Oliver Ekman-Larsson
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| Born | 17 July 1991 Karlskrona, SWE |
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| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
| Weight | 201 lb (91 kg; 14 st 5 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| NHL team Former teams |
Arizona Coyotes Leksands IF |
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| National team |  Sweden |
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| NHL Draft | 6th overall, 2009 Phoenix Coyotes |
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| Playing career | 2007–present | ||
Oliver Oscar Emanuel Ekman-Larsson (born 17 July 1991) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman[1] currently playing for and serving as an alternate captain of the Arizona Coyotes of the National Hockey League. Ekman-Larsson was originally selected sixth overall by the Coyotes organization in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.
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Playing career
Ekman-Larsson was selected sixth overall by Phoenix in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. On 24 May 2010, it was announced that the Coyotes had signed Ekman-Larsson to an entry-level contract.[2]
In the season following his draft selection, Ekman-Larsson produced the second most points among junior players in Allsvenskan[3] despite missing several games while competing in the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships for Sweden.
Ekman-Larsson recorded his first career NHL point via an assist on a Kyle Turris goal on 23 October 2010.[4] He then scored his first career NHL goal on 17 January 2011, against goaltender Antti Niemi of the San Jose Sharks.
For the duration of the 2012–13 NHL lockout, Ekman-Larsson on the last year of his entry-level contract was assigned to Phoenix's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Portland Pirates.
On 6 March 2014, Ekman-Larsson scored his 100th NHL career point in a 5–2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens. With Ekman-Larsson's contribution, it was the first time since 9 December 1998, that the Coyotes had defeated Montreal.[5] At the conclusion of the 2013–14 season, Ekman-Larsson finished seventh in balloting for the James Norris Memorial Trophy, awarded annually to the League's defenceman of the year. His votes included three first-place votes, one second-place vote and two third-place votes. Keith Yandle, Ekman-Larsson's teammate on defence, finished 12th in voting.[6]
On 16 December 2014, during the 2014–15 season, Ekman-Larsson tied the Coyotes' franchise record for overtime-winning goals by a player in a single season after scoring his third of the season with 0.03 seconds left in overtime in a 2–1 win over the Edmonton Oilers.[7] Ekman-Larsson represented the Arizona Coyotes in the 2015 NHL All-Star Game, assisting on a goal by Bobby Ryan.[8]
Oliver Ekman-Larsson finished the 2014–15 season with 23 goals and 20 assists. With this career milestone, Ekman-Larsson broke Nicklas Lidstrom's NHL record, becoming the first Swedish-born defenseman in NHL history to score more than 20 goals in a single season. [9]Ekman-Larsson's 23 goals were the most scored by an NHL defenseman that season, and tied Phil Housley's franchise record for most goals scored by a defenseman in a season. [10]
On 19 December 2015, during a game against the New York Islanders Ekman-Larsson scored the lone goal of the game, which proved to be the game-winning goal. With this goal, Ekman-Larsson surpassed Teppo Numminen's franchise record for the most game-winning goals by a defenseman with the 20th in his career.[11]
On January 12, 2016, Ekman-Larsson assisted on all three goals of rookie Max Domi's first career hat trick and would later go on to set a career-high four-point night by scoring the OT-winning goal against the Edmonton Oilers.[12]
International play
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| Representing Sweden |
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| Winter Olympics | ||
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2014 Sochi | |
| World Championships | ||
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2011 Slovakia | |
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2010 Germany | |
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2010 Canada | |
Ekman-Larsson represented Sweden at the 2010 World Junior Championships, where he was the highest-scoring defenceman on the team,[13] scoring five points in six games.
At the 2010 World Championships, Ekman-Larsson played in nine games for the bronze medalists and was deemed to be Sweden's best player in the game against Norway.[14]
Personal life
Ekman-Larsson's maternal grandfather Kenneth Ekman,[15] also a defenceman, was selected to represent Sweden at the 1972 Winter Olympics. Swedish international footballer Amanda Ilestedt is Ekman-Larsson's cousin.[16]
In 2013, Ekman-Larsson founded OEL, a luxury clothing line based out of Sweden.[17]
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 | ||
| 2007–08 | Tingsryds AIF | Div.1 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Leksands IF | Allsv | 39 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Leksands IF | Allsv | 42 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 98 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 48 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | San Antonio Rampage | AHL | 15 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 82 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 32 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 2012–13 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 20 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 48 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 80 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Arizona Coyotes | NHL | 82 | 23 | 20 | 43 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Arizona Coyotes | NHL | 75 | 21 | 34 | 55 | 96 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 415 | 76 | 133 | 209 | 268 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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| 2009 | Sweden | U18 | 5th | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | |
| 2010 | Sweden | WJC |  |
6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| 2010 | Sweden | WC | |
9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2011 | Sweden | WC |  |
7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2014 | Sweden | Oly | |
6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2015 | Sweden | WC | 5th | 8 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 | |
| Junior totals | 12 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 14 | ||||
| Senior totals | 30 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 12 | ||||
References
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- ↑ http://coyotes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=748017
- ↑ http://www.todaysslapshot.com/nhl-west/pacific/oliver-ekman-larsson-makes-history-with-21st-goal/
- ↑ http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8475171
- ↑ http://coyotes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=793694&navid=DL%7CARI%7Chome
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External links
- Oliver Ekman-Larsson's player profile at NHL.com
- Oliver Ekman-Larsson's career statistics at EliteProspects.com
- Oliver Ekman-Larsson's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
- Oliver Ekman-Larsson profile at Eurohockey.com
| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded by | Phoenix Coyotes first round draft pick 2009 |
Succeeded by Brandon Gormley |
- Use dmy dates from January 2016
- 1991 births
- Arizona Coyotes draft picks
- Arizona Coyotes players
- Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Living people
- Leksands IF players
- Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- National Hockey League All-Stars
- National Hockey League first round draft picks
- Olympic ice hockey players of Sweden
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Olympic silver medalists for Sweden
- People from Karlskrona
- Phoenix Coyotes players
- Portland Pirates players
- San Antonio Rampage players
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Swedish ice hockey players
- Tingsryds AIF players
- Swedish expatriate ice hockey people
