Oliver Ekman Larsson

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Oliver Ekman Larsson
Date of birth 17th July 1991
place of birth Karlskrona , Sweden
Nickname OIL
size 187 cm
Weight 78 kg
position defender
number # 23
Shot hand Left
Draft
KHL Junior Draft 2009 , 4th round, 85th position
HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
NHL Entry Draft 2009 , 1st round, 6th position
Phoenix Coyotes
Career stations
until 2008 Tingsryd's AIF
2008-2010 Leksands IF
since 2010 Arizona Coyotes

Oliver Oscar Emanuel Ekman Larsson (born July 17, 1991 in Karlskrona ) is a Swedish ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Arizona Coyotes in the National Hockey League since 2010 and has been captain of the team since 2018 . With the Swedish national team , he won the gold medal at the 2017 and 2018 World Championships and the silver medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics .

Career

Oliver Ekman Larsson began his career as a hockey player in the youth division of the Tingsryds AIF , for whose first team he made his debut in the third-rate Division 1 in the 2007/08 season . The defender then moved to Leksands IF , for whom he scored three goals in 39 games in the 2008/09 season and made 14 assists in the HockeyAllsvenskan . Then the left shooter was selected in the first round in the NHL Entry Draft 2009 as the sixth player of the Phoenix Coyotes . Until 2010, however, he stayed with his previous team in the HockeyAllsvenskan before he was appointed to the Coyotes' NHL squad. For the 2011 NHL All-Star Game , he was nominated as one of twelve rookies who took part in the Honda NHL SuperSkills .

In July 2018, Ekman Larsson signed a new eight-year contract in Arizona that is expected to earn him an average annual salary of $ 8.25 million for the 2019-2020 season . A few weeks later he was named fourth team captain of the Phoenix / Arizona franchise, inheriting Shane Doan after the position had been vacant due to his resignation the previous year.

International

Ekman Larsson in the jersey of the Swedish national team

For Sweden Ekman Larsson took part in the U18 World Junior Championship in 2009 , where he finished fifth with his team. He also represented his home country at the 2010 U20 World Junior Championship . With the Swedish selection, Larsson also took part in the Senior World Championships in 2010 and 2011 . At the 2014 Olympics, he won the silver medal with the Swedish national team. At the 2015 World Cup , the team only finished fifth, but Ekman Larsson was the best template provider (10) and was then appointed to the All-Star 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 . The team achieved the same in the following year , with Ekman Larsson being appointed to the all-star team of the tournament.

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
2007/08 Tingsryd's AIF Division 1 27 3 5 8th 10 - - - - -
2008/09 Leksands IF Allsvenskan 39 3 14th 17th 32 8th 2 2 4th 6th
2009/10 Leksands IF Allsvenskan 42 9 18th 27 98 10 2 4th 6th 8th
2010/11 San Antonio Rampage AHL 15th 3 7th 10 16 - - - - -
2010/11 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 48 1 10 11 24 - - - - -
2011/12 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 82 13 19th 32 32 16 1 3 4th 8th
2012/13 Portland Pirates AHL 20th 7th 14th 21st 28 - - - - -
2012/13 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 48 3 21st 24 26th - - - - -
2013/14 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 80 15th 29 44 50 - - - - -
2014/15 Arizona Coyotes NHL 82 23 20th 43 40 - - - - -
2015/16 Arizona Coyotes NHL 75 21st 34 55 96 - - - - -
2016/17 Arizona Coyotes NHL 79 12 27 39 48 - - - - -
2017/18 Arizona Coyotes NHL 82 14th 28 42 44 - - - - -
2018/19 Arizona Coyotes NHL 81 14th 30th 44 52 - - - - -
2019/20 Arizona Coyotes NHL 66 9 21st 30th 38 9 1 3 4th 8th
Allsvenskan total 81 12 32 44 130 18th 4th 6th 10 14th
AHL total 35 10 21st 31 44 - - - - -
NHL overall 723 125 239 364 450 25th 2 6th 8th 16

International

Represented Sweden at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2009 Sweden U18 World Cup 5th place 6th 2 6th 8th 2
2010 Sweden U20 World Cup 3rd place, bronze 6th 2 3 5 12
2010 Sweden WM 3rd place, bronze 9 1 2 3 2
2011 Sweden WM 2nd place, silver 7th 1 3 4th 2
2014 Sweden Olympia 2nd place, silver 6th 0 3 3 2
2015 Sweden WM 5th place 8th 2 10 12 6th
2016 Sweden World cup 3rd place 4th 0 0 0 4th
2017 Sweden WM 1st place, gold 8th 2 3 5 2
2018 Sweden WM gold medal 10 2 5 7th 4th
2019 Sweden WM 5th place 8th 3 5 8th 4th
Juniors overall 12 4th 9 13 14th
Men overall 60 11 31 42 26th

( 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 brother Kevin Ekman Larsson is also a professional ice hockey player. His maternal grandfather, Kenneth Ekman , competed in the 1972 Winter Olympics as a hockey player .

Web links

Commons : Oliver Ekman Larsson  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Craig Morgan: Coyotes' Oliver Ekman-Larsson on 8-year extension: 'My heart is in Arizona'. arizonasports.com, July 1, 2018, accessed July 2, 2018 .
Squad of the Arizona Coyotes in the 2019-20 season
personal data
SURNAME Ekman Larsson, Oliver
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ekman-Larsson, Oliver; Ekman Larsson, Oliver Oscar Emanuel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 17th July 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlskrona , Sweden