Loui Eriksson

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Loui Eriksson
Date of birth 17th July 1985
place of birth Gothenburg , Sweden
size 185 cm
Weight 83 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2003 , 2nd round, 33rd position
Dallas Stars
Career stations
2003-2005 Frölunda HC
2005-2013 Dallas Stars
2012 HC Davos
2013-2016 Boston Bruins
since 2016 Vancouver Canucks

Loui Eriksson (born July 17, 1985 in Gothenburg ) is a Swedish ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Vancouver Canucks in the National Hockey League since July 2016 . With the Swedish national team , the left winger won the gold medal at the 2013 World Cup and the silver medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics .

Career

Loui began playing ice hockey at Lerum BK and was already playing at the age of 16 when he was 16. As a teenager he switched to Västra Frölunda HC . With Frölunda he then also started his professional career in the Swedish Elitserien . He was selected in the second round of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft as 33rd by the Dallas Stars . He then played in the 2005/06 season for the Iowa Stars , where he posted 31 goals and 29 assists in 78 games. In the following season he moved to the Dallas Stars in the NHL. In the 2006/07 season he was used 59 times, scoring six goals and giving 13 assists. In the playoffs, he posted an assist in four games.

Since then, he has been part of the team's permanent squad and forms the front row with Brad Richards and James Neal . After the end of the 2010/11 regular season , Eriksson was nominated for the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy together with Nicklas Lidström and Martin St. Louis .

During the NHL lockout , the Swede was in December 2012 by the HC Davos from the National League A committed. In July 2013 he was transferred to the Boston Bruins along with Joe Morrow , Reilly Smith and Matt Fraser in exchange for Tyler Seguin , Rich Peverley and Ryan Button . After three years in Boston, he did not receive a new contract from the Bruins after the 2015/16 season, so he joined the Vancouver Canucks as a free agent in July 2016 . There he signed a six-year contract that should bring him an annual salary of $ 6 million.

International

At the 2013 World Cup in Stockholm and Helsinki , Eriksson was again part of the national team and won the gold medal with it. At the 2014 Olympics, he won the silver medal with the Swedish national team. Furthermore, he represented his home country at the World Cup of Hockey 2016 , where he achieved third place with the team.

Achievements and Awards

  • 2002 J18 Allsvenskan champion with the Västra Frölunda HC
  • 2002 J20 SuperElit champion with the Västra Frölunda HC
  • 2003 J18 Allsvenskan champion with the Västra Frölunda HC
  • 2003 J20 SuperElit champion with the Västra Frölunda HC

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Eriksson in the jersey of the Dallas Stars (2011)
Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2000/01 Västra Frölunda HC J16 SM 1 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
2000/01 Västra Frölunda HC J18 Allsvenskan 9 5 3 8th 4th - - - - -
2000/01 Västra Frölunda HC J20 SuperElit 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2001/02 Västra Frölunda HC J18 Allsvenskan 1 1 0 1 0 3 2 1 3 0
2001/02 Västra Frölunda HC J20 SuperElit 35 7th 15th 22nd 2 5 0 2 2 2
2002/03 Västra Frölunda HC J18 Allsvenskan - - - - - 2 1 1 2 2
2002/03 Västra Frölunda HC J20 SuperElit 30th 16 15th 31 10 6th 3 5 8th 2
2003/04 Västra Frölunda HC Elitserien 46 8th 5 13 4th 10 1 5 6th 0
2004/05 Frölunda HC Elitserien 39 5 9 14th 4th 12 0 0 0 0
2004/05 Frölunda HC J20 SuperElit 2 1 1 2 0 3 3 3 6th 2
2004/05 Bofors IK Allsvenskan 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2005/06 Iowa stars AHL 78 31 29 60 27 7th 2 5 7th 0
2006/07 Iowa stars AHL 15th 5 3 8th 13 9 2 5 7th 0
2006/07 Dallas Stars NHL 59 6th 13 19th 18th 4th 0 1 1 0
2007/08 Dallas Stars NHL 69 14th 17th 31 28 18th 4th 4th 8th 8th
2007/08 Iowa stars AHL 2 1 2 3 2 - - - - -
2008/09 Dallas Stars NHL 82 36 27 63 14th - - - - -
2009/10 Dallas Stars NHL 82 29 42 71 26th - - - - -
2010/11 Dallas Stars NHL 79 27 46 73 8th - - - - -
2011/12 Dallas Stars NHL 82 26th 45 71 12 - - - - -
2012/13 HC Davos NLA 7th 3 3 6th 0 - - - - -
2012/13 Dallas Stars NHL 48 12 17th 29 8th - - - - -
2013/14 Boston Bruins NHL 61 10 27 37 6th 12 2 3 5 4th
2014/15 Boston Bruins NHL 81 22nd 25th 47 14th - - - - -
2015/16 Boston Bruins NHL 80 30th 33 63 12 - - - - -
2016/17 Vancouver Canucks NHL 65 11 13 24 8th - - - - -
2017/18 Vancouver Canucks NHL 50 10 13 23 4th - - - - -
2018/19 Vancouver Canucks NHL 81 11 18th 29 22nd - - - - -
J18 Allsvenskan total 10 6th 3 9 4th 5 3 2 5 2
J20 SuperElit overall 68 24 31 55 12 14th 6th 10 16 6th
Elitserien total 85 13 14th 27 8th 22nd 1 5 6th 0
NHL overall 919 244 336 580 180 34 6th 8th 14th 12

International

Represented Sweden at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2003 Sweden U18 World Cup 5th place 6th 5 2 7th 12
2004 Sweden U20 World Cup 7th place 6th 1 1 2 2
2005 Sweden U20 World Cup 6th place 6th 2 3 5 0
2009 Sweden WM 3rd place, bronze 9 3 4th 7th 0
2010 Sweden Olympia 5th place 4th 3 1 4th 0
2011 Sweden WM 2nd place, silver 9 3 1 4th 2
2012 Sweden WM 6th place 8th 5 8th 13 2
2013 Sweden WM 1st place, gold 10 5 5 10 0
2014 Sweden Olympia 2nd place, silver 6th 1 2 3 0
2015 Sweden WM 5th place 8th 4th 6th 10 0
2016 Sweden World cup 3rd place 4th 1 0 1 0
2019 Sweden WM 5th place 8th 1 3 4th 0
Juniors overall 12 8th 6th 14th 14th
Men overall 66 26th 30th 56 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Eriksson, Loui
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 17th July 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Gothenburg , Sweden