Marcus Pettersson
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Date of birth | May 8, 1996 |
place of birth | Skelleftea , Sweden |
size | 191 cm |
Weight | 80 kg |
position | defender |
number | # 28 |
Shot hand | Left |
Draft | |
NHL Entry Draft |
2014 , 2nd round, 38th position Anaheim Ducks |
Career stations | |
until 2017 | Skellefteå AIK |
2017-2018 | San Diego Gulls |
2018 | Anaheim Ducks |
since 2018 | Pittsburgh Penguins |
Marcus Karl Gustav Pettersson (born May 8, 1996 in Skellefteå ) is a Swedish ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins from the National Hockey League since December 2018 and plays for them in the position of defender .
Career
Marcus Pettersson was born in Skellefteå and in his youth went through the junior departments of the local Skellefteå AIK . He made his debut for the club's J20 during the 2012/13 season in the J20 SuperElit , the highest-ranking junior league in Sweden, before he was in the professional squad for the first time the following year and thus celebrated his debut in the Svenska Hockeyligan (SHL). After ten SHL missions, the defender was considered in the NHL Entry Draft 2014 in 38th position by the Anaheim Ducks , but initially remained in his Swedish homeland. There he spent the 2014/15 season in the SuperElit, the SHL and on loan in the second-class Allsvenskan at HC Vita Hästen .
In June 2015, Pettersson signed an entry-level contract with the Anaheim Ducks, but returned to Skellefteå AIK on loan for another two seasons and established himself in their professional department. In the 2017/18 season, the Swede finally moved to North America and was initially employed by the Ducks farm team in the American Hockey League (AHL), the San Diego Gulls . After convincing performances there, he was appointed to Anaheim's squad for the first time in February 2018, so that he subsequently made his debut in the National Hockey League (NHL) and then established himself in the Ducks squad. Nevertheless, it was given to the Pittsburgh Penguins in early December 2018 in exchange for Daniel Sprong .
With the Penguins, Pettersson finally established himself in the NHL and therefore signed a new four-year contract in January 2020, which should bring him an average annual salary of around four million US dollars from the start of the 2020/21 season.
International
On an international level, Pettersson made his debut as part of the World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2013 , where he won the gold medal with Sweden's U17 selection. He then represented his home country at the U18 World Cup in 2014 , with the defender taking fourth place with the Tre Kronor as well as two years later with the U20 national team at the U20 World Cup in 2016 .
Achievements and Awards
- 2013 gold medal at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge
Career statistics
Status: end of the 2018/19 season
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | +/- | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | +/- | SM | ||
2012/13 | Skellefteå AIK J20 | J20 SuperElit | 37 | 4th | 8th | 12 | +4 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | ||
2013/14 | Skellefteå AIK J20 | J20 SuperElit | 38 | 4th | 14th | 18th | +4 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 2 | ||
2013/14 | Skellefteå AIK | SHL | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2014/15 | Skellefteå AIK J20 | J20 SuperElit | 20th | 2 | 8th | 10 | -4 | 20th | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | ||
2014/15 | HC Vita Hästen | Allsvenskan | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4th | +5 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 8th | ||
2014/15 | Skellefteå AIK | SHL | 14th | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2015/16 | Skellefteå AIK J20 | J20 SuperElit | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4th | +4 | 4th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 8th | ||
2015/16 | Skellefteå AIK | SHL | 46 | 2 | 5 | 7th | +17 | 10 | 8th | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | ||
2016/17 | Skellefteå AIK | SHL | 41 | 2 | 7th | 9 | -3 | 49 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2017/18 | San Diego Gulls | AHL | 44 | 0 | 14th | 14th | +7 | 22nd | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2017/18 | Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 22nd | 1 | 3 | 4th | +5 | 6th | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 2 | ||
2018/19 | Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 27 | 0 | 6th | 6th | +4 | 17th | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2018/19 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 57 | 2 | 17th | 19th | +13 | 49 | 4th | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4th | ||
J20 SuperElit overall | 98 | 11 | 33 | 44 | +8 | 78 | 7th | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 12 | ||||
Svenska hockey player overall | 111 | 4th | 12 | 16 | +15 | 61 | 8th | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | ||||
NHL overall | 106 | 3 | 26th | 29 | +22 | 72 | 8th | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 6th |
International
Represented Sweden at:
- World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2013
- U18 World Junior Championship 2014
- U20 World Junior Championship 2016
- World Championship 2019
year | team | event | result | Sp | T | V | Pt | +/- | SM | |
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2013 | Sweden | U17-WHC |
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6th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th | ||
2014 | Sweden | U18 World Cup | 4th Place | 7th | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | |
2016 | Sweden | U20 World Cup | 4th Place | 7th | 0 | 4th | 4th | ± 0 | 6th | |
2019 | Sweden | WM | 5th place | 8th | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 4th | |
Juniors overall | 20th | 1 | 4th | 5 | 12 | |||||
Men overall | 8th | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 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 )
Personal
His father Daniel Pettersson (* 1969) was also an ice hockey player and spent his entire professional career in Skellefteå.
Web links
- Player biography on the Pittsburgh Penguins website
- Marcus Pettersson at eliteprospects.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Ducks Sign Defenseman Pettersson to Three-Year Entry-Level Contract. nhl.com, June 14, 2015, accessed November 5, 2018 .
Goalkeeper:
Tristan Jarry |
Matt Murray
Defender:
Brian Dumoulin |
Jack Johnson |
Kris Letang ( A ) |
John Marino |
Marcus Pettersson |
Juuso Riikola |
Chad Ruhwedel |
Justin Schultz
attacker:
Zach Aston-Reese |
Nick Bjugstad |
Teodors Bļugers |
Sidney Crosby ( C ) |
Jake Guentzel |
Patric Hörnqvist |
Kasperi Kapanen |
Sam Lafferty |
Yevgeny Malkin ( A ) |
Patrick Marleau |
Jared McCann |
Bryan Rust |
Conor Sheary |
Dominik Simon |
Brandon Tanev |
Jason Zucker
Head Coach: Mike Sullivan Assistant Coach: Vacant General Manager: Jim Rutherford
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Pettersson, Marcus |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pettersson, Marcus Karl Gustav (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 8, 1996 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Skelleftea , Sweden |