Ricard Persson

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SwedenSweden  Ricard Persson Ice hockey player
Date of birth August 24, 1969
place of birth Ostersund , Sweden
size 188 cm
Weight 93 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1987 , 2nd round, 23rd position
New Jersey Devils
Career stations
1984-1987 Östersunds IK
1987-1993 Leksands IF
1993-1995 Malmo Redhawks
1995-1996 New Jersey Devils
1996-2000 St. Louis Blues
2000-2002 Ottawa Senators
2002-2005 Polar bears Berlin
2005-2007 EC KAC
2007-2009 Ōji Eagles
2009-2010 SG Cortina

Ricard Lars Persson (born August 24, 1969 in Östersund ) is a former Swedish ice hockey player who was active from 1995 to 2002 for the New Jersey Devils , St. Louis Blues and Ottawa Senators in the National Hockey League . Since July 2010 he has worked as a scout for the Minnesota Wild .

Career

Persson began his career in 1984 with Östersunds IK in the second highest Swedish league. His good performance led to the fact that he was signed by Leksands IF from the Elitserien three years later . In the 1987 NHL Entry Draft , he was selected in the second round at a total of 23rd position by the New Jersey Devils . He won the Swedish championship in the Elitserien with Malmö IF in the 1993/94 season . In 1995 he got a contract with the New Jersey Devils, but in the following years Persson played mostly for their farm team , the Albany River Rats , in the American Hockey League . In November 1996 he was bartered to the St. Louis Blues and the defender received not only stakes for the Blues in the NHL but also Ice Age with the Worcester IceCats in the AHL. In the 1999/2000 season he won the Presidents' Trophy with the Blues as the best point team of the season, before the team failed in the first round of the playoffs in seven encounters at the San Jose Sharks . In July 2000 he signed a contract with the Ottawa Senators as a free agent . During the 2000/01 season , Persson missed several months of the regular season due to an ankle injury.

In August 2002 the Swedish defender was signed by the Eisbären Berlin . The then 32-year-old received a one-year contract. In the 2004/05 season he won the German championship in the German Ice Hockey League with the Eisbären . In April 2005 he signed a three-year contract with EC KAC with an exit clause after two years. With his Japanese club Ōji Ice Hockey Team , he prevailed 3-2 in the third play-off final against last year's champions Nippon Paper Cranes in March 2008 .

In the summer of 2009 he signed a contract for one year with SG Cortina in the Italian A1 series . In July 2010, he ended his playing career and became a scout with the Minnesota Wild .

International

For Sweden Persson took part in the Ice Hockey World Championship 2000 , in which he remained pointless in seven games and received six penalty minutes. During his junior years he represented his home country at the U18 European Championship in 1987 and won the gold medal with the Swedish selection. Persson also represented the Swedish junior team at the Junior World Championships in 1988 and 1989 . In the latter tournament, he contributed nine scorer points to the silver medal win and was then named the best defender of the tournament and voted into the All-Star team.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league GP G A. Pts PIM GP G A. Pts PIM
1988/89 Leksands IF SEL 33 2 4th 6th 28 - - - - -
1989/90 Leksands IF SEL 40 9 10 19th 56 3 0 0 0 6th
1990/91 Leksands IF SEL 19th 3 4th 7th 22nd - - - - -
1991/92 Leksands IF SEL 21st 0 7th 7th 28 - - - - -
1992/93 Leksands IF SEL 36 7th 15th 22nd 63 - - - - -
1993/94 Malmö IF SEL 40 11 9 20th 63 - - - - -
1994/95 Malmö IF SEL 31 3 13 16 38 9 0 2 2 6th
1994/95 Albany River Rats AHL - - - - - 9 3 5 8th 7th
1995/96 Albany River Rats AHL 67 15th 31 46 59 4th 0 0 0 7th
1995/96 New Jersey Devils NHL 12 2 1 3 8th - - - - -
1996/97 Albany River Rats AHL 13 1 4th 5 8th - - - - -
1996/97 New Jersey Devils NHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1996/97 St. Louis Blues NHL 53 4th 8th 12 45 6th 0 0 0 27
1997/98 Worcester IceCats AHL 32 2 16 18th 58 10 3 7th 10 24
1997/98 St. Louis Blues NHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1998/99 St. Louis Blues NHL 54 1 12 13 94 13 0 3 3 17th
1998/99 Worcester IceCats AHL 19th 6th 4th 10 42 - - - - -
1999/00 Worcester IceCats AHL 2 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
1999/00 St. Louis Blues NHL 41 0 8th 8th 38 3 1 0 1 0
2000/01 Ottawa Senators NHL 33 1 8th 9 35 2 0 0 0 0
2001/02 Ottawa Senators NHL 34 2 7th 9 42 2 0 0 0 15th
2002/03 Polar bears Berlin DEL 42 11 24 35 80 9 1 5 6th 2
2003/04 Polar bears Berlin DEL 25th 6th 7th 13 36 11 3 5 8th 10
2004/05 Polar bears Berlin DEL 52 4th 14th 18th 40 12 0 1 1 4th
2005/06 EC KAC EBEL 48 17th 18th 35 40 - - - - -
2006/07 EC KAC EBEL 36 7th 14th 21st 98 - - - - -
2007/08 Ōji Seishi Ice Hockey Bu ALIH 30th 11 17th 28 54 9 4th 7th 11 24
2008/09 Ōji Eagles ALIH 32 12 25th 37 68 2 0 2 2 2
2009/10 SG Cortina Series A1 40 10 20th 30th 30th - - - - -
NHL overall 229 10 44 54 262 26th 1 3 4th 59
AHL total 133 24 56 80 167 23 6th 12 18th 38
SEL total 241 37 62 99 268 36 2 6th 8th 34
DEL total 119 21st 45 66 156 32 4th 11 15th 16
EBEL total 84 24 32 56 138 - - - - -
ALIH total 62 23 42 65 122 11 4th 9 13 26th

International

Represented Sweden at:

year team Event GP G A. Pts PIM
1987 Sweden U18 European Championship 7th 2 1 3 0
1988 Sweden U20 World Cup 7th 2 5 7th 12
1989 Sweden U20 World Cup 7th 3 6th 9 10
2000 Sweden WM 7th 0 0 0 6th
Juniors overall 21st 7th 12 19th 22nd
Seniors total 7th 0 0 0 6th

( 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 )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ berlinonline.de, NHL professional Persson a polar bear
  2. ↑ news.at, The KAC hired NHL-experienced Persson
  3. ↑ welli-berlin.de, Ricard Persson wins the Asian championship in Japan

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personal data
SURNAME Persson, Ricard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Persson, Ricard Lars (full name); Persson, Rickard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Ostersund , Sweden