Ricard Persson

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Ricard Persson
Born (1969-08-24) August 24, 1969 (age 53)
Östersund, Sweden
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Leksands IF
Malmö IF
New Jersey Devils
St. Louis Blues
Ottawa Senators
Eisbären Berlin
EC KAC
Oji Eagles
SG Cortina
NHL Draft 23rd overall, 1987
New Jersey Devils
Playing career 1987–2010

Lars Ricard Persson (born August 24, 1969) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player. Persson played in the NHL with the New Jersey Devils, St. Louis Blues, and Ottawa Senators.

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Playing career

Persson was drafted by the New Jersey Devils in the 2nd round, 23rd overall in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft. Rather than join the Devils though Persson chose to stay in his native Sweden where he played in the Elitserien where played for eight seasons, six with Leksands IF and two with Malmö IF. The 1994–1995 season finally saw Persson arrive to North America when he joined the Albany River Rats of the AHL for the playoffs after finishing the regular season in Sweden.

Persson then played the majority of the following season with the River Rats but also made his NHL debut with the Devils, appearing in 12 games. The 1996–1997 season saw Persson start the year off with the River Rats, along with one game with the Devils, before he was traded to the St. Louis Blues. With the Blues Persson had a chance to crack the starting lineup. He played the majority of his NHL career with the Blues but thanks to injuries and numerous stints with the Blues minor league affiliate Worcester IceCats never played more than 54 games in a season. He recorded the primary assist of a series winning goal during the first overtime of game 7 of the Blues' first round matchup against the Phoenix Coyotes in 1999 when his shot from the top of the faceoff circle was deflected into the net by Pierre Turgeon.

Prior to the 2000–2001 season Persson signed as a free agent with the Ottawa Senators. During his first year though he missed the majority of the games due to an ankle injury, and the following season he was a healthy reserve for the majority of the season. After taking a foolish penalty for a check on Tie Domi, he was widely blamed for the Senators' losing a playoff series to the Toronto Maple Leafs, and ending the Senators hope for a Stanley Cup that season. Domi would later admit in his autobiography to throwing himself to the boards intentionally to draw the penalty. [1]

Following his two years with the Senators, Persson played in Germany with Eisbären Berlin for three years. He then played in Austria for EC KAC before joining the Oji Eagles of the Asia League Ice Hockey, spending two seasons with each team. He would play one more season afterwards in Italy for SG Cortina before retiring.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1984–85 Östersunds IK SWE.2 130336—————
1985–86 Östersunds IKSWE.22422416—————
1986–87 Östersunds IKSWE.23110112128—————
1987–88 Leksands IF SEL 21202820112
1988–89 Leksands IFSEL332462890116
1989–90 Leksands IFSEL40910195630006
1990–91 Leksands IFSEL1934720—————
1990–91 Leksands IF Allsv 183581840004
1991–92 Leksands IFSEL2107728—————
1991–92 Leksands IFAllsv18639181143716
1992–93 Leksands IFSEL36715225620220
1993–94 Malmö IF SEL4011920381120212
1994–95 Malmö IFSEL31313163490228
1994–95 Albany River Rats AHL —————93587
1995–96 Albany River RatsAHL671531465940007
1995–96 New Jersey Devils NHL 122138—————
1996–97 Albany River RatsAHL131458—————
1996–97 New Jersey DevilsNHL10000—————
1996–97 St. Louis Blues NHL53481245600027
1997–98 Worcester IceCats AHL32216185810371024
1997–98 St. Louis BluesNHL10000—————
1998–99 Worcester IceCatsAHL19641042—————
1998–99 St. Louis BluesNHL5411213941303317
1999–2000 Worcester IceCatsAHL20110—————
1999–2000 St. Louis BluesNHL410883831010
2000–01 Ottawa Senators NHL331893520000
2001–02 Ottawa SenatorsNHL3427942200015
2002–03 Eisbären Berlin DEL 421124358091562
2003–04 Eisbären BerlinDEL256713361135810
2004–05 Eisbären BerlinDEL524141840120114
2005–06 EC KAC AUT 4817183540—————
2006–07 EC KACAUT367142198—————
2007–08 Oji Eagles ALH 30111728549471124
2008–09 Oji EaglesALH321225376820222
2009–10 SG Cortina ITA 4010203030—————
SEL totals2413762992683626834
NHL totals2291044542622613459

International

Ricard Persson
Medal record
Representing Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
World Junior Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1989 Anchorage Ice hockey
YearTeamEvent GPGAPtsPIM
1987 Sweden EJC 72130
1988 Sweden WJC 725712
1989 SwedenWJC736910
2000 Sweden WC 70006
Junior totals217121922
Senior totals70006

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