKoo Liiga5214233724—————
2017–18 Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers DEL 3022091120
2018–19 TPS Liiga591010201451120
2019–20 EC VSV EBEL 461520351030000
2020–21 EC VSV ICEHL 23371010—————
2021–22 Aalborg Pirates DEN4017274420103252
KHL totals1662426502840000
Liiga totals12226335938122352

International

YearTeamEventGPGAPtsPIM
2009 Denmark U18-D1 52350
2010 DenmarkU18-D152462
2010 Denmark WJC-D1 53252
2011 DenmarkWJC-D153472
2012 DenmarkWJC61564
2013 Denmark OGQ 30000
2013 Denmark WC 70002
2014 DenmarkWC71342
2015 DenmarkWC71012
2016 DenmarkWC80114
2022 DenmarkWC71010
Junior totals2611182910
Senior totals3934710

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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. 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.
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