Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson

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Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson
Date of birth October 31, 1996
place of birth Stockholm , Sweden
Nickname JFK
size 185 cm
Weight 85 kg
position center
Shot hand Right
Draft
KHL Junior Draft 2013 , 4th round, 130th position
Yaroslavl locomotive
NHL Entry Draft 2015 , 2nd round, 45th position
Boston Bruins
Career stations
to 2012 Nacka HK
2012-2013 Linköpings HC
2013-2015 Omaha Lancers
2015-2017 Boston University
2017-2019 Boston Bruins
Providence Bruins
since 2019 Vaxjo Lakers

Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson (born October 31, 1996 in Stockholm ) is a Swedish ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Växjö Lakers from Svenska Hockeyligan since June 2019 and plays there in the position of the center .

Career

Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson was born in Stockholm and played there in his youth for the junior teams of Hammarby Hockey , the ice hockey department of Hammarby IF . He later switched to Nacka HK , in whose junior teams he was active until the end of the 2011/12 season. At the beginning of the 2012/13 season, the attacker joined the Linköpings HC and from then on was mainly on the ice for its U20s in the J20 SuperElit , the highest junior league in Sweden. After Lokomotive Yaroslavl had selected him in the KHL Junior Draft 2013 in 130th position, Forsbacka Karlsson decided to move to the United States, however, to the Omaha Lancers from the United States Hockey League (USHL). In the highest ranking junior league in the United States, the attacker increased his personal statistics in his second USHL season to a points average of over 1.0 (53 in 50 games), so that he was appointed to the league's third all-star team . In the subsequent NHL Entry Draft 2015 , the Boston Bruins selected him in 45th position.

For the time being, however, the Swede moved to Boston University and was therefore active for their ice hockey team, the Terriers , in Hockey East in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's game operations from autumn 2015 . As a freshman he scored 30 scorer points in 39 games and was subsequently elected to the Hockey East All- Rookie Team . In his second and final college season, Forsbacka Karlsson increased his statistic slightly to 33 points before signing an entry-level contract with the Boston Bruins in April 2017 . Only a few days later, the attacker made his debut in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Forsbacka Karlsson spent the 2017/18 season entirely with the Boston farm team , the Providence Bruins , in the American Hockey League (AHL). After he came back to NHL missions in the following season, he did not extend his contract and returned to Sweden, where he joined the Växjö Lakers .

International

On the international level, Forsbacka Karlsson represented his home country for the first time at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2013 and won the gold medal there with the team. He then took part with the Tre Kronor junior national teams in the U18 World Championships in 2013 and 2014 and in the U20 World Cup in 2016 .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2012/13 Linköpings HC J20 J20 SuperElit 31 9 7th 16 +4 26th 5 0 2 2 +2 4th
2013/14 Omaha Lancers USHL 60 11 22nd 33 +11 26th 4th 0 1 1 -5 4th
2014/15 Omaha Lancers USHL 50 15th 38 53 +10 38 - - - - - -
2015/16 Boston University NCAA 39 10 20th 30th +4 28
2016/17 Boston University NCAA 39 14th 19th 33 +11 32
2016/17 Boston Bruins NHL 1 0 0 0 ± 0 0 - - - - - -
2017/18 Providence Bruins AHL 58 15th 17th 32 +3 26th 4th 1 0 1 -2 2
2018/19 Providence Bruins AHL 28 7th 9 16 ± 0 6th 4th 0 0 0 -2 0
2018/19 Boston Bruins NHL 28 3 6th 9 +1 2 - - - - - -
USHL total 110 26th 60 86 +21 64 4th 0 1 1 -5 4th
NCAA overall 78 24 39 63 +15 60
AHL total 86 22nd 26th 48 +3 32 8th 1 0 1 -4 2
NHL overall 29 3 6th 9 +1 2 - - - - - -

International

Represented Sweden at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2013 Sweden WHC gold medal 6th 2 3 5 2
2013 Sweden U18 World Cup 5th place 5 0 1 1 +3 10
2014 Sweden U18 World Cup 4th Place 5 0 2 2 +2 6th
2016 Sweden U20 World Cup 4th Place 7th 1 4th 5 +2 2
Juniors overall 23 3 10 13 20th

( 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

  1. ↑ Joe Haggerty: Forsbacka Karlsson soaks up NHL practice, still waiting for work visa. csnne.com, April 5, 2017, accessed April 12, 2017 .
  2. ^ B's Sign Forsbacka Karlsson To Entry-Level Contract. nhl.com, April 2, 2017, accessed April 12, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Forsbacka Karlsson, Jakob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Forsbacka-Karlsson, Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1996
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockholm , Sweden