William Karlsson

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William Karlsson
Date of birth January 8, 1993
place of birth Märsta , Sweden
size 183 cm
Weight 74 kg
position center
number # 71
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2011 , 2nd round, 53rd position
Anaheim Ducks
Career stations
2009–2012 VIK Västerås HK
2012-2014 HV71
2014-2015 Anaheim Ducks
Norfolk Admirals
2015-2017 Columbus Blue Jackets
since 2017 Vegas Golden Knights

William "Bill" Karlsson (born January 8, 1993 in Märsta ) is a Swedish ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Vegas Golden Knights in the National Hockey League since June 2017 . With the Swedish national team , he won the gold medal at the 2017 World Cup .

Career

William Karlsson began his career as an ice hockey player in the youth department of Arlanda Wings HC. From there he moved to VIK Västerås HK in 2009 , for whose professional team he made his debut in the HockeyAllsvenskan , the second Swedish division, in the 2010/11 season . In his rookie year , he scored one goal in 14 games and gave three assists. He was then selected in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft in the second round as a total of 53 players by the Anaheim Ducks . For the 2012/13 season he was signed by the Swedish first division club HV71 . In his rookie season he was used in 50 preliminary round games of the Elitserien, with the left shooter booked four goals and 24 assists ; it also had a value of +17 in the plus / minus balance. In May 2013, Karlsson was given a three-year entry contract by the Anaheim Ducks .

After spending the 2013/14 season on loan at HV71, where he was an assistant captain, Karlsson made his debut for the Norfolk Admirals in the American Hockey League . In the 2014/15 season he also came to his first missions for the Anaheim Ducks, which, however, handed him over to the Columbus Blue Jackets in March 2015 together with René Bourque and a second-round vote in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft . In return, the Ducks received James Wisniewski and a third-round vote in the same draft.

At the beginning of the 2015/16 season, the Swede established himself in the NHL Blue Jackets line-up. However, in June 2017, he was selected by the Vegas Golden Knights in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft . In addition, Vegas received a first-round vote for the 2017 NHL Entry Draft and a second-round vote for the 2019 NHL Entry Draft from the Jackets and in return took over the contract from David Clarkson .

At the Golden Knights, the Swede increased his performance significantly, scoring 43 goals and 78 scorer points, leading his team in both statistics in their first NHL season. In addition, it achieved the best plus / minus statistics in the entire league with +49 and was therefore (unofficially) honored with the NHL Plus / Minus Award . In the subsequent playoffs , the Golden Knights advanced to the final, but were subject to the Washington Capitals there . In addition, Karlsson was honored with the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy at the 2018 NHL Awards , which honors high sporting standards and exemplary behavior. A little later he also received the Viking Award from his Swedish homeland .

He was only able to partially build on these achievements in the 2018/19 season with 56 points, but he still signed a new eight-year contract with the Golden Knights in June 2019, which should bring him an average annual salary of 5.9 million US dollars.

International

Karlsson made his debut for Sweden at the 2011 U18 World Cup , where he won the silver medal with his team. At the U20 level, a gold and a silver medal followed at the U20 World Championships in 2012 and 2013 , before Karlsson made his debut with the men as part of the Euro Hockey Tour 2013/14 .

At the 2017 World Cup , Karlsson won the gold medal with the Tre Kronor .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2009/10 VIK Västerås HK J20 J20 SuperElit 6th 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 0
2010/11 VIK Västerås HK J20 J20 SuperElit 38 20th 34 54 45 - - - - - -
2010/11 VIK Västerås HK Allsvenskan 14th 1 3 4th ± 0 2 - - - - - -
2011/12 VIK Västerås HK J20 J20 SuperElit - - - - - - 5 2 2 4th +3 2
2011/12 VIK Västerås HK Allsvenskan 46 12 33 45 +25 6th 6th 1 1 2 +1 0
2012/13 HV71 J20 J20 SuperElit - - - - - - 2 2 2 4th +2 2
2012/13 HV71 Elitserien 50 4th 24 28 +17 12 5 0 2 2 -5 0
2013/14 HV71 SHL 55 15th 22nd 37 ± 0 14th 8th 3 4th 7th +3 8th
2014/15 Norfolk Admirals AHL 37 8th 16 24 -5 2 - - - - - -
2014/15 Anaheim Ducks NHL 18th 2 1 3 +1 2 - - - - - -
2014/15 Springfield Falcons AHL 15th 0 0 0 –11 0 - - - - - -
2014/15 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 3 1 1 2 +2 0 - - - - - -
2015/16 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 81 9 11 20th –9 6th - - - - - -
2016/17 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 81 6th 19th 25th +10 10 5 2 1 3 +4 0
2017/18 Vegas Golden Knights NHL 82 43 35 78 +49 12 20th 7th 8th 15th +8 2
2018/19 Vegas Golden Knights NHL 82 24 32 56 +1 16 7th 2 3 5 +1 2
J20 SuperElit overall 44 20th 35 55 47 9 4th 5 9 +5 4th
Allsvenskan total 60 13 36 49 +25 8th 6th 1 1 2 +1 0
Elitserien / Svenska hockey clothes overall 105 19th 46 65 +17 26th 13 3 6th 9 -2 8th
AHL total 61 10 23 33 –11 8th 8th 1 2 3 -3 2
NHL overall 347 85 99 184 +54 46 32 11 12 23 +13 4th

International

Represented Sweden at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2011 Sweden U18 World Cup Silver medal 6th 2 3 5 +8 6th
2012 Sweden U20 World Cup gold medal 6th 1 1 2 ± 0 0
2013 Sweden U20 World Cup Silver medal 6th 0 2 2 +1 2
2017 Sweden WM gold medal 10 1 2 3 +6 0
Juniors overall 18th 3 6th 9 +9 8th
Men overall 10 1 2 3 +6 0

( 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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Squad of Vegas Golden Knights in the season 2019/20
personal data
SURNAME Karlsson, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Karlsson, Bill
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Märsta , Sweden