Philip Samuelsson
  Philip Samuelsson 
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| Date of birth | July 26, 1991 |
| place of birth | Leksand , Sweden |
| size | 189 cm |
| Weight | 88 kg |
| position | defender |
| Shot hand | Left |
| Draft | |
| NHL Entry Draft |
2009 , 2nd round, 61st position Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Career stations | |
| 2008-2009 | Chicago Steel |
| 2009 | US National Team Development Program |
| 2009-2011 | Boston College |
| 2011-2014 | Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins |
| 2014-2015 | Portland Pirates |
| 2015-2016 | Springfield Falcons |
| 2016-2017 | St. John's IceCaps |
| 2017-2018 | Charlotte Checkers |
| since 2018 | Lehigh Valley Phantoms |
Philip Bo Samuelsson (born July 26, 1991 in Leksand ) is an American ice hockey player of Swedish origin who has been under contract with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms from the American Hockey League since October 2018 and played for them in the position of defender .
Career
Samuelsson, whose father Ulf Samuelsson long in the National Hockey League played was during the summer holidays his parents in Sweden Leksand born and raised in the United States on. There he played in the 2008/09 season, initially for the Chicago Steel in the United States Hockey League , before he briefly moved to the US National Team Development Program of the US Ice Hockey Association USA Hockey at the end of the season to attend the U18 Junior World Championship 2009 to prepare. Following this, the defender was selected in the second round of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft in 61st place by the Pittsburgh Penguins , the team for which his father had also played. First, however, Samuelsson moved to Boston College and ran there for the following two seasons in Hockey East , a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . In both game years the Eagles won the championship of Hockey East and in 2010 also celebrated winning the national championship.
In April 2011, the defender finally signed his first professional contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins and for the next three and a half years was mainly employed in their farm teams , the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins in the American Hockey League and the Wheeling Nailers in the ECHL . During the 2013-14 season he finally made his debut in the NHL for the Penguins, when he was used in five games. Nevertheless, he found himself again in the AHL in the 2014/15 season before he was transferred to the Arizona Coyotes in December 2014 in exchange for Rob Klinkhammer . But they also let him stay with their Portland Pirates farm team in the AHL . Only later in the season he came to four NHL appearances for the Coyotes. He also played just as many in the 2015/16 season , when he was mainly active for the Springfield Falcons in the AHL. Since the Coyotes did not renew the expiring contract at the end of the season, Samuelsson joined the Canadiens de Montréal as a free agent in early July 2016 , who handed him over to their farm team St. John's IceCaps in the course of preparation .
After about half a season, which Samuelsson had spent exclusively at the IceCaps in the AHL, he was given to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for Keegan Lowe . They also use him for the time being in the AHL, with the Charlotte Checkers . After the 2017/18 season, his expiring contract in Carolina was not renewed, so he signed an AHL-limited contract with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms in October 2018 .
International
Samuelsson was part of the US team at the 2009 U18 World Junior Championship . The defender managed to prepare three goals in seven tournament games. At the end of the tournament, the Americans were crowned U18 world champions with a 5-0 final victory over Russia.
Achievements and Awards
- 2009 gold medal at the U18 Junior World Championship
- 2010 Hockey East Championship with Boston College
- 2010 NCAA Division I Championship with Boston College
- 2011 Hockey East Championship with Boston College
Career statistics
Status: end of the 2018/19 season
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| season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
| 2008/09 | Chicago Steel | USHL | 54 | 0 | 22nd | 22nd | 60 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2009/10 | Boston College | Hockey East | 42 | 1 | 13 | 14th | 36 | |||||||
| 2010/11 | Boston College | Hockey East | 39 | 4th | 12 | 16 | 72 | |||||||
| 2011/12 | Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins | AHL | 46 | 1 | 8th | 9 | 26th | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18th | ||
| 2011/12 | Wheeling Nailers | ECHL | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2012/13 | Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins | AHL | 65 | 2 | 8th | 10 | 70 | 15th | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8th | ||
| 2013/14 | Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins | AHL | 64 | 3 | 19th | 22nd | 66 | 8th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8th | ||
| 2013/14 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2014/15 | Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins | AHL | 22nd | 0 | 4th | 4th | 20th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2014/15 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 51 | 5 | 15th | 20th | 31 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | ||
| 2014/15 | Arizona Coyotes | NHL | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2015/16 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 56 | 4th | 27 | 31 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2015/16 | Arizona Coyotes | NHL | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2016/17 | St. John's IceCaps | AHL | 40 | 1 | 4th | 5 | 21st | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2016/17 | Charlotte Checkers | AHL | 25th | 3 | 11 | 14th | 14th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2017/18 | Charlotte Checkers | AHL | 76 | 4th | 17th | 21st | 48 | 8th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2018/19 | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | AHL | 67 | 4th | 11 | 15th | 26th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| USHL total | 54 | 0 | 22nd | 22nd | 60 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Hockey East overall | 81 | 5 | 25th | 30th | 108 | |||||||||
| AHL total | 512 | 27 | 124 | 151 | 354 | 51 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 42 | ||||
| NHL overall | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
International
Represented the USA at:
| year | team | event | result | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | |
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| 2009 | United States | U18 World Cup |
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7th | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4th | |
| Juniors overall | 7th | 0 | 3 | 3 | 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 )
family
Samuelsson is the son of the former Swedish national player and multiple Stanley Cup winner Ulf Samuelsson , who played 1212 games in the National Hockey League . His three siblings are all involved in ice hockey. His brother Henrik Samuelsson (* 1994) was selected in the first round of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft . He was also world champion in the U18 junior division in 2011 , before making his debut in the NHL for the Arizona Coyotes in the 2014/15 season . The youngest brother Adam (* 2000) is also considered a promising talent. His sister Victoria Samuelsson (* 1996) has been the Swedish national player since 2013 .
Web links
- Philip Samuelsson in the database of the National Hockey League (English)
- Philip Samuelsson at eliteprospects.com (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Samuelsson, Philip |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Samuelsson, Philip Bo (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American ice hockey player of Swedish origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 26, 1991 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leksand , Sweden |