Oliver Bjorkstrand
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Born |
Herning, Denmark | 10 April 1995||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
Weight | 174 lb (79 kg; 12 st 6 lb) | ||
Position | Right wing | ||
Shoots | Right | ||
NHL team Former teams |
Columbus Blue Jackets Herning Blue Fox | ||
National team |
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NHL Draft |
89th overall, 2013 Columbus Blue Jackets | ||
Playing career | 2011–present |
Oliver Bjorkstrand (born 10 April 1995) is a Danish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Columbus Blue Jackets in the National Hockey League (NHL). Bjorkstrand was selected by the Blue Jackets in the 3rd round (89th overall) of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. Born and raised in Herning, he is the son of American hockey coach Todd Bjorkstrand and brother of Patrick Bjorkstrand.
Playing career
Bjorkstrand made his AL-Bank Ligaen debut playing with the Herning Blue Fox during the 2011–12 AL-Bank Ligaen season.[1] During his second season in the Western Hockey League with the Portland Winterhawks, Bjorkstrand was signed to a three-year entry-level contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets on 26 December 2013.[2]
On 16 March 2016, Bjorkstrand was recalled by the Blue Jackets and made his NHL debut the following day, 17 March, against Detroit. He scored his first and second NHL goals in his second NHL game on 19 March 2016, against Yann Danis of the New Jersey Devils.[3]
On 11 June 2016, Bjorkstrand, while playing for the Lake Erie Monsters, scored the game-winning goal in overtime of Game 4 in the Calder Cup finals versus the Hershey Bears, winning the series and also earning the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy.[4]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
2011–12 | Herning Blue Fox | DEN | 36 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
2012–13 | Portland Winterhawks | WHL | 65 | 31 | 32 | 63 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 4 | ||
2013–14 | Portland Winterhawks | WHL | 69 | 50 | 59 | 109 | 36 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 8 | ||
2014–15 | Portland Winterhawks | WHL | 59 | 63 | 55 | 118 | 35 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 10 | ||
2015–16 | Lake Erie Monsters | AHL | 51 | 17 | 12 | 29 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 2 | ||
2015–16 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 12 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2016–17 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
2016–17 | Cleveland Monsters | AHL | 37 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2017–18 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 82 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
NHL totals | 120 | 21 | 40 | 61 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
International
Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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2012 | Denmark | WJC18 | 10th | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |
2012 | Denmark | WJC | 10th | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
2013 | Denmark | WJC-D1 | 15th | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | |
2014 | Denmark | WJC-D1 | 11th | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | |
2015 | Denmark | WJC | 8th | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |
2015 | Denmark | WC | 14th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Junior totals | 27 | 19 | 9 | 28 | 6 | ||||
Senior totals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Awards and honours
Awards | Year | |
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WHL | ||
First All-Star Team (West) | 2013–14, 2014–15, | [5] |
Player of the Month (January, February, March) | 2014–15 | [6] |
Top Scorer (Bob Clarke Trophy) | 2014–15 | [7] |
WHL Plus-Minus Award | 2014–15 | [7] |
AHL | ||
Calder Cup (Lake Erie Monsters) | 2016 | [8] |
Calder Cup MVP (Jack A. Butterfield Trophy) | 2015–16 |
References
- ↑ "2011–12 Herning Blue Fox player statistics". Eliteprospects.com. 2013-05-16. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
- ↑ "Blue Jackets sign WHL standout Oliver Bjorkstrand to entry-level contract". Columbus Blue Jackets. 2013-12-26. Retrieved 2013-12-26.
- ↑ "Game Summary, Game 1073". National Hockey League. 2016-03-19. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
- ↑ "Oliver Bjorkstrand nets OT winner as Lake Erie win Calder Cup". cumberlink.com. 2016-06-12. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
- ↑ "WHL Announces All-Stars & Awards". Western Hockey League. 1 April 2014. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- ↑ "Winterhawks' Bjorkstrand Named WHL Player of the Month". Western Hockey League. 1 March 2015. Archived from the original on 27 March 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- 1 2 "WHL Announces All-Stars & Award Finalists". Western Hockey League. 1 April 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ↑ Brown, Tony (12 June 2016). "Bjorkstrand's OT goal clinches Monsters' first-ever Calder Cup championship". Columbus Blue Jackets. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database