Kristofer Berglund

Kristofer Berglund
Date of birth	August 12, 1988
place of birth	Umeå , Sweden
size	178 cm
Weight	77 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2008 , 5th lap, 125th position St. Louis Blues
KHL Junior Draft	2009 , 4th round, 73rd position HK Sibir Novosibirsk
Career stations
2005-2008	IF Björklöven
2008-2010	Luleå HF
2010–2012	Färjestad BK
2012-2014	Vaxjo Lakers
2014-2019	HV71
since 2019	Dinamo Riga

Kristofer Berglund (born August 12, 1988 in Umeå ) is a Swedish ice hockey player who has been under contract with Dinamo Riga in the Continental Hockey League since May 2019 .

Career

Kristofer Berglund began his career as an ice hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of IF Björklöven , for whose professional team he was active in the HockeyAllsvenskan , the second Swedish division, from 2005 to 2008 . He was then selected in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft in the fifth round as the 125th player of the St. Louis Blues . However, the defender initially stayed in his Swedish homeland and received a contract with Luleå HF from the Elitserien . In his first season in the highest Swedish ice hockey league, he scored three goals in a total of 57 games in the 2008/09 season and gave 25 templates. He was then selected by HK Sibir Novosibirsk in the first KHL Junior Draft in the fourth round as a total of 73 players.

After another year in Luleå, Berglund was committed to the 2010/11 season by its Elitserien rival Färjestad BK , with whom he immediately won the Swedish championship .

From April 2014 Berglund was under contract with HV71 in the Svenska Hockeyligan and won his second Swedish championship with this in 2017.

In May 2019 he was signed by Dinamo Riga from the Continental Hockey League .

International

For Sweden , Berglund took part in the junior division of the U18 World Junior Championship in 2006 and the U20 World Junior Championship in 2008 . At the U20 World Cup in 2008 he won the silver medal with his team and was also voted one of the three best players on his team.

Achievements and Awards

• 2011 Swedish champion with Färjestad BK
• 2017 Swedish champion with HV71

International

• 2008 silver medal at the U20 World Junior Championship

Elitserien Statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes	Plus minus
Main round	11	511	22nd	113	135	299	+37
Playoffs	8th	78	3	22nd	25th	42	+17

(Status: end of the 2018/19 season)

family

Kristofer Berglund's father Rolf Berglund and his brother Oskar Berglund were also ice hockey players.

Web links

• Kristofer Berglund at hockeydb.com (English)
• Kristofer Berglund at eliteprospects.com (English)