Alexander Wennberg

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Alexander Wennberg
Date of birth September 22, 1994
place of birth Nacka , Sweden
size 185 cm
Weight 83 kg
position center
number # 10
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2013 , 1st round, 14th position
Columbus Blue Jackets
Career stations
2011-2013 Djurgårdens IF
2013-2014 Frölunda HC
since 2014 Columbus Blue Jackets

Alexander Wennberg (born September 22, 1994 in Nacka ) is a Swedish ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League since May 2014 .

Career

Alexander Wennberg played in Boo IF's youth department before moving to Djurgårdens IF for the 2010/11 season. There the attacker was on the ice for the next two years, especially for the J18 and for the J20 in the J20 SuperElit , the highest junior league in Sweden. After making his debut in a league match with the men of Djurgårdens IF in the 2011/12 season, he was regularly used there from the beginning of the 2012/13 season in the Allsvenskan , the second Swedish league. He was then selected by the Columbus Blue Jackets in 14th position in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft . After a total of three years in the ranks of Djurgårdens IF, Wennberg moved to Frölunda HC in the summer of 2013 , with whom he then played for a year in the country's highest league, the Svenska Hockeyligan .

In the summer of 2014 Wennberg finally switched to the organization of the Columbus Blue Jackets and promptly established himself there in the NHL squad. In the 2016/17 season, the Swede achieved his best personal statistics to date with 59 points from 80 games. He then signed a new six-year contract in Columbus in September 2017, which should earn him an average annual salary of $ 4.9 million.

International

At the international level, Wennberg represented his home country in the junior division at the U18 World Championships in 2012 as well as at the U20 World Championships in 2013 and 2014 , where he won the silver medal. He made his debut for the senior national team of Sweden at the 2016 World Cup and achieved sixth place with the team.

Achievements and Awards

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
2011/12 Djurgårdens IF J20 SuperElit 42 1 18th 19th 6th 3 0 1 1 0
2011/12 Djurgårdens IF Elitserien 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2012/13 Djurgårdens IF J20 SuperElit 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0
2012/13 Djurgårdens IF Allsvenskan 46 14th 18th 32 14th - - - - -
2013/14 Frölunda HC SHL 50 16 5 21st 8th 7th 1 0 1 0
2014/15 Springfield Falcons AHL 6th 0 3 3 12 - - - - -
2014/15 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 68 4th 16 20th 22nd - - - - -
2015/16 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 69 8th 32 40 2 - - - - -
2016/17 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 80 13 46 59 21st 5 0 1 1 2
2017/18 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 66 8th 27 35 12 3 1 1 2 0
2018/19 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 75 2 23 25th 12 4th 0 0 0 0
J20 SuperElit overall 44 2 19th 21st 6th 4th 0 2 2 0
Elitserien / Svenska hockey clothes overall 51 16 5 21st 8th 7th 1 0 1 0
NHL overall 358 35 144 179 69 12 1 2 3 2

International

Represented Sweden at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2012 Sweden U18 World Cup 2nd place, silver 6th 3 6th 9 0
2013 Sweden U20 World Cup 2nd place, silver 6th 2 1 3 0
2014 Sweden U20 World Cup 2nd place, silver 7th 3 4th 7th 2
2016 Sweden WM 6th place 8th 1 7th 8th 4th
2019 Sweden WM 5th place 6th 3 7th 10 0
Juniors overall 19th 8th 11 19th 2
Men overall 14th 4th 14th 18th 4th

( 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 Wennberg, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH September 22, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Nacka , Sweden