Klas Dahlbeck

Klas Dahlbeck
Date of birth	July 6, 1991
place of birth	Katrineholm , Sweden
size	189 cm
Weight	88 kg
position	defender
number	# 34
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2011 , 3rd round, 79th position Chicago Blackhawks
Career stations
until 2009	Växjö Lakers Hockey
2009–2012	Linköpings HC
2012-2015	Rockford IceHogs
2015-2016	Arizona Coyotes
2016-2018	Carolina Hurricanes
since 2018	HK CSKA Moscow

Klas Dahlbeck (born July 6, 1991 in Katrineholm ) is a Swedish ice hockey player who has been under contract with HK CSKA Moscow in the Continental Hockey League since June 2018 .

Career

Klas Dahlbeck began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of Katrineholm Hockey. Then he was active from 2007 to 2009 in the youth department of the Växjö Lakers , where he was used in the 2008/09 season in parallel in five games as a loan player for Gislaveds SK in the third-class Division 1. For the 2009/10 season , the defender moved to Linköpings HC , for whose professional team he remained in the Elitserien in his rookie year in a total of nine games in a total of nine games. He also ran as a loan player in two games for the third division Mjölby Hockey .

In the 2010/11 season Dahlbeck increased to eight assists in a total of 54 Elitserien missions. He was also on the ice in eight games in the European Trophy . He was then selected in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft in the third round as a total of 79th player by the Chicago Blackhawks . In May 2012 he signed an entry-level contract with the Blackhawks, who then handed him over to their farm team , the Rockford IceHogs . There Dahlbeck spent two full seasons before he made his NHL debut in the 2014/15 season and completed a total of four games for Chicago.

In February 2015, the Blackhawks gave him, including a first-round vote for the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, to the Arizona Coyotes and received Antoine Vermette in return . The following summer, Dahlbeck extended his contract in Arizona for a year, and a year later. Shortly before the start of the season, he was signed by the Carolina Hurricanes via the waiver in October 2016 .

After six years in North America, in which Dahlbeck never prevailed in the NHL, the Swede returned to Europe in June 2018 and signed a one-year contract with HK ZSKA Moscow from the Continental Hockey League (KHL).

International

With the U20 national team of Sweden Dahlbeck took part in the 2011 Junior World Championship . During the tournament he prepared two goals in six games. He made his debut for the senior national team in his home country as part of the Euro Hockey Tour 2011/12 .

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
2007/08	Växjö Lakers J20	J20 elite		22nd	3	4th	7th		14th		-	-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Växjö Lakers J20	J20 elite		15th	4th	6th	10		8th		-	-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Gislaveds SK	Division 1		5	1	1	2		2		-	-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Linköpings HC J20	J20 SuperElit		39	4th	7th	11		8th		-	-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Mjölby Hockey	Division 1		2	0	0	0		0		-	-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Linköpings HC	Elitserien		6th	0	0	0	-1	0		3	0	0	0	± 0	0
2010/11	Linköpings HC	Elitserien		47	0	8th	8th	+7	12		7th	0	0	0	-1	0
2011/12	Linköpings HC	Elitserien		55	2	2	4th	+3	20th		-	-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Rockford IceHogs	AHL		70	1	5	6th	+11	29		-	-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Rockford IceHogs	AHL		75	10	25th	35	+21	49		-	-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Rockford IceHogs	AHL		49	4th	6th	10	+2	35		-	-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL		4th	1	0	1	-1	2		-	-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Portland Pirates	AHL		3	0	1	1	-3	0		5	0	1	1	-2	4th
2014/15	Arizona Coyotes	NHL		19th	0	3	3	–7	6th		-	-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	Arizona Coyotes	NHL		71	2	6th	8th	-5	28		-	-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	Charlotte Checkers	AHL		6th	0	1	1	-1	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL		43	2	4th	6th	-12	30th		-	-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL		33	1	4th	5	–6	21st		-	-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	HK CSKA Moscow	KHL		55	2	9	11	+24	22nd		20th	0	2	2	+6	14th
2019/20	HK CSKA Moscow	KHL
J20 Elite overall				37	7th	10	17th		22nd		-	-	-	-	-	-
Division 1 total				7th	1	1	2		2		-	-	-	-	-	-
Elitserien total				108	2	10	12	+9	32		10	0	0	0	-1	0
AHL total				203	15th	38	53	+30	113		5	0	1	1	-2	4th
NHL overall				170	6th	17th	23	-31	87		-	-	-	-	-	-
KHL total				55	2	9	11	+24	22nd		20th	0	2	2	+6	14th

International

Represented Sweden at:

• U20 World Cup 2011
• Euro Hockey Tour 2011/12

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
2011	Sweden	U20 World Cup	4th Place		6th	0	2	2	+1	2
2011/12	Sweden	EHT	4th Place		6th	0	2	2	+1	0
Juniors overall					6th	0	2	2	+1	2
Men overall					6th	0	2	2	+1	0

( 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

Commons : Klas Dahlbeck  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Klas Dahlbeck in the database of the National Hockey League (English)
• Klas Dahlbeck at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ЦСКА укрепляет оборону. cska-hockey.ru, June 1, 2018, accessed June 2, 2018 (Russian).