| Patrick Bjorkstrand | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 1, 1992, Herning, Denmark |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb) |
| Position | Forward |
| Shoots | Left |
| EBEL team F. teams |
EC VSV Herning Blue Fox Medveščak Zagreb SaiPa Ontario Reign KooKoo Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers TPS |
| Ntl. team |  Denmark
|
| Playing career | 2009–present |
Patrick Bjorkstrand (born July 1, 1992) is a Danish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for EC VSV of the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL). He formerly played with the Ontario Reign of the AHL while under contract to the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL).
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 July 14, 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 August 3, 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 June 5, 2018.[6] He contributed with his two-way play, recording 10 goals and 20 points in 59 games in the 2018–19 season.
On June 5, 2019, Bjorkstrand left the Liiga as a free agent, signing a one-year contract with Austrian club, EC Panaceo VSV, of the EBEL.[7]
International play[]
Bjorkstrand competed in the 2013, 2014, 2015, 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 | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2009–10 | Herning Blue Fox | DEN | 32 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | Herning Blue Fox | DEN | 38 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | Herning Blue Fox | DEN | 36 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 30 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 10 | ||
| 2012–13 | Mora IK | Allsv | 51 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Medveščak Zagreb | KHL | 54 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | Medveščak Zagreb | KHL | 55 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | SaiPa | Liiga | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2015–16 | Medveščak Zagreb | KHL | 57 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | Ontario Reign | AHL | 42 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | KooKoo | Liiga | 52 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers | DEL | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | TPS | Liiga | 59 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| KHL totals | 166 | 24 | 26 | 50 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Liiga totals | 122 | 26 | 33 | 59 | 38 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||||
International[]
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Denmark | WJC18-D1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2010 | Denmark | WJC18-D1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | |
| 2010 | Denmark | WJC-D1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |
| 2011 | Denmark | WJC-D1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | |
| 2012 | Denmark | WJC | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | |
| 2013 | Denmark | OGQ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 | Denmark | WC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2014 | Denmark | WC | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2015 | Denmark | WC | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2016 | Denmark | WC | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Junior totals | 26 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 10 | |||
| Senior totals | 32 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |||
References[]
- ↑ Young forwards Patrick Bjorkstrand and Luke Walker join the Bears (Croatian). Medveščak Zagreb (2013-06-24). Retrieved on 2013-06-24.
- ↑ Bjorkstrand završava sezonu u finskoj SaiPi.
- ↑ Kings sign Patrick Bjorkstrand to one-year ELC.
- ↑ KooKoo vahvistuu Tanskan maajoukkuehyökkääjällä - Bjorkstrand matkaa Kouvolaan (fi-FI) (August 3, 2017). Retrieved on August 29, 2017.
- ↑ Ice Tigers verpflichten Patrick Bjorkstrand | Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers Nürnberg (de).
- ↑ HC TPS strengthens with Patrick Bjorkstrand (Finnish) (2018-06-05). Retrieved on 2018-06-05.
- ↑ EC Panaceo VSV land transfer coup (Russian) (June 5, 2019). Retrieved on June 5, 2019.
External links[]
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