Erik Christensen

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Erik Christensen
Date of birth 17th December 1983
place of birth Edmonton , Alberta , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 89 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2002 , 3rd lap, 69th position
Pittsburgh Penguins
Career stations
1999-2003 Kamloops Blazers
2003-2004 Brandon Wheat Kings
2004-2005 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
2005-2008 Pittsburgh Penguins
2008-2009 Atlanta Thrashers
2009 Anaheim Ducks
2009–2012 New York Rangers
2012 Minnesota Wild
2012-2013 HC Lev Prague
2013-2017 HV71

Erik Christensen (born December 17, 1983 in Edmonton , Alberta ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player who played 404 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins , Atlanta Thrashers , Anaheim Ducks , New York Rangers , Minnesota Wild during his active career between 1999 and 2017 has contested in the National Hockey League on the position of the center . Christensen, who also played in various European top leagues, became Swedish champion with the HV71 in 2017 .

Career

Christensen when shooting on goal against Tim Thomas

The 1.85 m tall center began his career with the Kamloops Blazers in the Canadian Junior Western Hockey League before he was selected in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft as 69th in the third round by the Pittsburgh Penguins .

The left shooter spent two more years with the Blazers and then moved to league rivals Brandon Wheat Kings . In the 2002/03 season he was the top scorer of the Western Hockey League with 108 points. Christensen spent the lockout in the 2004/05 season with the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins , a farm team of the Pittsburgh Penguins in the American Hockey League . On October 31, 2005, the Canadian was appointed to the NHL roster of the franchise from Pittsburgh for the first time , his first goal in the highest North American professional league he scored three days later in the game against the New York Islanders .

On February 26, 2008, Erik Christensen was transferred to the Atlanta Thrashers along with Colby Armstrong , Angelo Esposito and a first-round draft pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft in a trade deadline swap for Marián Hossa and Pascal Dupuis . During the following season he was exchanged again and played in the wake of the exchange for the Anaheim Ducks . In December 2009, the Ducks put him on the waiver list, from which he was signed by the New York Rangers .

From June 2012 Christensen was under contract with HC Lev Prague from the Continental Hockey League , before he was released from this in October 2013 and a few days later was signed by HV71 from the Svenska Hockeyligan . There he ended his active career in the summer of 2017 after winning the Swedish championship at the age of 34.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1999/00 Kamloops Blazers WHL 66 9 5 14th 41 4th 0 0 0 2
2000/01 Kamloops Blazers WHL 72 21st 23 44 36 4th 1 1 2 0
2001/02 Kamloops Blazers WHL 70 22nd 36 58 68 4th 0 0 0 4th
2002/03 Kamloops Blazers WHL 67 54 54 108 60 6th 1 7th 8th 14th
2003/04 Kamloops Blazers WHL 29 10 14th 24 40 - - - - -
2003/04 Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 34 17th 21st 38 20th 11 8th 4th 12 8th
2004/05 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 77 14th 13 27 33 11 1 6th 7th 4th
2005/06 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 48 24 22nd 46 50 11 2 2 4th 2
2005/06 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 33 6th 7th 13 34 - - - - -
2006/07 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 16 12 12 24 8th - - - - -
2006/07 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 61 18th 15th 33 26th 4th 0 0 0 6th
2007/08 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 49 9 11 20th 28 - - - - -
2007/08 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 10 2 2 4th 2 - - - - -
2008/09 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 47 5 14th 19th 14th - - - - -
2008/09 Anaheim Ducks NHL 17th 2 7th 9 6th 8th 0 2 2 0
2009/10 Anaheim Ducks NHL 9 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
2009/10 Manitoba mosses AHL 6th 2 0 2 0 - - - - -
2009/10 New York Rangers NHL 49 8th 18th 26th 24 - - - - -
2010/11 New York Rangers NHL 63 11 16 27 18th 5 1 0 1 2
2011/12 New York Rangers NHL 20th 1 4th 5 2 - - - - -
2011/12 Connecticut Whale AHL 5 2 1 3 8th - - - - -
2011/12 Minnesota Wild NHL 29 6th 1 7th 6th - - - - -
2012/13 HC Lev Prague KHL 41 11 10 21st 18th - - - - -
2013/14 HC Lev Prague KHL 12 1 1 2 6th - - - - -
2013/14 HV71 SHL 38 13 14th 27 22nd 8th 4th 1 5 4th
2014/15 HV71 SHL 46 13 31 44 14th 6th 5 0 5 6th
2015/16 HV71 SHL 42 9 15th 24 28 1 0 1 1 0
2016/17 HV71 SHL 45 15th 6th 21st 16 16 1 4th 5 6th
WHL overall 338 133 153 286 265 29 10 12 22nd 28
AHL total 152 54 48 102 99 22nd 3 8th 11 6th
NHL overall 387 68 95 163 162 17th 1 2 3 8th
KHL total 53 12 11 23 24 - - - - -
Svenska hockey player overall 171 50 66 116 80 31 10 6th 16 16

( 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 )

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