Erik Ersberg

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Erik Ersberg
Date of birth March 8, 1982
place of birth Sala , Sweden
size 183 cm
Weight 83 kg
position goalkeeper
number # 40
Catch hand Left
Career stations
1999-2005 VIK Västerås HK
2005-2007 HV 71 Jönköping
2007-2010 Los Angeles Kings
2010–2012 Salawat Yulayev Ufa
2012-2013 HK Donbass Donetsk
2013-2014 Iserlohn Roosters
2014-2016 HV 71 Jönköping

Erik Ersberg (* 8. March 1982 in Sala ) is a retired Swedish ice hockey player and current goalkeeper coach, who during his career from 1999 to 2016, among others, for the Los Angeles Kings in the National Hockey League , the and Iserlohn Roosters in the German Ice Hockey League play Has.

Career

Erik Ersberg began his career in the youth teams of VIK Västerås HK , before he made his senior debut in the fourth-class Division 2 in the 2000/01 season and became a regular goalkeeper. With an average of only 1.48 goals conceded per game, he was directly involved in the promotion of his team to Division 1 and in the following season they achieved the next promotion to the second-rate Allsvenskan .

Ersberg established himself in the following years among the goalkeepers of the Allsvenskan and took part with Västerås in the SuperAllsvenskan , the promotion round to the Elitserien , in 2003/04 , but they failed when they only finished seventh in the eight-team qualifying tournament. After another season in the Allsvenskan, Ersberg was signed by HV 71 Jönköping from the first-class Elitserien, where he played ten times as a substitute goalkeeper for Stefan Liv and was able to convince with good performances. When Liv moved to North America in the summer of 2006, Ersberg took over the post as regular goalkeeper, finished second with Jönköping at the end of the main round of the 2006/07 season and was awarded the Honkens trofé as the best goalkeeper in the Elitserien.

Due to his good performance, the Los Angeles Kings from the North American National Hockey League became aware of him, which finally gave him a one-year contract on May 31, 2007. The 2007/08 season began Ersberg with the Manchester Monarchs , the farm team of the Kings from the American Hockey League , where he prevailed as a regular goalkeeper. Despite a rather poor season and only ten wins from 30 games, Ersberg was called up to the Los Angeles NHL squad in February 2008 after Jason LaBarbera was injured. Ersberg lost the first three games, but was then able to fend off all 40 shots by the opponent in a 2-0 win over the Ottawa Senators and with further convincing performances in the following games he secured the regular place in the goal of the Kings.

Before the 2010/11 season Ersberg was sent again to the Manchester Monarchs, for whom he played until the end of October, before he was committed by Salawat Yulayev Ufa from the Continental Hockey League . With Salawat he won the Gagarin Cup in 2011 . In the 2012/13 season he played for the KHL newcomer HK Donbass Donetsk .

On October 10, 2013, the Iserlohn Roosters announced his commitment as successor to Sébastien Caron . For the 2014/15 season Ersberg returned to HV 71 Jönköping and signed a two-year contract. In July 2016, Ersberg ended his active career and then joined the Vienna Capitals from the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga as a goalkeeper coach.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs / -downs
season team league GP W. L. T MIN GA SO ATM GP W. L. T MIN GA SO ATM
1999-00 VIK Västerås HK SWE-U18 3 179 12 0 4.01 - - - - - - - -
VIK Västerås HK SWE jr. 16 885 36 0 2.44 - - - - - - - -
2000-01 VIK Västerås HK SWE-4 33 1.48 - - - - - - - -
2001-02 VIK Västerås HK SWE-3 37 - - - - - - - -
2002-03 VIK Västerås HK SWE-2 32 1919 91 1 2.84 - - - - - - - -
2003-04 VIK Västerås HK SWE-2 32 1849 79 3 2.56 - - - - - - - -
2004-05 VIK Västerås HK SWE-2 37 2188 76 3 2.08 - - - - - - - -
2005-06 VIK Västerås HK SWE-2 2 118 4th 0 2.02 - - - - - - - -
HV 71 Jönköping SEL 10 7th 2 1 601 18th 2 1.79 2 0 2 - 78 4th 0 3.05
2006-07 HV 71 Jönköping SEL 41 22nd 12 7th 2455 98 4th 2.39 14th 7th 7th - 834 39 0 2.81
2007-08 Manchester monarchs AHL 30th 10 13 2 1540 75 1 2.92
Los Angeles Kings NHL 14th 6th 5 3 798 33 2 2.48 - - - - - - - -
2008-09 Los Angeles Kings NHL 28 8th 11 5 1477 65 0 2.64
HockeyAllsvenskan total 103 6074 250 7th 2.47
Elitserien total 51 29 14th 8th 3056 116 6th 2.28 16 7th 9 0 854 39 0 2.74
AHL total 30th 10 13 2 1540 75 1 2.92
NHL overall 42 14th 16 8th 2276 98 2 2.58

International

year team event   Sp S. N U Min GT SO GTS
2007 Sweden WM 1 0 1 0 59 4th 0 4.06
Men overall 1 0 1 0 59 4th 0 4.06

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; 1  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ [1] Erik Ersberg is the new goalkeeper of the Iserlohn Roosters
personal data
SURNAME Ersberg, Erik
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Sala , Sweden