Alex Westlund

Alex Westlund
Date of birth	December 28, 1975
place of birth	Flemington Village , New Jersey , USA
size	176 cm
Weight	82 kg
position	goalkeeper
Catch hand	Right
Career stations
1995-1999	Yale University
1999-2001	Dayton Bombers
2001-2002	Toledo Storm Cincinnati Cyclones
2002-2004	Amur Khabarovsk
2004	Trenton Titans locomotive Yaroslavl
2004-2005	Charlotte Checkers
2005-2006	HK Metschel Chelyabinsk
2006-2007	Charlotte Checkers
2007-2008	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
2008–2012	EHC Linz
2013	Heilbronn falcon
2014	KHL Medveščak Zagreb
2014-2015	China Dragon

Alex Westlund (born December 28, 1975 in Flemington Village , New Jersey ) is a former American ice hockey goalkeeper and current coach.

Career as a player

Westlund began his career in the team at Yale University in the National Collegiate Athletic Association and was then able to move immediately to the East Coast Hockey League , where he played two seasons with the Dayton Bombers and could achieve good statistics. In the following years he moved between different teams in the smaller leagues before he got a commitment abroad for the first time in the 2002/03 season. The Russian first division team Amur Khabarovsk signed him for two seasons. In the first Westlund was able to show excellent performances, in the following, however, he could not continue.

In the 2004/05 season he returned to North America and played for the Charlotte Checkers for two seasons before the Slovenian team HDD Olimpija Ljubljana brought him back to Europe. Westlund showed outstanding performances and proved to be a strong support for his team, which played their first season in the Austrian ice hockey league and was able to surprise with a final participation.

In autumn 2007 he signed a two-year contract with the EHC Linz from the 2008/09 season . The Laibacher offered a transfer fee to keep the goalkeeper, but the Linz refused, so that Westlund now runs in Linz. There he succeeded in his second season for the time being the runner-up title. Two years later he became Austrian ice hockey champion with the Black Wings Linz in the 2011/12 season after excellent performances. In November 2012 he was released from the Black Wings due to poor performance and a catch rate below 90%.

In January 2013 Westlund signed a contract until the end of the season with the Heilbronner Falken in the 2nd Bundesliga ice hockey .

In the 2013/14 season he played briefly with the Wheeling Nailers in the ECHL , before moving to the Croatian club KHL Medveščak Zagreb in January 2014 .

During the 2014/15 season he was under contract with China Dragon in Shanghai and ended his playing career after the season.

Career as a coach

As early as January 2013, Westlund was employed as a goalkeeping coach at Pro Crease Goaltending, a provider of training programs and camps, between his player engagements abroad. In July 2015, the Augsburg Panthers from the German Ice Hockey League signed him as goalkeeping coach. For the 2016/17 season he moved in the same position to KHL Medveščak Zagreb from the Continental Hockey League .

Special successes

Although an average of 36 shots per game were fired at him in the 2007/08 season , Westlund managed to lead the goalkeeper statistics of the Austrian ice hockey league by catch rate both in the regular season and in the playoff . In the playoff he even reached 94.65%, but injured himself in the penultimate game, so that his backup Klemen Mohorič had to take over. His team HDD Olimpija Ljubljana then lost the final series.

In March of the 2009/10 season Westlund was voted MVP of the Austrian Bundesliga by the Austrian media .

Achievements and Awards

• 2004 bronze medal at the world championship
• 2012 Austrian champion with the EHC Linz

statistics

Regular season

season	team	league	GKD	GP	MIP	SO-CALLED	SVS	GA	SVS%	ATM	SO	W.	L.	T	OTL	G	A.	PIM
1995/96	Yale University	NCAA	-	19th	1031	-	-	85	-	4.95	0	4th	11	1	-	0	1	0
1996/97	Yale University	NCAA	-	20th	1144	685	628	57	91.68	2.99	1	6th	10	3	-	0	2	2
1997/98	Yale University	NCAA	-	32	1918	913	839	74	91.89	2.32	3	20th	9	3	-	0	0	2
1998/99	Yale University	NCAA	-	28	1630	808	729	79	90.22	2.91	0	12	12	4th	-	0	0	0
1999/00	Dayton Bombers	ECHL	-	40	2316	1129	1030	99	91.23	2.56	3	18th	15th	7th	-	0	3	6th
1999/00	Cincinnati Cyclones	IHL	-	1	60	36	32	4th	88.89	4.00	0	1	0	0	-	0	0	0
2000/01	Dayton Bombers	ECHL	-	29	1731	911	847	64	92.97	2.22	3	19th	5	4th	-	0	3	4th
2000/01	Milwaukee Admirals	IHL	-	7th	304	163	150	13	92.02	2.57	0	2	2	0	-	0	0	0
2000/01	Worcester IceCats	AHL	-	1	8th	4th	3	1	75.00	7.50	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0
2001/02	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL	-	5	110	49	43	6th	87.76	3.27	0	1	1	0	-	0	0	0
2001/02	Toledo Storm	ECHL	-	13	743	400	357	43	89.25	3.47	0	6th	7th	0	-	0	0	0
2001/02	Cincinnati Cyclones	ECHL	-	36	2136	1006	924	82	91.85	2.30	5	24	10	2	-	0	0	0
2002/03	Amur Khabarovsk	Rus	50	47	2780	1346	1243	103	92.35	2.22	5	18th	20th	9	-	0	0	2
2003/04	Trenton Titans	ECHL	-	3	179	93	87	6th	93.55	2.01	0	2	1	0	-	0	0	0
2003/04	Amur Khabarovsk	Rus	-	31	-	-	-	-	88.20	2.35	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
2003/04	Yaroslavl locomotive	Rus	-	1	-	-	-	-	83.30	4.05	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
2004	Team USA	WM	3	1	40	10	10	0	100.00	0.00	0	1	0	0	-	0	0	0
2004/05	Charlotte Checkers	ECHL	-	51	2932	1500	1367	133	91.13	2.72	1	27	15th	5	-	0	2	0
2005/06	Metschel Chelyabinsk	Rus-2	-	41	-	-	-	-	-	2.09	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
2006/07	Charlotte Checkers	ECHL	-	25th	1450	766	700	66	91.38	2.73	3	16	7th	1	-	0	0	0
2006/07	Hartford Wolf Pack	AHL	-	7th	327	161	148	13	91.93	2.39	0	1	2	1	-	0	0	0
2007/08	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	OIL	41	41	2465	1478	1373	105	92.90	2.56	2	22nd	14th	0	4th	0	2	2
2008/09	EHC Linz	OIL	54	54	3251	1616	1476	140	91.34	2.58	4th	30th	21st	0	3	0	2	2
2009/10	EHC Linz	OIL	54	51	3061	1615	1475	140	91.33	2.74	2	28	14th	0	9	0	1	8th
2010/11	EHC Linz	OIL	52	47	2775	1503	1374	129	91.42	2.79	4th	23	19th	0	5	0	0	0
2011/12	EHC Linz	OIL	49	44	2638	1381	1272	109	92.11	2.48	4th	31	8th	0	4th	0	0	0

Playoffs

season	team	league	GKD	GP	MIP	SO-CALLED	SVS	GA	SVS%	ATM	SO	W.	L.	OTL	G	A.	PIM
1999/00	Dayton Bombers	ECHL	-	3	190	123	110	13	89.43	4.11	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
2000/01	Dayton Bombers	ECHL	-	5	350	163	148	15th	90.80	2.57	0	2	1	2	0	0	0
2001/02	Cincinnati Cyclones	ECHL	3	3	182	141	134	7th	95.04	2.31	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
2004/05	Charlotte Checkers	ECHL	-	15th	887	543	507	36	93.37	2.44	1	8th	7th	0	0	0	0
2006/07	Charlotte Checkers	ECHL	-	1	59	16	13	3	81.25	3.05	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
2007/08	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	OIL	15th	13	751	449	425	24	94.65	1.92	2	6th	3	3	0	0	0
2008/09	EHC Linz	OIL	10	10	596	318	293	25th	92.14	2.51	1	4th	6th	0	0	0	0
2009/10	EHC Linz	OIL	18th	18th	1115	655	594	61	90.69	3.28	0	10	7th	1	0	0	0
2010/11	EHC Linz	OIL	5	5	299	175	160	15th	91.43	3.01	1	1	4th	0	0	0	0
2011/12	EHC Linz	OIL	17th	17th	1025	539	501	38	92.95	2.23	1	12	4th	1	0	1	0

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; ¹  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

Web links

• Alex Westlund at hockeydb.com (English)
• Alex Westlund at eurohockey.com
• Alex Westlund at hockeygoalies.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ There is no future in Westlund in Linz , accessed on November 14, 2012
2. ↑ Delmas Reassigned to Nailers . "Wheeling Nailers". Archived from the original on February 1, 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
3. ↑ Old acquaintance in the Den - Medvescak brings goalie Alex Westlund . medvescak.com. February 1, 2014. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
4. ↑ Former Yale Goalie in 16th Pro Season . ecachockey.com. December 22, 2014. Accessed February 1, 2016.
5. ↑ Alex Westlund . "linkedin.com". Retrieved February 1, 2016.
6. ↑ Two new trainers for the Augsburg Panthers . Augsburg General . July 29, 2015. Accessed February 1, 2016.
7. ↑ Cameron embarks on KHL coaching career with Dwyer, HC Medvescak - Hockey - The Guardian. (No longer available online.) In: www.theguardian.pe.ca. Formerly in the original ; accessed on October 2, 2016 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.