Nikolaj Ehlers

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Nikolaj Ehlers
Date of birth February 14, 1996
place of birth Aalborg , Denmark
size 182 cm
Weight 80 kg
position Left wing
number # 27
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2014 , 1st round, 9th position
Winnipeg Jets
Career stations
2007-2013 EHC Biel
2013-2015 Halifax Mooseheads
since 2015 Winnipeg Jets

Nikolaj Ehlers (born February 14, 1996 in Aalborg ) is a Danish ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Winnipeg Jets from the National Hockey League since September 2014 .

Career

Ehlers began his career with the junior teams of the Swiss club EHC Biel . He made his NLA debut at the age of 16 when he played for Biel's first team in the 2012/13 season. Most of the season, however, he spent with the U20 team.

After he was pulled in 6th place by the Halifax Mooseheads in the 2013 CHL Import Draft , Ehlers moved to the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec (LHJMQ). In his first year in the LHJMQ, Ehlers won various personal awards, such as the Michael Bossy trophy as the most promising player in the league. He was also awarded the Coupe RDS , the Trophée Michel Bergeron and finally the title CHL Rookie of the Year and was elected to the LHJMQ Second All-Star Team . In the ranking for the upcoming NHL Entry Draft 2014 he was ranked 22nd and ultimately selected 9th by the Winnipeg Jets .

In September 2014 he signed a three-year entry contract with Winnipeg Jets , but initially stayed with Mooseheads in the LHJMQ. There he won the Paul Dumont Trophy as an outstanding leader in his second year , led the playoff scorer list with 31 points and was appointed to the LHJMQ First All-Star Team .

With the start of the 2015/16 season, Ehlers is in the NHL squad of the Jets. He finished his first season with 38 scorer points from 72 games, making him the jets rookie with the highest points this year. After significantly increasing this statistic in the following year with 64 scorer points, he signed a new contract in Winnipeg in October 2017, which - starting with the 2018/19 season - brought him an average annual salary of 6 million US dollars over the next seven years should.

International

On an international level, Ehlers made his debut at the U18 World Championship in Division IA in 2013 , where he made it into the top division with the Danish selection, as did at the end of the year at the U20 World Championship in Division IA in 2014 . After winning the silver medal at the 2014 World Junior A Challenge with Denmark's U19s , he took part in the 2015 U20 World Cup with the U20s and finished eighth there. The attacker made his debut for the senior national team in his home country at the 2016 World Cup , where he also finished eighth with the team. He was also part of the Danish squad at the qualifying tournament for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games , but missed qualifying with third place.

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
2011/12 EHC Biel U20 Elite Jr. A 28 17th 17th 34 6th 4 1 2 1 2 1 4 1 2 1
2012/13 EHC Biel U20 Elite Jr. A 32 26th 23 49 34 2 1 4 1 0 1 4 1 2 1
2012/13 EHC Biel NLA 11 1 1 2 +1 0 7th 0 3 3 ± 0 0
2013/14 Halifax Mooseheads LHJMQ 63 49 55 104 +65 51 16 11 17th 28 +3 18th
2014/15 Halifax Mooseheads LHJMQ 51 37 63 100 +26 67 14th 10 21st 31 +1 14th
2015/16 Winnipeg Jets NHL 72 15th 23 38 +3 21st - - - - - -
2016/17 Winnipeg Jets NHL 82 25th 39 64 +1 38 - - - - - -
2017/18 Winnipeg Jets NHL 82 29 31 60 +14 26th 15th 0 7th 7th +4 2
2018/19 Winnipeg Jets NHL 62 21st 16 37 +3 15th 6th 0 0 0 −2 0
2019/20 Winnipeg Jets NHL 71 25th 33 58 +14 30th 4th 2 0 2 -2 2
Elite Jr. A overall 60 43 40 83 40 6th 6th 2 8th 4th
LHJMQ total 114 86 118 204 +91 118 30th 21st 38 59 +4 32
NHL overall 369 115 142 257 +34 130 25th 2 7th 9 ± 0 4th

International

Represented Denmark at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2013 Denmark U18 World Championship Div. IA 1st place 5 3 8th 11 +3 2
2014 Denmark U20 World Cup Div. IA 1st place 5 2 4th 6th +6 4th
2014 Denmark WJAC Silver medal 4th 6th 3 9 4th
2015 Denmark U20 World Cup 8th place 5 1 3 4th -3 2
2016 Denmark WM 8th place 8th 4th 2 6th -3 4th
2016 Denmark Olympic qualification 3rd place 3 1 1 2 -2 0
2017 Denmark WM 12th place 7th 0 4th 4th +2 18th
Juniors overall 19th 12 18th 30th 12
Men overall 18th 5 7th 12 -3 22nd

( 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, Heinz Ehlers , was a professional ice hockey player for more than 20 years and worked as a coach in Switzerland. Nikolaj's older brother Sebastian currently plays for the Aalborg Pirates . He also has a younger sister, Caroline.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.bt.dk/ishockey/nikolaj-ehlers-til-canadisk-mesterhold (Danish)
  2. ↑ http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=918&year0=2013&status=stats
  3. ↑ sports.yahoo.com, Ehlers excited to call halifax home for hockey (English)
  4. ↑ http://metronews.ca/sports/907495/halifax-mooseheads-foward-nikolaj-ehlers-gets-high-mid-term-ranking-for-2014-nhl-draft/ (English)
  5. ^ Jets extend Nikolaj Ehlers. nhl.com, October 4, 2017, accessed October 4, 2017 .
  6. ↑ http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ehlers-excited-to-call-halifax-home-for-hockey-212533022.html (English)
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Squad of the Winnipeg Jets in the 2019/20 season
personal data
SURNAME Ehlers, Nikolaj
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1996
PLACE OF BIRTH Aalborg , Denmark