Lias Andersson
Date of birth | October 13, 1998 |
place of birth | Smogen , Sweden |
size | 180 cm |
Weight | 91 kg |
position | center |
Shot hand | Left |
Draft | |
KHL Junior Draft |
2016 , 3rd round, 83rd position HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk |
NHL Entry Draft |
2017 , 1st round, 7th position New York Rangers |
Career stations | |
until 2014 | Kungälvs IK |
2014-2017 | HV71 |
2017-2018 | Frölunda HC |
since 2018 |
New York Rangers Hartford Wolf Pack |
since 2020 | HV71 |
Lias Andersson (born October 13, 1998 in Smögen ) is a Swedish ice hockey player who has been under contract with the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League since July 2017 , but is initially on loan at the HV71 in the Svenska Hockeyligan . With the Swedish national team , he won the gold medal at the 2018 World Cup .
Career
Lias Andersson went through the junior departments of Kungälv IK in his youth before he joined HV71 for the 2014/15 season and from then on played for their J20 in the J20 SuperElit , the highest Swedish junior league. In the 2015/16 season he led the entire league in scorer points (59), while he also completed over 20 appearances for the men's team of HV71 in the Svenska Hockeyligan (SHL), Sweden's highest professional game class. The attacker established himself there the following year and promptly won the playoffs for the Swedish championship with the team . As a result, he was also considered one of the most promising talents in the upcoming NHL Entry Draft 2017 , so that he was considered in seventh position by the New York Rangers . Andersson became the most highly elected Swede since Elias Lindholm ( 2013 , position 5). In addition, HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk had already selected him in the KHL Junior Draft 2016 in 83rd position last year .
In May 2017 it became known that Andersson will switch to Frölunda HC for the new season within the SHL . In July 2017 he signed an entry-level contract with the Rangers, where he completed parts of the pre-season and then joined Frölunda HC on loan. As a result, the center forward was active in his home country until January 2018 when he moved permanently to North America for the first time and from then on played for the Rangers' farm team , the Hartford Wolf Pack , in the American Hockey League (AHL). After almost two months in Hartford, the Rangers called him to the National Hockey League (NHL), so that Andersson made his NHL debut at the end of March 2018 and promptly scored his first goal.
Andersson ended the 2018/19 season with 42 NHL appearances, but he did not succeed in finally establishing himself in the Rangers' squad. Finally, in January 2020, he returned to his training club HV71 on loan until the end of the season. This loan deal was extended in July 2020.
International
On an international level, Andersson made his debut for his home country at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge in November 2014 and won the bronze medal there with the team, before the silver medal at the U18 level at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2015 and the U18 World Championship in 2016 . The attacker then represented Sweden's U20 national team at the U20 World Championships in 2017 and 2018 , where he only achieved fourth place with the Tre Kronor and another second place the following year. After this defeat in the final again, Andersson made headlines by throwing his silver medal into the audience immediately after the award ceremony.
In May 2018 Andersson was banned for his behavior during the medal ceremony - like some of his teammates and coaches - initially for four games of the 2019 U20 World Cup . However, since it was foreseeable that Andersson would most likely not take part in this tournament, the International Ice Hockey Federation changed the judgment a short time later and instead banned him from the first four games of the 2019 Men's World Cup in Slovakia . Regardless of this, the striker took part in the 2018 Men's World Cup in Denmark , where he made his debut for the Swedish senior team at a major international tournament and promptly won the gold medal with the team.
Achievements and Awards
- 2017 Swedish champion with HV71
International
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Career statistics
Status: end of the 2019/20 season
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | +/- | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | +/- | SM | ||
2014/15 | HV71 J20 | J20 SuperElit | 25th | 6th | 3 | 9 | +2 | 16 | 6th | 0 | 2 | 2 | –6 | 0 | ||
2015/16 | HV71 J20 | J20 SuperElit | 37 | 24 | 35 | 59 | +17 | 91 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 2 | ||
2015/16 | HV71 | SHL | 22nd | 0 | 0 | 0 | –7 | 6th | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | ||
2016/17 | HV71 J20 | J20 SuperElit | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2016/17 | HV71 | SHL | 42 | 9 | 10 | 19th | +21 | 18th | 16 | 4th | 1 | 5 | -3 | 18th | ||
2017/18 | Frölunda HC | SHL | 22nd | 7th | 7th | 14th | +6 | 20th | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2017/18 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 25th | 5 | 9 | 14th | ± 0 | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2017/18 | New York Rangers | NHL | 7th | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2018/19 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 36 | 6th | 14th | 20th | -24 | 25th | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2018/19 | New York Rangers | NHL | 42 | 2 | 4th | 6th | -13 | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2019/20 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 13 | 4th | 1 | 5 | –9 | 14th | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2019/20 | New York Rangers | NHL | 17th | 0 | 1 | 1 | -8th | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2019/20 | HV71 | SHL | 15th | 7th | 5 | 12 | -4 | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
J20 SuperElit overall | 65 | 32 | 38 | 70 | +20 | 109 | 7th | 2 | 2 | 4th | -3 | 2 | ||||
SHL total | 101 | 23 | 22nd | 45 | +16 | 50 | 20th | 4th | 1 | 5 | -2 | 18th | ||||
AHL total | 74 | 15th | 24 | 39 | -33 | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
NHL overall | 66 | 3 | 6th | 9 | -20 | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
International
Represented the Swedes at:
year | team | event | result | Sp | T | V | Pt | +/- | SM | |
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2014 | Sweden | WHC | 6th | 1 | 3 | 4th | 2 | |||
2015 | Sweden | Hlinka Memorial | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 18th | ||
2016 | Sweden | U18 World Cup | 7th | 5 | 4th | 9 | +3 | 8th | ||
2017 | Sweden | U20 World Cup | 4th Place | 7th | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 6th | |
2018 | Sweden | U20 World Cup | 7th | 6th | 1 | 7th | +5 | 6th | ||
2018 | Sweden | WM | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4th | ||
Juniors overall | 32 | 15th | 8th | 23 | 40 | |||||
Total gentlemen | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4th |
( 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 )
family
Lias Andersson comes from an ice hockey family. His father Niklas Andersson and his brother Mikael Andersson both played in the NHL and represented Sweden at numerous international tournaments. In addition, were Thomas Andersson , another brother of Nicholas, and Ronny Andersson , father of the three brothers, active in her native Sweden in the professional sector.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Rangers Agree to Terms With Forward Lias Andersson. nhl.com, July 13, 2017, accessed March 31, 2018 .
- ↑ Mike Johnston: Sweden's Lias Andersson throws silver medal into stands after WJC loss. sportsnet.ca, January 6, 2018, accessed March 30, 2018 .
- ^ Adam Steiss: IIHF Disciplinary board decision. International Ice Hockey Federation , May 2, 2018, accessed May 4, 2018 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Andersson, Lias |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1998 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Smogen , Sweden |