Lars Eller

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Lars Eller
Date of birth May 8, 1989
place of birth Rødovre , Denmark
size 185 cm
Weight 90 kg
position center
number # 20
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2007 , 1st round, 13th position
St. Louis Blues
Career stations
until 2005 Rødovre Mighty Bulls
2005-2009 Frölunda HC
2009-2010 Peoria Rivermen
2010-2016 Canadiens de Montréal
since 2016 Washington Capitals

Lars Fosgaard Eller (born May 8, 1989 in Rødovre ) is a Danish ice hockey player . The center has been under contract with the Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League since June 2016 and won the Stanley Cup with the team in the 2018 playoffs . Before that, he spent six years with the Canadiens de Montréal . His father Olaf was also a professional ice hockey player and is now a coach.

Career

Eller in the jersey of the Canadiens de Montréal

Lars Eller began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of the Rødovre Mighty Bulls , where he was active until 2005. He then received a contract with the Swedish club Frölunda HC , for which he made his debut in the Elitserien in the 2007/08 season after a year in their youth department . He gave three templates in a total of 21 games. In addition, the attacker was on the ice in 19 games for Borås HC in the second-rate HockeyAllsvenskan . In the 2008/09 season , the Dane was able to increase to a total of 33 scorer points in 58 games for Frölunda in the Elitserien. In 2007, when he was also the top scorer and best preparer for the J20 SuperElit , he became Swedish U20 champion with his club in 2008.

In the 2007 NHL Entry Draft , the left shooter was also selected in the first round as the 13th player of the St. Louis Blues . On November 5, 2009 he made his debut for the Blues in the National Hockey League and also scored his first goal. Most of the 2009/10 season , however, he was used by their farm team Peoria Rivermen in the American Hockey League . In these he was able to convince with 18 goals and 39 assists in 70 games and was elected to the all-rookie team of the AHL. He was also allowed to take part in the AHL All-Star Classic in 2010 . In June 2010 the St. Louis Blues gave him together with Ian Schultz in exchange for Jaroslav Halák to the Canadiens de Montréal , where he was able to earn a regular place in their NHL team straight away in the 2010/11 season .

In June 2016, Eller moved to the Washington Capitals , who in return each sent a second-round vote for the NHL Entry Draft in 2017 and 2018 to Montréal. With the Capitals, he won the Stanley Cup in the 2018 playoffs, the first title in franchise history , while he himself became the first Dane to be immortalized on the trophy. In addition, he managed the decisive goal to 4: 3 in the fifth game of the final series, which meant the Stanley Cup win.

International

For Denmark, Eller participated in the junior division at the U18 World Junior Championships in Division I in 2006 and 2007 , when he was the best assists in the tournament, as well as in the U20 World Junior Championships in Division I in 2007 , when he had the best plus / minus balance of the Tournament, and participated in 2009 and the U20 World Junior Championship of the top division in 2008 .

At senior level he was in the squad of his country at the World Championships in 2008 , 2010 , 2012 and 2016 as well as the qualification for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver .

Achievements and Awards

  • 2007 Swedish U20 junior champion with Frölunda HC
  • 2007 top scorer and best preparer of the J20 SuperElit
  • 2008 Swedish U20 junior champion with Frölunda HC

International

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
2004/05 Rødovre Mighty Bulls U19 U19 Denmark 28 21st 26th 47 20th - - - - -
2004/05 Rødovre Mighty Bulls II 1st division 1 3 1 4th 0 - - - - -
2005/06 Frölunda HC U20 J20 SuperElit 36 7th 7th 14th 6th 2 0 0 0 0
2006/07 Frölunda HC U20 J20 SuperElit 39 18th 37 55 58 8th 4th 1 5 24
2007/08 Frölunda HC U20 J20 SuperElit 9 4th 4th 8th 10 7th 5 6th 11 14th
2007/08 Borås HC Allsvenskan 19th 2 6th 8th 8th - - - - -
2007/08 Frölunda HC Elitserien 14th 0 2 2 4th 7th 0 1 1 2
2008/09 Frölunda HC Elitserien 48 12 17th 29 28 10 3 1 4th 12
2009/10 Peoria Rivermen AHL 70 18th 39 57 84 - - - - -
2009/10 St. Louis Blues NHL 7th 2 0 2 4th - - - - -
2010/11 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 77 7th 10 17th 48 7th 0 2 2 4th
2011/12 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 79 16 12 28 66 - - - - -
2012/13 JYP Jyväskylä SM-liiga 15th 5 10 15th 18th - - - - -
2012/13 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 46 8th 22nd 30th 45 1 0 0 0 0
2013/14 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 77 12 14th 26th 68 17th 5 8th 13 18th
2014/15 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 77 15th 12 27 42 12 1 2 3 4th
2015/16 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 79 13 13 26th 28 - - - - -
2016/17 Washington Capitals NHL 81 12 13 25th 36 13 0 5 5 10
2017/18 Washington Capitals NHL 81 18th 20th 38 38 24 7th 11 18th 18th
2018/19 Washington Capitals NHL 81 13 23 36 37 7th 1 2 3 2
Elitserien total 62 12 19th 31 32 17th 3 2 5 14th
AHL total 70 18th 39 57 84 - - - - -
NHL overall 685 116 139 255 412 81 14th 30th 44 56

International

Represented Denmark at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2006 Denmark U18 World Championship Div. I. 2nd place 5 5 5 10 8th
2007 Denmark U20 World Cup Div. I. 1st place 5 2 5 7th 16
2007 Denmark U18 World Championship Div. I. 1st place 5 3 7th 10 6th
2008 Denmark U20 World Cup 10th place 6th 3 3 6th 37
2008 Denmark WM 12th place 6th 0 2 2 0
2009 Denmark U20 World Cup Div. I. 2nd place 5 3 3 6th 20th
2010 Denmark WM 8th place 7th 2 3 5 8th
2012 Denmark WM 13th place 7th 3 2 5 14th
2016 Denmark WM 8th place 8th 1 5 6th 12
2019 Denmark WM 11th place 3 2 3 5 6th
Juniors overall 26th 16 23 39 87
Men overall 31 8th 15th 23 40

( 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 )

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