Morten Ask

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NorwayNorway  Morten Ask Ice hockey player
Date of birth May 14, 1980
place of birth Oslo , Norway
size 185 cm
Weight 91 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1997-1998 Furuset ishockey
1998-2002 Vålerenga IF Oslo
2002-2003 Laredo Bucks
2003-2004 Toledo Storm
2004-2005 Las Vegas Wranglers
2005-2006 SaiPa Lapeenranta
2006-2007 Djurgården IF
2007-2009 EV Duisburg
2009-2010 Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers
2011 Vålerenga IF Oslo
2011 Lørenskog IK
2011–2012 HV71 Jönköping
since 2012 Vålerenga IF Oslo

Morten Ask (born May 14, 1980 in Oslo ) is a Norwegian ice hockey player ( center ) who has been under contract with Vålerenga IF in the GET-ligaen since September 2012 . His father Erik Ask is also a well-known ice hockey personality.

Career

Morten Ask started his career in the Norwegian GET league with Furuset Ishockey . In his first season in the top Norwegian league, the left-shooter scored eight goals and three assists in 28 games before moving to Vålerenga IF Oslo for the 1998/99 season, with whom he immediately became Norwegian champions . He was able to repeat this success with his team in 2001. After five years, the attacker left Norway at the beginning of the 2002/03 season for the United States , where he joined the Laredo Bucks from the Central Hockey League . Just one year later, the Norwegian tried his luck in the ECHL at Toledo Storm , where he scored 21 goals in 62 games and prepared 30 more goals. In the following seasons Ask played with the Las Vegas Wranglers , which he left for Oslo in 2004 after years of mixed growth. With Vålerenga he was again champion in 2005.

Image campaign "Malochen für Duisburg" by EV Duisburg with Morten Ask, Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre and Alexander Seliwanow (from left to right)

For the 2005/06 season Morten Ask moved to the Finnish SM-liiga to Saimaan Pallo , where he went down in history as the first Norwegian player in league history. A year later he moved to the Swedish Elitserien , where he played for Djurgårdens IF until the 2007/08 season . During the season, the Füchse Duisburg commit the Norwegian national player for whom he was also put on hold in the 2008/09 season . After Duisburg's withdrawal from the DEL, the striker signed on with the Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers , for whom he scored ten goals in 42 games in the 2009/10 season and provided 23 assists.

After he was previously without a contract, Ask was signed in January 2011 by his ex-club Vålerenga IF Oslo. In the playoffs he prepared three goals for this in five games. In the summer he completed two games in the European Trophy on the basis of a trial contract for the Czech top club HC Sparta Prague and prepared a goal. For the 2011/12 season he finally received a contract with Lørenskog IK from the GET-ligaen, but already moved to the Elitserien after three games for HV71 Jönköping , where he stayed until the end of the season. He then returned to Vålerenga IF, where he won the title of best scorer in the Norwegian league in the 2013/14 season .

International

For Norway , Ask took part in the junior division at the U18 Junior B European Championship in 1997 and the U20 Junior B World Championships in 1997 and 1999 . In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad at the B World Championships in 2002 and 2005 , at the A World Championships in 2001 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2009 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 and 2015, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics .

Achievements and Awards

International

  • 2005 Promotion to the top division at the World Championship of Division I.
  • 2005 Topscorer of the World Championship Division I, Group A.
  • 2005 World Cup top scorer in Division I, Group A
  • 2005 Best assists in the World Championship of Division I, Group A

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1997/98 Furuset ishockey NOR 28 8th 3 11 71
1998/99 Vålerenga IF Oslo NOR 35 9 11 20th 65
1999/00 Vålerenga IF Oslo NOR 32 10 21st 31 138
2000/01 Vålerenga IF Oslo NOR 30th 13 22nd 35 94
2001/02 Vålerenga IF Oslo NOR 27 7th 11 18th 103
2002/03 Vålerenga IF Oslo NOR 6th 4th 4th 8th 35
2002/03 Laredo Bucks CHL 48 21st 30th 51 57 11 3 2 5 22nd
2003/04 Toledo Storm ECHL 62 21st 30th 51 81 - - - - -
2003/04 Las Vegas Wranglers ECHL 5 4th 4th 8th 4th 1 0 0 0 2
2004/05 Las Vegas Wranglers ECHL 8th 2 4th 6th 4th - - - - -
2004/05 Vålerenga IF Oslo NOR 18th 11 12 23 60 8th 4th 4th 8th 24
2005/06 SaiPa Lapeenranta SM-liiga 23 2 2 4th 39 8th 2 2 4th 6th
2006/07 Djurgårdens IF SEL 49 5 14th 19th 62 - - - - -
2007/08 Djurgården IF SEL 15th 2 5 7th 8th - - - - -
2007/08 Foxes Duisburg DEL 27 4th 15th 19th 42 - - - - -
2008/09 Foxes Duisburg DEL 50 11 25th 36 139 - - - - -
2009/10 Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers DEL 42 10 23 33 119 - - - - -
2010/11 Vålerenga IF Oslo NOR - - - - - 5 0 3 3 10
ECHL total 75 27 38 65 89 1 0 0 0 2
GET leagues in total 176 62 84 146 566 13 4th 7th 11 34
SEL total 64 7th 19th 26th 70 - - - - -
SM-liiga total 23 2 2 4th 39 8th 2 2 4th 6th
DEL total 119 25th 62 87 300 - - - - -

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Ask, Morten
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Oslo , Norway