Morten Ask
Date of birth | May 14, 1980 |
place of birth | Oslo , Norway |
size | 185 cm |
Weight | 91 kg |
position | center |
Shot hand | Left |
Career stations | |
1997-1998 | Furuset ishockey |
1998-2002 | Vålerenga IF Oslo |
2002-2003 | Laredo Bucks |
2003-2004 | Toledo Storm |
2004-2005 | Las Vegas Wranglers |
2005-2006 | SaiPa Lapeenranta |
2006-2007 | Djurgården IF |
2007-2009 | EV Duisburg |
2009-2010 | Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers |
2011 | Vålerenga IF Oslo |
2011 | Lørenskog IK |
2011–2012 | HV71 Jönköping |
since 2012 | Vålerenga IF Oslo |
Morten Ask (born May 14, 1980 in Oslo ) is a Norwegian ice hockey player ( center ) who has been under contract with Vålerenga IF in the GET-ligaen since September 2012 . His father Erik Ask is also a well-known ice hockey personality.
Career
Morten Ask started his career in the Norwegian GET league with Furuset Ishockey . In his first season in the top Norwegian league, the left-shooter scored eight goals and three assists in 28 games before moving to Vålerenga IF Oslo for the 1998/99 season, with whom he immediately became Norwegian champions . He was able to repeat this success with his team in 2001. After five years, the attacker left Norway at the beginning of the 2002/03 season for the United States , where he joined the Laredo Bucks from the Central Hockey League . Just one year later, the Norwegian tried his luck in the ECHL at Toledo Storm , where he scored 21 goals in 62 games and prepared 30 more goals. In the following seasons Ask played with the Las Vegas Wranglers , which he left for Oslo in 2004 after years of mixed growth. With Vålerenga he was again champion in 2005.
For the 2005/06 season Morten Ask moved to the Finnish SM-liiga to Saimaan Pallo , where he went down in history as the first Norwegian player in league history. A year later he moved to the Swedish Elitserien , where he played for Djurgårdens IF until the 2007/08 season . During the season, the Füchse Duisburg commit the Norwegian national player for whom he was also put on hold in the 2008/09 season . After Duisburg's withdrawal from the DEL, the striker signed on with the Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers , for whom he scored ten goals in 42 games in the 2009/10 season and provided 23 assists.
After he was previously without a contract, Ask was signed in January 2011 by his ex-club Vålerenga IF Oslo. In the playoffs he prepared three goals for this in five games. In the summer he completed two games in the European Trophy on the basis of a trial contract for the Czech top club HC Sparta Prague and prepared a goal. For the 2011/12 season he finally received a contract with Lørenskog IK from the GET-ligaen, but already moved to the Elitserien after three games for HV71 Jönköping , where he stayed until the end of the season. He then returned to Vålerenga IF, where he won the title of best scorer in the Norwegian league in the 2013/14 season .
International
For Norway , Ask took part in the junior division at the U18 Junior B European Championship in 1997 and the U20 Junior B World Championships in 1997 and 1999 . In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad at the B World Championships in 2002 and 2005 , at the A World Championships in 2001 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2009 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 and 2015, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics .
Achievements and Awards
- 1999 Norwegian champion with Vålerenga IF Oslo
- 2001 Norwegian champion with Vålerenga IF Oslo
- 2005 Norwegian champion with Vålerenga IF Oslo
- 2014 top scorer and best assists in the GET leagues
International
- 2005 Promotion to the top division at the World Championship of Division I.
- 2005 Topscorer of the World Championship Division I, Group A.
- 2005 World Cup top scorer in Division I, Group A
- 2005 Best assists in the World Championship of Division I, Group A
Career statistics
Regular season | Play-offs | |||||||||||||
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
1997/98 | Furuset ishockey | NOR | 28 | 8th | 3 | 11 | 71 | |||||||
1998/99 | Vålerenga IF Oslo | NOR | 35 | 9 | 11 | 20th | 65 | |||||||
1999/00 | Vålerenga IF Oslo | NOR | 32 | 10 | 21st | 31 | 138 | |||||||
2000/01 | Vålerenga IF Oslo | NOR | 30th | 13 | 22nd | 35 | 94 | |||||||
2001/02 | Vålerenga IF Oslo | NOR | 27 | 7th | 11 | 18th | 103 | |||||||
2002/03 | Vålerenga IF Oslo | NOR | 6th | 4th | 4th | 8th | 35 | |||||||
2002/03 | Laredo Bucks | CHL | 48 | 21st | 30th | 51 | 57 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 22nd | ||
2003/04 | Toledo Storm | ECHL | 62 | 21st | 30th | 51 | 81 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2003/04 | Las Vegas Wranglers | ECHL | 5 | 4th | 4th | 8th | 4th | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
2004/05 | Las Vegas Wranglers | ECHL | 8th | 2 | 4th | 6th | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2004/05 | Vålerenga IF Oslo | NOR | 18th | 11 | 12 | 23 | 60 | 8th | 4th | 4th | 8th | 24 | ||
2005/06 | SaiPa Lapeenranta | SM-liiga | 23 | 2 | 2 | 4th | 39 | 8th | 2 | 2 | 4th | 6th | ||
2006/07 | Djurgårdens IF | SEL | 49 | 5 | 14th | 19th | 62 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2007/08 | Djurgården IF | SEL | 15th | 2 | 5 | 7th | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2007/08 | Foxes Duisburg | DEL | 27 | 4th | 15th | 19th | 42 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2008/09 | Foxes Duisburg | DEL | 50 | 11 | 25th | 36 | 139 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2009/10 | Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers | DEL | 42 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 119 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2010/11 | Vålerenga IF Oslo | NOR | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | ||
ECHL total | 75 | 27 | 38 | 65 | 89 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
GET leagues in total | 176 | 62 | 84 | 146 | 566 | 13 | 4th | 7th | 11 | 34 | ||||
SEL total | 64 | 7th | 19th | 26th | 70 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
SM-liiga total | 23 | 2 | 2 | 4th | 39 | 8th | 2 | 2 | 4th | 6th | ||||
DEL total | 119 | 25th | 62 | 87 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
( 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 )
Web links
- Morten Ask at hockeydb.com (English)
- Morten Ask at eurohockey.com
- Morten Ask at eliteprospects.com (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Ask, Morten |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1980 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Oslo , Norway |