Calle Järnkrok

Calle Järnkrok
Date of birth	September 25, 1991
place of birth	Gävle , Sweden
size	181 cm
Weight	75 kg
position	center
number	# 19
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2010 , 2nd round, 51st position Detroit Red Wings
KHL Junior Draft	2011 , 2nd round, 43rd position Severstal Tscherepowez
Career stations
until 2013	Brynäs IF
2013-2014	Grand Rapids Griffins
since 2014	Nashville Predators

Carl "Calle" Järnkrok (born September 25, 1991 in Gävle ) is a Swedish ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Nashville Predators from the National Hockey League since March 2014 . His father Tony was also a professional ice hockey player, as was his cousin Elias Lindholm .

Career

Calle Järnkrok, 2012

Calle Järnkrok began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of Brynäs IF , with whose U20 junior he won the SuperElit in the 2008/09 season. For the Brynäs professional team, the center made his debut in the Elitserien in the 2009/10 season . He scored five goals in 38 games and provided seven templates. He was then selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2010 in the second round as a total of 51 players by the Detroit Red Wings .

For the 2012/13 season Järnkrok received an NHL entry contract over three years, but initially remained on loan at Brynäs IF. In the main round of the 2012/13 season he was the top scorer of his team with 42 points. In March 2013, after Brynäs was eliminated from the Elitserien play-offs, Järnkrok was ordered by the Red Wings to their farm team, the Grand Rapids Griffins from the American Hockey League .

On March 5, 2014, Järnkrok was transferred to the Nashville Predators in exchange for David Legwand, along with Patrick Eaves and a third-round vote in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft . With the Predators he reached the Stanley Cup final in the 2016/17 season, but lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins there .

International

For Sweden , Järnkrok took part in the U18 Junior World Championship in 2009 and the U20 Junior World Championship in 2011 . At the 2013 World Cup in Stockholm and Helsinki he was part of the men's national team for the first time and won the gold medal with it.

Achievements and Awards

• 2009 U20 junior SuperElit champion with Brynäs IF
• 2012 Swedish champion with Brynäs IF
• 2013 gold medal at the world championship
• 2014 bronze medal at the world championship

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

				Regular season						Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2007/08	Brynäs IF	J20 SuperElit		2	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Brynäs IF	J20 SuperElit		41	8th	18th	26th	37		7th	4th	3	7th	2
2009/10	Brynäs IF	J20 SuperElit		19th	11	20th	31	30th		2	0	1	1	0
2009/10	Brynäs IF	Elitserien		33	4th	6th	10	2		5	1	1	2	0
2010/11	Brynäs IF	Elitserien		49	11	16	27	4th		3	3	0	3	2
2011/12	Brynäs IF	Elitserien		50	16	23	39	22nd		16	4th	12	16	12
2012/13	Brynäs IF	Elitserien		53	13	29	42	12		4th	0	0	0	6th
2012/13	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL		9	0	3	3	0		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL		57	13	23	36	14th		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL		6th	5	4th	9	0		3	1	1	2	2
2013/14	Nashville Predators	NHL		12	2	7th	9	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Nashville Predators	NHL		74	7th	11	18th	18th		6th	0	2	2	0
2015/16	Nashville Predators	NHL		81	16	14th	30th	14th		14th	0	1	1	4th
2016/17	Nashville Predators	NHL		81	15th	16	31	25th		21st	2	5	7th	2
2017/18	Nashville Predators	NHL		68	16	19th	35	12		7th	0	1	1	0
2018/19	Nashville Predators	NHL		79	10	16	26th	12		6th	0	2	2	2
2019/20	Nashville Predators	NHL		64	15th	19th	34	14th		4th	1	0	1	0
J20 SuperElit overall				62	19th	38	57	69		9	4th	4th	8th	2
Elitserien total				185	44	74	118	40		28	8th	13	21st	20th
AHL total				72	18th	30th	48	29		3	1	1	2	2
NHL overall				459	81	102	183	99		58	3	11	14th	8th

International

Represented Sweden at:

• U18 Junior World Championship 2009
• U20 World Junior Championship 2011
• World Championship 2012
• World Championship 2013
• World Championship 2014

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2009	Sweden	U18 World Cup	5th place		6th	2	7th	9	4th
2011	Sweden	U20 World Cup	4th Place		6th	2	3	5	2
2012	Sweden	WM	6th place		8th	0	1	1	0
2013	Sweden	WM			10	0	1	1	4th
2014	Sweden	WM			10	0	0	0	4th
Juniors overall					12	4th	10	14th	6th
Men overall					28	0	2	2	8th

( 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 )

Web links

Commons : Calle Järnkrok  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Player biography on the Nashville Predators website
• Calle Järnkrok at eurohockey.com
• Calle Järnkrok at eliteprospects.com (English)