John Klingberg

Sweden John Klingberg


Date of birth	August 14, 1992
place of birth	Lerum , Sweden
size	185 cm
Weight	78 kg

position	defender
number	# 3
Shot hand	Right

Draft

NHL Entry Draft	2010 , 5th round, 131st position Dallas Stars

Career stations

until 2011	Frölunda HC
2011–2012	Jokerit Helsinki
2012-2013	Skellefteå AIK
2013-2014	Frölunda HC
2014	Texas Stars
since 2014	Dallas Stars

John Klingberg (born August 14, 1992 in Lerum ) is a Swedish ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League since 2011 . With the Swedish national team , he won gold medals at the 2017 and 2018 world championships . His older brother Carl is also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

John Klingberg began his career as an ice hockey player in the youth department of Frölunda HC , for whose professional team he made his debut in the Elitserien , the top Swedish division, in the 2010/11 season . In his rookie year , the defender prepared five goals in 26 games. At the same time, he came in his first season in professional ice hockey as a loan player to seven appearances for Borås HC in HockeyAllsvenskan , the second Swedish division, and scored one goal. In preparation for the season he was also on the ice for Frölunda in five European Trophy games , preparing two goals.

In April 2011 Klingberg signed a one-year contract with Jokerit Helsinki from the Finnish SM-liiga . A few weeks later, the Dallas Stars , who drafted him in 2010 , gave him a three-year entry-level contract. He was then loaned to Jokerit by the Stars for the 2011/12 season. This loan ended in January 2012 and Klingberg was instead sent to Skellefteå AIK , with which he won the Swedish Championship in 2013. After this success he was loaned to his home club, Frölunda HC, for the 2013/14 season.

At the beginning of the 2014/15 season, Klingberg was in the NHL lineup of the Dallas Stars for the first time and made his debut in the National Hockey League. Over the course of the season, the Swede established himself in the team of stars and scored a total of 40 points scorer in 65 games, leading the league's top scorer of rookie defenders. He was also voted NHL Rookie of the Month for January. After the season, Klingberg signed a seven-year contract in Dallas with an estimated salary of approximately $ 30 million. He was also named to the NHL All-Rookie Team of the Season.

In the 2017/18 season, the Swede increased his personal statistics to 67 points, placing himself in second place among all defenders in the league, together with Brent Burns, behind John Carlson .

International

Klingberg took part in the 2011 U20 World Junior Championship for Sweden . During the tournament he scored one goal and one assist in six games. In the senior sector, Sweden was part of the squad at the 2015 , 2017 and 2018 World Championships , where he won the gold medal with the team in 2017 and 2018. In addition, he was honored as the best defender at the 2018 tournament.

Achievements and Awards

2013 Swedish champion with Skellefteå AIK
2015 NHL Rookie of the Month for January
2015 NHL All-Rookie Team
2018 participation in the NHL All-Star Game

International

2012 gold medal at the U20 World Junior Championship
2017 gold medal at the world championship
2018 gold medal at the world championship
2018 World Cup best defender

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

			Regular season					Play-offs
season	team	league	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2009/10	Frölunda HC	J20 SuperElit	27	0	5	5	32	5	1	0	1	6th
2010/11	Frölunda HC	J20 SuperElit	13	3	14th	17th	29	7th	1	10	11	6th
2010/11	Borås HC	Allsvenskan	7th	1	0	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Frölunda HC	Elitserien	26th	0	5	5	10	-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-liiga	20th	1	2	3	8th	-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Kiekko-Vantaa	Mestis	6th	1	4th	5	0	-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Skellefteå AIK	Elitserien	16	1	3	4th	6th	16	0	4th	4th	14th
2012/13	Skellefteå AIK	J20 SuperElit	1	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Skellefteå AIK	Elitserien	25th	1	12	13	6th	13	1	3	4th	8th
2012/13	Texas Stars	AHL	-	-	-	-	-	1	0	0	0	0
2013/14	Frölunda HC	SHL	50	11	17th	28	12	7th	0	4th	4th	2
2013/14	Texas Stars	AHL	3	0	1	1	4th	-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Texas Stars	AHL	10	4th	8th	12	6th	-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Dallas Stars	NHL	65	11	29	40	32	-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	Dallas Stars	NHL	76	10	48	58	30th	13	1	3	4th	2
2016/17	Dallas Stars	NHL	80	13	36	49	34	-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Dallas Stars	NHL	82	8th	59	67	26th	-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	Dallas Stars	NHL	64	10	35	45	12	13	2	7th	9	6th
J20 SuperElit overall			41	3	19th	22nd	61	12	2	10	12	12
Elitserien / Svenska hockey clothes overall			117	13	37	50	34	36	1	11	12	24
NHL overall			367	52	207	259	134	26th	3	10	13	8th

International

Represented Sweden at:

year	team	event	result	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2011	Sweden	U20 World Cup	4th Place	6th	1	1	2	0
2012	Sweden	U20 World Cup		6th	0	3	3	4th
2015	Sweden	WM	5th place	7th	2	4th	6th	0
2017	Sweden	WM		10	2	4th	6th	2
2018	Sweden	WM		10	1	5	6th	4th
2019	Sweden	WM	5th place	5	2	2	4th	2
Juniors overall				12	1	4th	5	4th
Men overall				32	7th	15th	22nd	8th

( 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

Player biography on the Dallas Stars website
John Klingberg at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

^ Stars sign Klingberg to seven-year contract. nhl.com, April 17, 2015, accessed April 17, 2015 .

Squad of the Dallas Stars in the season 2019/20

personal data
SURNAME	Klingberg, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swedish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH	August 14, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lerum , Sweden

[1] Stars sign Klingberg to seven-year contract. nhl.com, April 17, 2015, accessed April 17, 2015 .