Christoffer Ehn
Date of birth | April 5, 1996 |
place of birth | Skara , Sweden |
size | 191 cm |
Weight | 82 kg |
position | center |
Shot hand | Left |
Draft | |
NHL Entry Draft |
2014 , 4th round, 106th position Detroit Red Wings |
Career stations | |
2012-2018 | Frölunda HC |
2018-2019 | Grand Rapids Griffins |
since 2018 | Detroit Red Wings |
Christoffer Ehn (born April 5, 1996 in Skara ) is a Swedish ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League since April 2017 .
Career
Christoffer Ehn was born in Skara and played there in his youth for Skara IK before spending the 2012/13 season at Skövde IK in neighboring Skövde . In the following year, the attacker joined the youth department of Frölunda HC from Gothenburg and started playing for their J20 in the J20 SuperElit , the highest-ranking junior league in Sweden , from the 2013/14 season . He also made his debut for the professional team of Frölunda in the Svenska Hockeyligan (SHL) before he was selected in the subsequent NHL Entry Draft 2014 in 106th position by the Detroit Red Wings .
After he was briefly used on loan at IK Oskarshamn and BIK Karlskoga in the second-class Allsvenskan , Ehn established himself in Frölunda's SHL squad during the 2015/16 season. This season he won the Champions Hockey League (CHL) as well as the Swedish championship with the team before the team was able to defend the CHL title the following year. He then signed an entry-level contract with Red Wings in April 2017 , but they kept him on loan for another season in Gothenburg. Finally, the Swede moved to North America for the 2018/19 season and subsequently made his debut in the National Hockey League (NHL) in October 2018 . At the same time, he was also used with the Red Wings farm team , the Grand Rapids Griffins , in the American Hockey League (AHL), but established himself in Detroit's NHL squad from the 2019/20 season.
International
On an international level, Ehn took part in the U18 World Championship in 2014 and in the U20 World Championship in 2015 and 2016 with the junior national teams of his home country , where he finished fourth with the Tre Kronor .
Achievements and Awards
- 2016 Champions Hockey League win with the Frölunda HC
- 2016 Swedish champion with the Frölunda HC
- 2017 Champions Hockey League win with Frölunda HC
Career statistics
Status: end of the 2019/20 season
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | +/- | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | +/- | SM | ||
2013/14 | Frölunda HC J20 | J20 SuperElit | 45 | 4th | 7th | 11 | –7 | 14th | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 0 | ||
2013/14 | Frölunda HC | SHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2014/15 | Frölunda HC J20 | J20 SuperElit | 40 | 12 | 24 | 36 | +10 | 61 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2014/15 | IK Oskarshamn | Allsvenskan | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2014/15 | Frölunda HC | SHL | 6th | 0 | 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | ||
2015/16 | Frölunda HC J20 | J20 SuperElit | 14th | 9 | 7th | 16 | +15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0 | ||
2015/16 | BIK Karlskoga | Allsvenskan | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2015/16 | Frölunda HC | SHL | 37 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | ||
2016/17 | Frölunda HC | SHL | 52 | 4th | 9 | 13 | +3 | 10 | 14th | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4th | ||
2017/18 | Frölunda HC | SHL | 50 | 7th | 10 | 17th | +2 | 24 | 6th | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | ||
2018/19 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 17th | 2 | 5 | 7th | +4 | 8th | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | ||
2018/19 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 60 | 3 | 6th | 9 | -5 | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2019/20 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 54 | 2 | 2 | 4th | -21 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
J20 SuperElit overall | 99 | 25th | 38 | 63 | +18 | 75 | 4th | 5 | 0 | 5 | +2 | 0 | ||||
Allsvenskan total | 17th | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
SHL total | 147 | 11 | 21st | 32 | +1 | 38 | 46 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -8th | 6th | ||||
NHL overall | 114 | 5 | 8th | 13 | -26 | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | - |
International
Represented Sweden at:
year | team | event | result | Sp | T | V | Pt | +/- | SM | |
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2014 | Sweden | U18 World Cup | 4th Place | 7th | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 0 | |
2015 | Sweden | U20 World Cup | 4th Place | 7th | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 2 | |
2016 | Sweden | U20 World Cup | 4th Place | 7th | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | |
Juniors overall | 21st | 1 | 6th | 7th | -1 | 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 )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alex DiFilippo: Red Wings sign forward Christoffer Ehn to entry-level contract. nhl.com, April 20, 2017, accessed January 1, 2019 .
Goalkeepers:
Jonathan Bernier |
Jimmy Howard
Defender:
Alex Biega |
Madison Bowey |
Dennis Cholowski |
Trevor Daley |
Danny DeKeyser |
Jonathan Ericsson |
Cody Goloubef |
Filip Hronek |
Patrik Nemeth
attacker:
Justin Abdelkader ( A ) |
Tyler Bertuzzi |
Christoffer Ehn |
Adam Erne |
Robby Fabbri |
Valtteri Filppula |
Sam Gagner |
Luke Glendening ( A ) |
Darren Helm |
Dylan Larkin ( A ) |
Anthony Mantha |
Frans Nielsen ( A ) |
Brendan Perlini |
Dmytro Timashov
Head Coach: Jeff Blashill Assistant Coach : Dan Bylsma | Doug Houda | Adam Nightingale General Manager: Steve Yzerman
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Ehn, Christoffer |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 5, 1996 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Skara , Sweden |