Stefan Lassen

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Stefan Lassen
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Born (1985-11-01) 1 November 1985 (age 38)
Herning, Denmark
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
Allsv team
Former teams
Almtuna IS
Herning Blue Fox
Frederikshavn White Hawks
Djurgårdens IF
Graz 99ers
Lahti Pelicans
National teamFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Playing career 2002present

Stefan Lassen (born 1 November 1985) is a Danish professional ice hockey defenseman who currently plays for Almtuna IS in the HockeyAllsvenskan (Allsv).

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Playing career

Lassen began his career in Danish side Herning Blue Fox where he won the Danish Championship in 2007 and 2008. He moved to Sweden in 2009 with Leksands IF of the HockeyAllsvenskan before joining Elitserien club, Djurgårdens IF the following season on 31 May 2010. [1]

After a season stint in the EBEL with Austrian club, Graz 99ers, Lassen moved to Finland signing a two-year contract with the Lahti Pelicans of the Liiga on 27 March 2015. [2]

Lassen played for three years with the Pelicans, captaining the club in the 2017–18 season, before leaving the club to sign an initial one-year contract with Swedish club, Almtuna IS of the HockeyAllsvenskan, on 19 September 2018. [3]

International play

Lassen has participated in two IIHF World Championships before joining Leksands IF in May 2009. [4] Lassen was named for the Danish team again in the 2010 IIHF World Championship. He scored the game-winning goal against USA in the preliminary round. [5]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2002–03 Herning Blue Fox DEN 4011220000
2003–04 Herning Blue FoxDEN200118
2004–05 Frederikshavn White Hawks DEN3622424142246
2005–06 Herning Blue FoxDEN36189381420233
2006–07 Herning Blue FoxDEN36235221516710
2007–08 Herning Blue FoxDEN3236922161456
2008–09 Herning Blue FoxDEN446142034
2009–10 Leksands IF Allsv 4815622100100
2010–11 Djurgårdens IF SEL 432132220000
2011–12 Malmö Redhawks Allsv502682860114
2012–13 Malmö RedhawksAllsv5012342
2013–14 Graz 99ers EBEL 465101546
2014–15 Graz 99ersEBEL414121616
2015–16 Lahti Pelicans Liiga 533101371911214
2016–17 Lahti PelicansLiiga43281032500012
2017–18 Lahti PelicansLiiga410773220110
2018–19 Almtuna IS Allsv5105540
DEN totals208143549150779172661
SHL totals432132220000
Liiga totals137525301351612326

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References

  1. "VM-back klar för Djurgården". difhockey.se (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF Hockey. Archived from the original on August 18, 2010. Retrieved May 31, 2010.
  2. "Pelicans add to defense". Lahti Pelicans (in Finnish). 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2015-03-27.
  3. "Danish defenseman Lassen signs with Almtuna" (in Swedish). Almtuna IS. 2018-09-19. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
  4. Uffe Bodin (May 17, 2009). "Dansk backstjärna till Leksand" (in Swedish). hockeysverige.se. Retrieved May 31, 2010.
  5. "PRELIMINARY ROUND – GROUP D – GAME 9" (PDF). IIHF . May 10, 2010. Retrieved May 31, 2010.