Lias Andersson

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SwedenSweden  Lias Andersson Ice hockey player
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

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

Regular season Playoffs
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
2014 Sweden WHC Bronze medal 6th 1 3 4th 2
2015 Sweden Hlinka Memorial Silver medal 5 0 0 0 +1 18th
2016 Sweden U18 World Cup Silver medal 7th 5 4th 9 +3 8th
2017 Sweden U20 World Cup 4th Place 7th 3 0 3 +2 6th
2018 Sweden U20 World Cup Silver medal 7th 6th 1 7th +5 6th
2018 Sweden WM gold medal 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

  1. ^ Rangers Agree to Terms With Forward Lias Andersson. nhl.com, July 13, 2017, accessed March 31, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Mike Johnston: Sweden's Lias Andersson throws silver medal into stands after WJC loss. sportsnet.ca, January 6, 2018, accessed March 30, 2018 .
  3. ^ Adam Steiss: IIHF Disciplinary board decision. International Ice Hockey Federation , May 2, 2018, accessed May 4, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Andersson, Lias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1998
PLACE OF BIRTH Smogen , Sweden