Alexander Edler

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Alexander Edler
Date of birth April 21, 1986
place of birth Ostersund , Sweden
size 192 cm
Weight 91 kg
position defender
number # 23
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2004 , 3rd round, 91st position
Vancouver Canucks
Career stations
2005-2006 Kelowna Rockets
since 2006 Vancouver Canucks

Alexander Edler (born April 21, 1986 in Östersund ) is a Swedish ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Vancouver Canucks in the National Hockey League since 2006 . With the Swedish national team , the defender won the gold medal at the 2013 and 2017 World Championships and the silver medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics .

Career

Alexander Edler was selected as a youth player in the NHL Entry Draft 2004 in the third round as a total of 91st player by the Vancouver Canucks . The defender first played in the 2005/06 season for the Kelowna Rockets from the Western Hockey League , before making his National Hockey League debut for Vancouver the following season . In his second NHL year, the Swede established himself among the regulars of the Canucks, for which he scored 20 points, including eight goals, in 75 games in the 2007/08 season. With the team he reached the final of the Stanley Cup in the 2011 playoffs , but lost to the Boston Bruins there .

In 2018 he overtook Harold Snepsts (781 games) and Mattias Öhlund (325 points), so that he has since held the Canucks franchise records for most games and scorer points by a defender.

International

For Sweden Edler took part in the junior division in the U20 World Junior Championship in 2006 . At the 2013 World Cup in Stockholm and Helsinki he was part of the senior national team and won the gold medal with it. At the 2014 Olympic Games , he won the silver medal with the Swedish selection, before another gold medal followed at the 2017 World Cup .

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
2004/05 MODO Hockey J20 J20 SuperElit 33 8th 15th 23 40 5 1 0 1 6th
2005/06 Kelowna Rockets WHL 62 13 40 53 44 12 3 5 8th 12
2006/07 Manitoba mosses AHL 49 5 21st 26th 28 8th 0 0 0 2
2006/07 Vancouver Canucks NHL 22nd 1 2 3 6th 3 0 0 0 2
2007/08 Vancouver Canucks NHL 75 8th 12 20th 42 - - - - -
2007/08 Manitoba mosses AHL 2 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
2008/09 Vancouver Canucks NHL 80 10 27 37 54 10 1 7th 8th 6th
2009/10 Vancouver Canucks NHL 76 5 37 42 40 12 2 4th 6th 10
2010/11 Vancouver Canucks NHL 51 8th 25th 33 24 25th 2 9 11 8th
2011/12 Vancouver Canucks NHL 82 11 38 49 34 5 2 0 2 8th
2012/13 Vancouver Canucks NHL 45 8th 14th 22nd 37 4th 1 0 1 2
2013/14 Vancouver Canucks NHL 63 7th 15th 22nd 50 - - - - -
2014/15 Vancouver Canucks NHL 74 8th 23 31 54 6th 0 3 3 4th
2015/16 Vancouver Canucks NHL 52 6th 14th 20th 46 - - - - -
2016/17 Vancouver Canucks NHL 68 6th 15th 21st 36 - - - - -
2017/18 Vancouver Canucks NHL 70 6th 28 34 68 - - - - -
2018/19 Vancouver Canucks NHL 56 10 24 34 54 - - - - -
J20 SuperElit overall 33 8th 15th 23 40 5 1 0 1 6th
WHL overall 62 13 40 53 44 12 3 5 8th 12
AHL total 51 5 22nd 27 28 8th 0 0 0 2
NHL overall 814 94 273 367 545 65 8th 23 31 40

International

Represented Sweden at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2006 Sweden U20 World Cup 5th place 6th 0 1 1 6th
2008 Sweden WM 4th Place 8th 1 2 3 12
2013 Sweden WM 1st place, gold 2 0 1 1 25th
2014 Sweden Olympia 2nd place, silver 4th 1 1 2 0
2017 Sweden WM 1st place, gold 10 2 2 4th 4th
Juniors overall 6th 0 1 1 6th
Men overall 24 4th 6th 10 31

( 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 the Vancouver Canucks in the season 2019/20
personal data
SURNAME Edler, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Ostersund , Sweden