Oscar Klefbom

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Oscar Klefbom
Date of birth July 20, 1993
place of birth Karlstad , Sweden
size 192 cm
Weight 91 kg
position defender
number # 77
Shot hand Left
Draft
KHL Junior Draft 2011 , 1st round, 20th position
Salawat Julajew Ufa
NHL Entry Draft 2011 , 1st lap, 19th position
Edmonton Oilers
Career stations
2010-2013 Färjestad BK
2013-2014 Oklahoma City Barons
since 2014 Edmonton Oilers

Oscar Klefbom (born July 20, 1993 in Karlstad ) is a Swedish ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Edmonton Oilers from the National Hockey League since June 2012 and has played for them in the position of defender since the 2013/14 season .

Career

Oscar Klefbom began his career as an ice hockey player in the youth department of Hammarö HC. From there he moved to Färjestad BK in 2008 , for whose professional team he made his debut in the Elitserien in the 2010/11 season . In his rookie year , the defender scored one goal and one assist each in 23 games and immediately won the Swedish championship with his team . At the same time, he was used for Färjestad cooperation partner Skåre BK in the third-class Division 1, in which he had already gained match practice in the senior division last year at Skåre BK and IFK Munkfors .

With his achievements he was able to convince the talent scouts and was selected after the season in the KHL Junior Draft in the first round as a total of 20th player from Salawat Yulayev Ufa and then in the NHL Entry Draft in the first round as the 19th player in total the Edmonton Oilers . For the time being, however, the defender stayed with Färjestad BK for two years before moving to North America for the 2013/14 season.

There he played one season mainly for the Oilers' farm team , the Oklahoma City Barons , in the American Hockey League (AHL) before establishing himself in Edmonton's NHL squad during the 2014/15 season. He then signed a new contract with the Oilers in September 2015, which is expected to earn him an average annual salary of around $ 4 million over the next seven seasons. In the following 2015/16 season, Klefbom only made 30 missions due to several injuries.

International

For Sweden , Klefbom took part in the 2011 U18 World Cup in the junior division. As captain, he led his team to win the silver medal and was voted one of the top three players on his team. The following year, he was with the Swedish selection at the U20 World Cup 2012 Junior World Champion. At senior level, the defender took part for the first time in the 2015 World Cup, in which the team finished fifth.

Achievements and Awards

International

  • 2012 gold medal at the U20 World Cup
  • 2012 All-Star Team of the U20 World Cup

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
2009/10 IFK Munkfors Division 1 3 0 1 1 0 - - - - - -
2009/10 Skåre BK Division 1 2 0 0 0 2 - - - - - -
2010/11 Skåre BK Division 1 12 0 1 1 0 - - - - - -
2010/11 Färjestad BK Elitserien 23 1 1 2 +1 2 - - - - - -
2011/12 Färjestad BK J20 J20 SuperElit 15th 1 3 4th -4 0 - - - - - -
2011/12 Färjestad BK Elitserien 33 2 0 2 -1 4th 11 0 1 1 -3 2
2012/13 Färjestad BK Elitserien 11 0 3 3 +7 2 - - - - - -
2013/14 Oklahoma City Barons AHL 48 1 9 10 -8th 10 2 0 1 1 ± 0 4th
2013/14 Edmonton Oilers NHL 17th 1 2 3 –6 0 - - - - - -
2014/15 Oklahoma City Barons AHL 9 1 7th 8th +10 4th - - - - - -
2014/15 Edmonton Oilers NHL 60 2 18th 20th -21 4th - - - - - -
2015/16 Edmonton Oilers NHL 30th 4th 8th 12 -4 6th - - - - - -
2016/17 Edmonton Oilers NHL 82 12 26th 38 +7 6th 12 2 3 5 -2 0
2017/18 Edmonton Oilers NHL 66 5 16 21st -12 18th - - - - - -
2018/19 Edmonton Oilers NHL 61 5 23 28 –11 16 - - - - - -
2019/20 Edmonton Oilers NHL 62 5 29 34 -17 24 4th 0 2 2 0 0
Division 1 total 17th 0 2 2 2 - - - - - -
Elitserien total 67 3 4th 7th +7 8th 11 0 1 1 -3 2
AHL total 57 2 16 18th +2 14th 2 0 1 1 ± 0 4th
NHL overall 378 34 122 156 -64 74 16 2 5 7th -2 0

International

Represented Sweden at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2010 Sweden WHC Bronze medal 6th 1 3 4th 2
2010 Sweden Hlinka Memorial Bronze medal 5 1 6th 7th +2 2
2011 Sweden U18 World Cup Silver medal 6th 1 3 4th +4 4th
2012 Sweden U20 World Cup gold medal 6th 1 1 2 +8 2
2015 Sweden WM 5th place 8th 1 3 4th -1 4th
Juniors overall 18th 3 7th 10 8th
Men overall 8th 1 3 4th -1 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 )

Web links

Commons : Oscar Klefbom  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Oilers defenseman Klefbom signs seven-year contract. nhl.com, September 21, 2015, accessed on September 29, 2016 .
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Squad of the Edmonton Oilers in the season 2019/20
personal data
SURNAME Klefbom, Oscar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH July 20, 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlstad , Sweden