Joacim Esbjörs

Joacim Esbjörs
Date of birth	4th July 1970
place of birth	Gothenburg , Sweden
size	183 cm
Weight	88 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1992 , 11th lap, 249th position Hartford Whalers
Career stations
1988-1998	Västra Frölunda HC
1998-1999	Ässät Pori
1999-2001	HV71

Joacim Esbjörs (born July 4, 1970 in Gothenburg ) is a former Swedish ice hockey player .

Career

Joacim Esbjörs began his career as an ice hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of Västra Frölunda HC , for whose professional team he made his debut in the then second-rate Division 1 in the 1988/89 season . With Frölunda, he immediately rose to the Elitserien , in which the defender was a regular for the next nine years. The 1998/99 season was spent by the 1992 world champion at Ässät Pori from the Finnish SM-liiga . He then returned to his Swedish homeland, where he spent two more seasons with HV71 in the Elitserien, before ending his career at the age of 31.

International

For Sweden , Esbjörs took part in the junior division of the U18 European Junior Championship in 1988 and the U20 World Junior Championship in 1990 . In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad at the 1992 World Cup , where he and his team won the gold medal.

Achievements and Awards

• 1989 Promotion to the Elitserien with the Västra Frölunda HC

International

• 1992 gold medal at the world championship

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
SM liiga main round	1	52	0	6th	6th	42
SM liiga playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-
Elitserien main round	11	382	36	62	98	351
Elitserien Playoffs	6th	35	4th	0	4th	42

family

His father Lars-Erik Esbjörs and his brother Jonas Esbjörs were also professional ice hockey players.

Web links

• Joacim Esbjörs at hockeydb.com (English)
• Joacim Esbjörs at eliteprospects.com (English)