Bastiansen is different

Bastiansen is different
Anders Bastiansen (2013)
Date of birth	October 31, 1980
place of birth	Oslo , Norway
size	190 cm
Weight	97 kg
position	striker
number	# 20
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1996-2004	Frisk Tigers
2004-2005	IFK Arboga
2005	Almtuna IS
2005-2008	Mora IK
2008-2014	Färjestad BK
since 2014	EC Graz 99ers

Anders Bastiansen (born October 31, 1980 in Oslo ) is a Norwegian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the EC Graz 99ers in the Austrian Ice Hockey League (EBEL) since 2014 .

Career

Anders Bastiansen began his career as a hockey player in his homeland in Norway with the Frisk Tigers , for which he was active in the GET league from 1996 to 2004 and was Norwegian champion in 2002 . He then moved to IFK Arboga in HockeyAllsvenskan , the second Swedish league. The 2005/06 season began with the left shooter at their league rivals Almtuna IS , but after only 13 games he was given to Mora IK , for which he was on the ice for the following two and a half seasons in the Elitserien . Before the 2008/09 season , the Norwegian received a contract with Färjestad BK , with which he won the Swedish championship title for the first time in his career this season . He was able to repeat this success with his team in the 2010/11 season . As the most valuable player in the playoffs, he played a key role in winning the second title with the FBK.

International

Bastiansen took part in the junior division for Norway in the U20 Junior B World Championships in 1999 and 2000 . In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad at the B World Championships in 2005 and at the A World Championships in 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2009 , 2010 and 2011 as well as at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver .

Achievements and Awards

• 2002 Norwegian champion with the Frisk Tigers
• 2002 Gullpucken
• 2007 Gullpucken
• 2009 Swedish champion with Färjestad BK
• 2011 Swedish champion with Färjestad BK
• 2011 Most Valuable Player of the Elitserien Playoffs

International

• 2005 Promotion to the top division at the World Championship of Division I.
• 2005 Best plus / minus balance of the World Championship in Division I, Group A

Elitserien Statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	6th	302	45	97	142	208
Playoffs	5	43	11	17th	28	36

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

Web links

• Anders Bastiansen at hockeydb.com (English)
• Unlike Bastiansen at eurohockey.com
• Anders Bastiansen at eliteprospects.com (English)