Ole-Kristian Tollefsen

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NorwayNorway  Ole-Kristian Tollefsen Ice hockey player
Date of birth March 29, 1984
place of birth Oslo , Norway
size 188 cm
Weight 96 kg
position defender
number # 55
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2002 , 3rd round, 65th position
Columbus Blue Jackets
Career stations
2000-2002 Lillehammer IK
2002-2004 Brandon Wheat Kings
2004-2005 Syracuse crunch
2005-2009 Columbus Blue Jackets
2009-2010 Philadelphia Flyers
2010–2012 MODO hockey
2012-2017 Färjestad BK

Ole-Kristian Tollefsen (born March 29, 1984 in Oslo ) is a former Norwegian ice hockey player who was active in the National Hockey League with the Columbus Blue Jackets and Philadelphia Flyers and completed a total of 163 NHL games. In Sweden he played for Färjestad BK and MODO Hockey in the Svenska Hockeyligan .

Career

Ole-Kristian Tollefsen began his career as an ice hockey player with Lillehammer IK , for whom he was active from 2000 to 2002 in the GET-ligaen , the highest Norwegian league. He was then selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2002 in the third round as the 65th player of the Columbus Blue Jackets . The defender first played for the Brandon Wheat Kings of the Canadian Junior Western Hockey League for two years before he was on the ice during the lockout in the 2004/05 season for Columbus' farm team , Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League . He also played two games for the Dayton Bombers in the ECHL this season . After he had spent the 2005/06 season almost exclusively at the Syracuse Crunch in the AHL, the Norwegian ran regularly for Columbus in the National Hockey League from the 2006/07 season .

For the 2009/10 season Tollefsen signed a contract with the Philadelphia Flyers , for which he prepared two goals in 18 games. In February 2010, he was given to the Detroit Red Wings , but they used him exclusively in their AHL farm team Grand Rapids Griffins . In May of the same year he was hired by MODO Hockey from the Swedish Elitserien , where he immediately became assistant captain. With his team he achieved relegation in the Kvalserien .

From the  2012/13  season Tollefsen was  under contract with  Färjestad BK before ending his career in January 2018 due to the effects of a training accident.

International

For Norway , Tollefsen took part in the junior division at the U18 World Junior Championships in 2001 and 2002 and the U20 Junior B World Championships in 2002 , 2003 and 2004 . Furthermore, he was in his country's squad at the B World Championships in 2004 and 2005 and at the A World Championships in 2010 and 2011 . He also represented Norway at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver .

statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
NHL Regular Season 5 163 4th 8th 12 296
NHL playoffs - - - - - -
SHL main round 7th 319 11 35 46 574
SHL playoffs 4th 46 1 3 4th 95
Kvalserien ES 1 10 1 0 1 8th

(Status: end of the 2016/17 season)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Adrian Jervis: Norwegian international, Ole-Kristian Tollefsen, retires at 33. In: eurohockey.com. January 30, 2018, accessed June 12, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Tollefsen, Ole-Kristian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Oslo , Norway