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Bjork is different
Date of birth 5th August 1996
place of birth Mequon , Wisconsin , USA
size 183 cm
Weight 85 kg
position Left wing
number # 10
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2014 , 5th round, 146th position
Boston Bruins
Career stations
2012-2014 USA Hockey National Team Development Program
2014-2017 University of Notre Dame
since 2017 Boston Bruins
Providence Bruins

Anderson Patrick "Anders" Bjork (born August 5, 1996 in Mequon , Wisconsin ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League since May 2017 and at the same time for their farm team, the Providence Bruins , in the American Hockey League is used.

Career

Anders Bjork was born in Mequon and in his youth he played for the Chicago Mission in Chicago in the neighboring state of Illinois . For the 2012/13 season, the attacker switched to the USA Hockey National Team Development Program (NTDP), the central talent factory of the US ice hockey association USA Hockey . With the selections of the NTDP he took part in the game operation of the United States Hockey League (USHL), the highest junior league in the country. In addition, the teams in the program function as junior national teams, so Bjork took part in the World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2013 and the U18 World Championship in 2014 , winning a bronze medal and becoming U18 World Champion. After two seasons, he retired due to age from the NTDP and was then selected in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft in 146th position by the Boston Bruins .

In the fall of 2014, Bjork enrolled at the University of Notre Dame and began studying marketing there , while at the same time participating in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in Hockey East . In the Fighting Irish jersey, the American increased his personal statistics from year to year until he achieved a point average of well over 1.0 in the 2016/17 season with 52 scorer points from 39 games. As a result, he was elected to the Hockey East First All-Star Team , having been named to the Second All-Star Team the previous year , and was nominated as one of ten finalists for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award , which is the best college player of the Year honors. However, Will Butcher won it .

After Bjork with the U20 national team of the USA in the U20 World Cup in 2016 had won another bronze medal, the attacker made his debut after the college season 2016/17 at an international men's level by the Team USA at the World Cup in 2017 took part and took fifth place there. He then signed an entry-level contract with the Boston Bruins in May 2017 and earned a place in their squad in the following pre-season, so that he made his debut in the National Hockey League (NHL) in October 2017 .

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
2012/13 USA Hockey NTDP USHL 38 8th 7th 15th -19 28 - - - - - -
2013/14 USA Hockey NTDP USHL 26th 9 12 21st +14 0 - - - - - -
2014/15 University of Notre Dame NCAA 41 7th 15th 22nd -3 14th
2015/16 University of Notre Dame NCAA 35 12 23 35 +28 8th
2016/17 University of Notre Dame NCAA 39 21st 31 52 +17 16
2017/18 Providence Bruins AHL 9 2 2 4th -1 2 - - - - - -
2017/18 Boston Bruins NHL 30th 4th 8th 12 +2 6th - - - - - -
2018/19 Providence Bruins AHL 13 1 9 10 -3 2 - - - - - -
2018/19 Boston Bruins NHL 20th 1 2 3 -1 2 - - - - - -
USHL total 64 17th 19th 36 -5 28 - - - - - -
NCAA overall 115 40 69 109 +42 38
AHL total 22nd 3 11 14th −4 4th - - - - - -
NHL overall 50 5 10 15th +1 8th - - - - - -

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2013 United States WHC Bronze medal 6th 0 1 1 8th
2014 United States U18 World Cup gold medal 7th 2 0 2 +4 4th
2016 United States U20 World Cup Bronze medal 7th 3 0 3 +5 0
2017 United States WM 5th place 5 0 0 0 ± 0 0
Juniors overall 20th 5 1 6th 12
Men overall 5 0 0 0 ± 0 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 )

family

His father Kirt Bjork was also a professional ice hockey player and played for the Italian HC Alleghe and the Adirondack Red Wings in the American Hockey League in the 1980s . In addition, his cousin Erik Condra managed to establish himself as an NHL professional.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bruins Sign Forward Anders Bjork To 3-Year Entry-Level Contract. nhl.com, May 30, 2017, accessed October 22, 2017 .
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Squad of the Boston Bruins in the season 2019/20
personal data
SURNAME Bjork, Anders
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bjork, Anderson Patrick (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 5th August 1996
PLACE OF BIRTH Mequon , Wisconsin , United States