Per Eklund (ice hockey)

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Per Eklund
Born (1970-07-09) July 9, 1970 (age 53)
Sollentuna, Sweden
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 88 kg (194 lb; 13 st 12 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Played for SEL
Djurgårdens IF
Linköpings HC
AHL
Adirondack Red Wings
DEL
Krefeld Pinguine
Straubing Tigers
NHL draft 182nd overall, 1995
Detroit Red Wings
Playing career 19942007

Per Eklund (born July 9, 1970) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player.

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Eklund began playing hockey in Sollentuna HC [1] but moved to Väsby IK to play in a higher level.

He played one game in Allsvenskan, where Väsby had been relegated to from Elitserien, during the 1987–88 season. After a few years unsuccessful attempts to reach Elitserien, Eklund moved to Huddinge IK in the same division after the 1991–92 season. The team managed to reach the last promotion playoff two seasons in a row, however did not manage to go all the way to Elitserien. [2]

He made his Elitserien debut in Djurgårdens IF during the 1994–95 season. Eklund managed to score 19 goals and 29 point and was awarded Rookie of the Year. [3] His achievements in Elitserien drew attention from NHL, and he was drafted by Detroit Red Wings in 1995, 182nd overall. [4] He played the following two seasons in Djurgården before moving to Detroit's AHL franchise Adirondack Red Wings in 1997. The team made it to the Calder Cup but lost all three games in the first round against Albany River Rats. [5]

Eklund returned to Djurgården after just one season in North America. He became Swedish champion with Djurgården in 2000, before moving abroad again, this time to the German team Krefeld Pinguine. He was not able to help the team to make the playoffs, and he moved back to Sweden and Linköpings HC the following season. After a total of five seasons in Linköping he moved back for a final Elitserien season in Djurgården. His last professional team was German Straubing Tigers which he played for during the 2006–07 season. He started playing hockey at a lower level in his first club, Sollentuna. After the 2008–09 season, he ended his playing career and became general manager for the senior team. [6]

Per Eklund
Medal record
Men's ice hockey
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1997 Team
Elitserien
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Team

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1987–88 Väsby IK SWE.2 10000
1988–89 Väsby IKSWE.2173811874152
1989–90 Väsby IKSWE.2321221334020112
1990–91 Väsby IKSWE.2301813312440000
1991–92 Väsby IKSWE.22913243726
1992–93 Huddinge IK SWE.2362322451493142
1993–94 Huddinge IKSWE.2352011314020002
1994–95 Djurgårdens IF SEL 401910292031124
1995–96 Djurgårdens IFSEL391710271010000
1996–97 Djurgårdens IFSEL502016361241014
1997–98 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 732129501230000
1998–99 Djurgårdens IFSEL48149234940000
1999–2000 Djurgårdens IFSEL5020133338133146
2000–01 Krefeld Pinguine DEL 601412268
2001–02 Linköpings HC SEL5016183416
2002–03 Linköpings HCSEL507273456
2003–04 Linköpings HCSEL501517322451340
2004–05 Linköpings HCSEL4969151860002
2005–06 Djurgårdens IFSEL501782524
2006–07 Straubing Tigers DEL2042618
2006–07Sollentuna HC SWE.4 106111714
2007–08Sollentuna HCSWE.42311223328
2008–09Sollentuna HCSWE.411313168
SWE.2 totals175881011891522473108
SEL totals47615113728826736651112

International

YearTeamEventGPGAPtsPIM
1988 Sweden EJC 55160
1997 Sweden WC 113360
Senior totals113360

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References

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