Rasmus Andersson

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Rasmus Andersson
Date of birth October 27, 1996
place of birth Malmo , Sweden
size 182 cm
Weight 97 kg
position defender
Shot hand Right
Draft
KHL Junior Draft 2013 , 2nd round, 48th position
HC Lev Prague
NHL Entry Draft 2015 , 2nd round, 53rd position
Calgary Flames
Career stations
until 2014 Malmo Redhawks
2014-2016 Barrie Colts
2016-2018 Stockton Heat
since 2018 Calgary Flames

Rasmus Calle Alfred Andersson (born October 27, 1996 in Malmö ) is a Swedish ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Calgary Flames from the National Hockey League since September 2015 and plays for them in the position of defender .

Career

Andersson in the Barrie Colts jersey (2016)

Andersson was born in Malmö, Sweden , while his father was playing for Malmö IF . The ice hockey games, he learned, however, the Swiss Lugano , during an engagement of his father when HC Lugano . The family then returned to Malmö, where Rasmus Andersson played in the Malmö Redhawks junior division until summer 2014 . In the 2012/13 season he made his debut for the professional team in the second-rate HockeyAllsvenskan , while he mainly ran for the A-Juniors in the J20 SuperElit .

In the summer of 2014, the defender was selected in the CHL Import Draft by the Barrie Colts from the Ontario Hockey League , after which he decided to move to North America. He paid no attention to the selection in the KHL Junior Draft 2013 by HC Lev Prague from the Continental Hockey League . The Swede spent two seasons with the Barrie Colts and was elected to one of the All-Star teams thanks to his at least 60 scorer points . In addition, Andersson was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2015 in the second round 53rd position by the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League .

After two years in Barrie, the junior period ended for the almost 20-year-old after he had signed an NHL entry contract with the Flames in September 2015 . In his first full professional season, the offensive defender was used by the Stockton Heat in the American Hockey League , the farm team of the Calgary Flames. At the end of the 2016/17 season , he also made his debut in the NHL for Calgary. In the following season ten more NHL appearances were added, while Andersson continued to play mainly for Stockton. At the beginning of the 2018/19 game year , Andersson was finally firmly in the NHL lineup of the Calgary Flames. In January 2020, he signed a new six-year contract in Calgary that should earn him an average annual salary of $ 4.55 million.

International

For his home country, Andersson played in the junior division from the U16 national team and subsequently took part in the U18 Junior World Championships in 2013 and 2014 and the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2013 .

Achievements and Awards

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 Malmö Redhawks U20 J20 SuperElit 13 0 3 3 6th 3 0 0 0 0
2012/13 Malmö Redhawks U20 J20 SuperElit 8th 5 1 6th 48 1 0 0 0 2
2012/13 Malmo Redhawks Allsvenskan 38 3 8th 11 22nd - - - - -
2013/14 Malmö Redhawks U20 J20 SuperElit 8th 1 4th 5 12 - - - - -
2013/14 Malmo Redhawks Allsvenskan 43 3 10 13 26th 10 0 1 1 0
2014/15 Barrie Colts OHL 67 12 52 64 88 9 1 3 4th 6th
2015/16 Barrie Colts OHL 64 9 51 60 60 15th 2 13 15th 16
2016/17 Stockton Heat AHL 54 3 19th 22nd 38 5 0 0 0 6th
2016/17 Calgary Flames NHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2017/18 Stockton Heat AHL 56 9 30th 39 41 - - - - -
2017/18 Calgary Flames NHL 10 0 0 0 4th - - - - -
2018/19 Calgary Flames NHL 79 2 17th 19th 23 5 1 2 3 2
2019/20 Calgary Flames NHL 70 5 17th 22nd 57 10 3 2 5 6th
J20 SuperElit overall 29 6th 8th 14th 66 4th 0 0 0 2
HockeyAllsvenskan total 81 6th 18th 24 48 10 0 1 1 0
OHL total 131 21st 103 124 148 24 3 16 19th 22nd
AHL total 110 12 49 61 79 5 0 0 0 6th
NHL overall 160 7th 34 41 84 15th 4th 4th 8th 8th

International

Represented Sweden at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2013 Sweden U18 World Cup 5th place 5 1 0 1 6th
2013 Sweden HIMT 7th place 4th 0 4th 4th 10
2014 Sweden U18 World Cup 4th Place 7th 2 1 3 14th
Juniors overall 16 3 5 8th 30th

( 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

Anderssons comes from a family of athletes. His father Peter was also a professional ice hockey player and was active in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers and Florida Panthers , among others . As a player, he celebrated six championship wins in four European countries and three medal wins at world championships . After the end of his career, he started a coaching career. Andersson's two year older brother Calle is also a professional ice hockey player in Europe, but also played in North America at times.

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personal data
SURNAME Andersson, Rasmus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Andersson, Rasmus Calle Alfred (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1996
PLACE OF BIRTH Malmo , Sweden