Filip Forsberg

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Filip Forsberg
Date of birth August 13, 1994
place of birth Östervåla , Sweden
size 188 cm
Weight 82 kg
position Right wing
number # 9
Shot hand Right
Draft
KHL Junior Draft 2011 , 2nd round, 41st position
HK Sibir Novosibirsk
NHL Entry Draft 2012 , 1st round, 11th position
Washington Capitals
Career stations
2008-2013 Leksands IF
since 2013 Nashville Predators

Filip Forsberg ( IPA : [ ˈfiːlɪp fɔʂbærj ]; born August 13, 1994 in Östervåla ) is a Swedish ice hockey player on the position of right winger , who has played for the Nashville Predators in the National Hockey League since April 2013 . With the Swedish national team , he won the gold medal at the 2018 World Cup .

Career

Forsberg has been with Leksands IF since his youth . There he has been active in the first men's team since the 2010/11 season . This plays in the HockeyAllsvenskan . In the KHL Junior Draft 2011 he was selected in the second round by HK Sibir Novosibirsk in 41st place; a year later in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft at eleventh overall place from the Washington Capitals . On July 13, 2012, he signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Capitals.

On April 3, 2013, the Capitals exchanged the NHL rights to Forsberg against forwards Martin Erat and Michael Latta of the Nashville Predators . After Forsberg had finished the season at Leksands IF, the Predators took him straight into the roster, so he made his debut in the NHL on April 14, 2013. The following season 2013/14 he spent for the most part with the farm team in the American Hockey League , the Milwaukee Admirals .

For the 2014/15 season he was reassigned to the Predators squad under the new head coach Peter Laviolette and reached the record for the most points of a rookie in his rookie season . With 38 points (14 goals and 24 assists) after 39 games, he surpassed the previous record of Alexander Radulow , who was able to achieve 37 points (18 goals and 19 assists) in the 2006/07 season . As a result, he was named NHL Rookie of the Month for November and also took part in the NHL All-Star Game . In total, the attacker scored 63 points (26 goals and 37 assists) in the 2014/15 season, leading the Predators in points and goals. As a result, he was elected to the NHL All-Rookie Team . In the playoffs for the Stanley Cup he succeeded in the fifth game against the Chicago Blackhawks as the first player of the Predators a hat trick in the playoffs.

In the 2015/16 season he was again the top scorer (33 goals) and points collector (64 points) of his team. He set with his goals the franchise record for most goals in a season, which Jason Arnott had set in the 2008/09 season with 33 goals also scored. In 2017 he reached the Stanley Cup final with the Predators, but lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins there .

International

Forsberg played for Sweden at the 2011 U18 World Junior Championship , the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2011 , the 2012 U20 World Junior Championship and the 2012 U18 World Junior Championship . He won the silver medal at the U18 tournaments and the gold medal at the U20 tournament. He was also named best striker at the U18 World Cup in 2012.

In the senior sector, he made his debut at the 2015 World Championships , where the Swedish selection reached fifth place. Furthermore, he represented his home country at the World Cup of Hockey 2016 , where he achieved third place with the team. At the 2018 World Cup , he won the gold medal with the Tre Kronor .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

Main round Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2008/09 Dalarna Rickspitting 9 4th 3 7th 4th
2008/09 Leksands IF U16 U16-SM 8th 13 4th 17th 10
2008/09 Leksands IF U18 II J18 Division I. 15th 12 9 21st 14th
2009/10 Dalarna TV swaddling 7th 7th 8th 15th 4th
2009/10 Leksands IF U16 U16-SM 3 4th 3 7th 6th
2009/10 Leksands IF U18 J18 elite 16 10 6th 16 12
2009/10 Leksands IF U18 J18 Allsvenskan 15th 11 10 21st 10 4th 5 3 8th 0
2009/10 Leksands IF U20 J20 SuperElit - - - - - 5 0 0 0 0
2010/11 Leksands IF U18 J18 elite 1 0 3 3 2
2010/11 Leksands IF U18 J18 Allsvenskan 2 1 2 3 2 6th 2 2 4th 2
2010/11 Leksands IF U20 J20 SuperElit 36 21st 19th 40 22nd - - - - -
2010/11 Leksands IF HockeyAllsvenskan 10 1 0 1 0 6th 0 1 1 0
2011/12 Leksands IF U18 J18 elite 1 0 2 2 0
2011/12 Leksands IF U20 J20 SuperElit 6th 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
2011/12 Leksands IF HockeyAllsvenskan 43 8th 9 17th 33 10 2 1 3 0
2012/13 Leksands IF HockeyAllsvenskan 38 15th 18th 33 16 - - - - -
2012/13 Nashville Predators NHL 5 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
2013/14 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 47 15th 19th 34 14th 3 1 1 2 0
2013/14 Nashville Predators NHL 13 1 4th 5 4th - - - - -
2014/15 Nashville Predators NHL 82 26th 37 63 24 6th 4th 2 6th 4th
2015/16 Nashville Predators NHL 82 33 31 64 47 14th 2 2 4th 2
2016/17 Nashville Predators NHL 82 31 27 58 32 22nd 9 7th 16 14th
2017/18 Nashville Predators NHL 67 26th 38 64 38 13 7th 9 16 2
2018/19 Nashville Predators NHL 64 28 22nd 50 26th 6th 1 1 2 6th
2019/20 Nashville Predators NHL 63 21st 27 48 29 4th 3 2 5 2
Total rick spitting / TV swaddling 16 11 11 22nd 8th
U16-SM total 11 17th 7th 24 16
J18 Division I / J18 Elit / J18 Allsvenskan overall 50 34 32 66 40 10 7th 5 12 2
J20 SuperElit overall 42 21st 20th 41 24 5 0 0 0 0
HockeyAllsvenskan total 91 24 27 51 49 16 2 2 4th 0
NHL overall 458 166 187 353 200 65 26th 23 49 30th

International

Represented Sweden at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2011 Sweden U18 World Cup 2nd place, silver 6th 4th 2 6th 2
2011 Sweden Hlinka Memorial 2nd place, silver 5 4th 1 5 0
2012 Sweden U20 World Cup 1st place, gold 6th 0 1 1 2
2012 Sweden U18 World Cup 2nd place, silver 6th 5 2 7th 6th
2013 Sweden U20 World Cup 2nd place, silver 6th 3 2 5 0
2014 Sweden U20 World Cup 2nd place, silver 7th 4th 8th 12 3
2015 Sweden WM 5th place 8th 8th 1 9 10
2016 Sweden World cup 3rd place 4th 1 1 2 2
2018 Sweden WM 1st place, gold 4th 2 1 3 0
Juniors overall 36 20th 16 36 13
Men overall 16 11 3 14th 12

( 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 )

Personal

Filip Forsberg has a younger brother, Fredrik (* 1996), who is also a professional ice hockey player. Neither of them are related to former NHL player and Triple Gold Club member Peter Forsberg .

Web links

Commons : Filip Forsberg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Caps sign Filip Forsberg to entry-level deal , NHL.com, July 13, 2012
  2. ^ Predators.nhl.com, Nashville Predators Acquire Filip Forsberg From Washington
  3. ↑ thehockeynews.com: "Olli Maatta and Filip Forsberg" ( Memento of the original from December 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English, July 14, 2011, accessed September 29, 2014) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.thehockeynews.com
Squad of the Nashville Predators in the season 2019/20

Goalkeeper: Pekka Rinne  | Juuse Saros  
defender: Mattias Ekholm  ( A ) | Ryan Ellis  ( A ) | Dante Fabbro  | Korbinian Holzer  | Roman Josi  ( C ) | Yannick Weber  
Attacker: Viktor Arvidsson  | Nick Bonino  | Daniel Carr  | Matt Duchene  | Filip Forsberg  ( A ) | Mikael Granlund  | Rocco Grimaldi  | Calle Järnkrok  | Ryan Johansen  ( A ) | Colton Sissons  | Craig Smith  | Kyle Turris  | Austin Watson  
Head Coach:  John Hynes    Assistant  Coach : Dan Lambert  | Dan Muse    General Manager:  David Poile

personal data
SURNAME Forsberg, Filip
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Östervåla , Sweden