Marcus Kruger

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Marcus Kruger
Date of birth May 27, 1990
place of birth Stockholm , Sweden
size 182 cm
Weight 81 kg
position center
number # 16
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2009 , 5th round, 149th position
Chicago Blackhawks
Career stations
until 2003 Huddinge IK
2003-2006 Hammarby IF
2006-2011 Djurgårdens IF
2011-2017 Chicago Blackhawks
2017-2018 Carolina Hurricanes
2018-2019 Chicago Blackhawks
since 2018 ZSC Lions

Marcus Krüger (born May 27, 1990 in Stockholm ) is a Swedish ice hockey player who has been under contract with the ZSC Lions in the Swiss National League since July 2019 and plays for them in the position of the center . He was previously active in the National Hockey League from 2011 to 2019 with the Chicago Blackhawks and the Carolina Hurricanes , winning the Stanley Cup with the Blackhawks in the 2013 and 2015 playoffs .

Career

Krüger played in the junior age until 2003 at Huddinge IK . At the age of 13 he moved to the junior division of Hammarby IF , with whose U16 juniors he won the national championship in the 2004/05 season. After three years at Hammarby, he left the club and joined Djurgårdens IF . There he went through the U18 and U20 juniors before he made his debut in the Elitserien in the 2008/09 season . Before the start of the 2009/10 season , Kruger was selected by the Chicago Blackhawks in the fifth round of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft in 149th place . The Swede spent his first full season with the seniors at Djurgården, with whom he won the runner-up. It wasn't until June 2010 that the Blackhawks signed him, but immediately loaned him to Djurgården. After finishing the 2010/11 season in the Elitserien, Chicago ordered the striker to North America. There he came in the remainder of the regular season and playoffs for first assignments in the National Hockey League . In the following season he was able to establish himself permanently in the NHL roster and completed 71 games in his rookie season .

In the 2012/13 season Kruger won the Stanley Cup with the Chicago Blackhawks ; a success that the Swede was able to repeat in 2015. As a result, Kruger was part of the Chicago squad until the end of the 2016/17 season . Due to his high salary, he was repeatedly involved in transfer speculations during the summer break, which were confirmed in early July 2017 when he was transferred to the newly founded franchise of the Vegas Golden Knights on July 2nd . Since the Blackhawks were almost forced to give up the Swedes due to the salary cap , they received neither players nor draft voting rights in direct exchange from the Golden Knights. Just two days later, the Golden Knights traded the Swede for a five-round suffrage for the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft .

At the Hurricanes, Krüger was subsequently also used in part for the farm team in the American Hockey League (AHL), the Charlotte Checkers , before he was handed over to the Arizona Coyotes in May 2018, including a third-round vote in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft . The Coyotes in return sent Jordan Martinook and a four-round vote for the same draft to Carolina. Almost two months later, Kruger finally returned to Chicago when he was handed over to the Blackhawks in July 2018 along with Jordan Maletta , Andrew Campbell , MacKenzie Entwistle and a five-round vote in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft . In return, the Coyotes Vinnie Hinostroza , Jordan Oesterle and a third-round vote in the same draft and also took over the contract of Marián Hossa .

After more than eight years in the NHL, Krüger returned to Europe in the summer of 2019 and joined the ZSC Lions from the Swiss National League under a two-year contract .

International

At the international level, Krüger represented his home country at the 2010 U20 World Junior Championship . To win the bronze medal, he contributed six assists in six games. A year later he was part of the Swedish squad at the 2011 World Cup in Slovakia . At the 2014 Winter 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 before winning the gold medal with the Tre Kronor at the 2017 World Cup .

Achievements and Awards

  • 2005 champion of the U16 junior national championship with Hammarby IF
  • 2008 Champion of the U18-Junior-Allsvenskan with Djurgårdens IF
  • 2009 Most of the assists of the J20 Superelit Group North
  • 2010 rookie top scorer in the Elitserien main round

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2007/08 Djurgårdens IF J20 J20 SuperElit 22nd 3 13 16 16 7th 5 3 8th 0
2008/09 Djurgårdens IF J20 J20 SuperElit 34 9 30th 39 24 6th 1 5 6th 2
2008/09 Djurgårdens IF Elitserien 15th 2 2 4th +3 2 - - - - - -
2009/10 Djurgårdens IF Elitserien 38 11 20th 31 +16 14th 16 3 7th 10 -3 6th
2010/11 Djurgårdens IF Elitserien 52 6th 29 35 +12 52 3 0 1 1 +2 0
2010/11 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 7th 0 0 0 -4 4th 5 0 1 1 +2 0
2011/12 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 71 9 17th 26th +11 22nd 6th 0 0 0 -4 0
2012/13 Rockford IceHogs AHL 34 8th 14th 22nd -1 24 - - - - - -
2012/13 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 47 4th 9 13 +3 24 23 3 2 5 -2 2
2013/14 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 81 8th 20th 28 +6 36 19th 1 3 4th -1 6th
2014/15 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 81 7th 10 17th -5 32 23 2 2 4th -5 4th
2015/16 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 41 0 4th 4th -5 24 7th 0 1 1 -2 0
2016/17 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 70 5 12 17th +7 34 4th 0 1 1 -2 2
2017/18 Charlotte Checkers AHL 19th 4th 4th 8th +8 14th - - - - - -
2017/18 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 48 1 5 6th –6 28 - - - - - -
2018/19 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 74 4th 8th 12 -2 30th - - - - - -
J20 SuperElit overall 56 12 43 55 40 13 6th 8th 14th 2
Elitserien total 105 19th 51 70 +31 68 19th 3 8th 11 -1 6th
NHL overall 520 38 85 123 +5 234 76 6th 10 16 -14 14th

International

Krüger in the Tre Kronor jersey

Represented Sweden at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2010 Sweden U20 World Cup 3rd place, bronze 6th 0 6th 6th +7 2
2011 Sweden WM 2nd place, silver 9 2 1 3 +1 10
2012 Sweden WM 6th place 8th 3 2 5 +3 6th
2014 Sweden Olympia 2nd place, silver 6th 0 0 0 +1 4th
2016 Sweden World cup 3rd place 4th 0 0 0 -1 0
2017 Sweden WM 1st place, gold 10 0 3 3 +4 6th
2019 Sweden WM 5th place 8th 2 1 3 −3 2
Juniors overall 6th 0 6th 6th +7 2
Men overall 45 7th 7th 14th +5 28

( 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

His father was Peter Krüger and his brother Måns Krüger is also a hockey player.

Web links

Commons : Marcus Krüger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Coyotes Acquire Kruger, Third-Round Draft Choice From Carolina. nhl.com, May 3, 2018, accessed May 3, 2018 .
  2. ^ Coyotes Acquire Hinostroza, Oesterle & Draft Pick in Deal with Blackhawks. nhl.com, July 12, 2018, accessed on July 13, 2018 .
Logo of the ZSC Lions
ZSC Lions squad in the 2019/20 season
personal data
SURNAME Kruger, Marcus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kruger, Marcus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockholm , Sweden