Dick Axelsson

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Dick Axelsson
Date of birth April 25, 1987
place of birth Stockholm , Sweden
size 189 cm
Weight 80 kg
position Left wing
number # 31
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2006 , 2nd round, 62nd position
Detroit Red Wings
Career stations
2003-2007 Huddinge IK
2007-2008 Djurgårdens IF
2008-2009 Färjestad BK
2009-2010 Grand Rapids Griffins
2010-2011 Färjestad BK
2010-2011 MODO hockey
2012-2014 Frölunda HC
2014-2017 HC Davos
2017-2018 Färjestad BK
since 2018 Djurgårdens IF

Dick Axelsson (born April 25, 1987 in Stockholm ) is a Swedish ice hockey striker who has been playing again at Djurgårdens IF in Svenska Hockeyligan since 2018 . He is also active as an inline hockey player.

Career

Started in Huddinge and Djurgårdens IF

Dick Axelsson began his career in 2003 with the Huddinge IK U18 youth team and was promoted to the U20 juniors a year later. There he established himself as a goalscorer and scored twelve goals in 31 games in the 2004/05 season. In the following season, he increased his goal count to 19 goals in 28 games and also prepared 15 goals, which is why he was also used in the same season in the senior team of Huddinge in the third-rate Division 1 and there with 17 goals in 23 games could convince. So he had a share in the promotion to HockeyAllsvenskan .

The Detroit Red Wings then selected him in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in the second round at position 62. And also in his Swedish homeland they noticed him, so that Djurgårdens IF from the high-class Elitserien signed him. However, his contract with Huddinge IK ran until 2007, which led to clashes between the two teams. Axelsson finally returns to Huddinge two months after the start of the season, where he scored 21 points in 25 games.

In the summer of 2007 after his contract expired, he finally moved to Djurgårdens IF and played a good debut season with twelve goals and 13 assists in the Elitserien, which is why he was appointed to the squad of the Swedish national team for the World Cup after the end of the season . In April 2008, however, there was an argument between Axelsson and the police, after which he had to spend a night in prison. National coach Bengt-Åke Gustafsson then deleted him from the squad before the start of the tournament.

Instead, he played for Sweden in the Inline Hockey World Championship in June 2008 , led the team to win the gold medal with nine goals and seven assists in six games and was voted the most valuable player of the tournament himself .

Change to North America

Dick Axelsson, who signed an entry-level contract with the Detroit Red Wings in the summer of 2008 , was at the time considered an intelligent striker with a hard shot that could also play hard physically. He was also a fast skater. However, he should show more consistent performance and avoid undisciplined actions in order not to collect unnecessary penalty minutes.

At the beginning of the 2008/09 season, Axelsson injured his collarbone in the second game of the season and was out for a long time. After his return, he was able to build on the performance of the previous year and scored 12 points in 18 games, but was transferred from Djurgården to league competitor Färjestad BK in mid-December 2008 after the sports management was dissatisfied with the work ethic and discipline of Axelsson. At Färjestad, he continued his productive season with 18 points in the last 21 games. In the playoffs he injured his hand, returned to the team in the final of the Swedish championship and finally won the title. Shortly thereafter, he received a trial contract with the Grand Rapids Griffins , the Detroit farm team from the AHL , but returned to Sweden before the end of the season and without a mission because his hand injury was not yet cured.

In the fall of 2009, Axelsson finally made his debut in North America and made a good first impression with a goal and an assist in his AHL debut game. He was able to confirm this performance in the following games, before an injury put him out of action for a few games and his form then fell sharply. In mid-November, Axelsson announced that he would like to return to Sweden, but the Red Wings management refused. After more weak games, Axelsson finally went back to Sweden in mid-December, where he attended the training camp of his former team Färjestad BK over Christmas. Eligibility to play in the Elitserien was still dependent on the approval of the Detroit Red Wings, which they finally issued a month later. In May 2011 Axelsson was signed by MODO Hockey after winning the Swedish championship for the second time in his career with Färjestad BK in the previous season and having been elected to the Elitserien All-Star team.

At the 2013 World Cup in Stockholm and Helsinki he was again part of the national team and won the gold medal with it.

Change to Switzerland

In May 2014, Axelsson was signed by HC Davos , where he quickly advanced to become a leading player under head coach Arno del Curto . At the end of the 2014/15 season, he won the Swiss championship with the club . In the 2016/17 season, he first had to take a break due to a concussion, and was then absent for a long time due to a knee operation. On January 23, 2017, he announced that he would not be returning to the ice this season. He played only eight games in the NLA that season. In April 2017 he returned to Sweden and was signed by Färjestad BK.

Achievements and Awards

Axelsson in the jersey of the Swedish national team (2014)

ice Hockey

Inline hockey

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2003/04 Huddinge IK SWE-U18 13 3 1 4th 38 - - - - -
2004/05 Huddinge IK SWE-U18 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Huddinge IK SWE jr. 31 12 4th 16 34 3 1 0 1 0
2005/06 Huddinge IK SWE jr. 28 19th 15th 34 157 - - - - -
Huddinge IK SWE-3 23 17th 2 19th 10 13 7th 6th 13 10
2006/07 Huddinge IK SWE-2 25th 13 8th 21st 113 - - - - -
2007/08 Djurgårdens IF SEL 47 12 13 25th 44 5 1 0 1 2
2008/09 Djurgårdens IF SEL 18th 5 7th 12 10 - - - - -
Färjestad BK SEL 21st 6th 12 18th 32 9 1 3 4th 2
2009/10 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 17th 2 3 5 6th - - - - -
Färjestad BK SEL 15th 6th 4th 10 24 7th 1 2 3 6th
2010/11 Färjestad BK SEL 47 15th 15th 30th 126 14th 4th 6th 10 24
2011/12 MODO SEL 36 9 11 20th 59 6th 2 1 3 18th
2012/13 Frölunda HC SEL 45 10 14th 24 79 6th 0 4th 4th 2
2013/14 Frölunda HC SHL 48 10 25th 35 56 7th 1 2 3 2
2014/15 HC Davos NLA 45 14th 19th 33 28 13 6th 3 9 8th
SWE-U18 total 14th 3 1 4th 38 0 0 0 0 0
SWE jr. total 59 31 19th 50 191 3 1 0 1 0
SEL total 277 73 101 174 430 54 10 18th 28 56
AHL total 17th 2 3 5 6th 0 0 0 0 0

International

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2008 Sweden Inline World Cup Gold medal.svg gold 6th 9 7th 16 16
2009 Sweden Inline World Cup Gold medal.svg gold 6th 8th 12 20th 9
2013 Sweden Ice Hockey World Cup Gold medal.svg gold 8th 0 3 3 4th
2014 Sweden Ice Hockey World Cup Bronze medal.svg bronze 10 0 1 1 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 )

Web links

Commons : Dick Axelsson  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ redwingscentral.com, profile and scouting report on Dick Axelsson ( Memento from April 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ redwingscentral.com, Axelsson 'won't make it' without changes ( Memento from April 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ mlive.com, Aftonbladet: Red Wings' Jim Nill wants Hat Trick Dick to tough it out with Griffins
  4. ↑ mlive.com, Say goodbye to Hat Trick Dick: Red Wings prospect Axelsson leaves Griffins - for now - heads back to Farjestad
  5. ↑ Ice Hockey News , HC Davos confirms Dick Axelsson , April 1, 2014
  6. ↑ Berner Zeitung , Axelsson and the Swedish Wave , April 5, 2015
  7. ↑ bote.ch, The Axelsson phenomenon ( memento from April 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), March 7, 2015
  8. ↑ mlo / nipf: NLA-News: Season end for Axelsson. January 23, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Axelsson returns to Färjestad. In: suedostschweiz.ch. April 13, 2017. Retrieved April 19, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Axelsson, Dick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey striker
DATE OF BIRTH April 25, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockholm , Sweden