Robin Figren

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Robin Figren
Date of birth March 7, 1988
place of birth Stockholm , Sweden
size 180 cm
Weight 80 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2006 , 3rd round, 70th position
New York Islanders
Career stations
2005-2006 Frölunda HC
2006-2007 Calgary Hitmen
2007-2008 Edmonton Oil Kings
2008-2009 Djurgårdens IF
2009-2011 Bridgeport Sound Tigers
2011-2013 Linköpings HC
2013-2017 Frölunda HC
2017-2019 HV71
since 2019 EHC Kloten

Robin Figren (born March 7, 1988 in Stockholm ) is a Swedish ice hockey player who has been under contract with EHC Kloten in the Swiss League since June 2019 and plays there in the position of left winger .

Career

Figren went through the youth department of Hammarby IF , the club of his hometown, during his junior years . For the 2004/05 season he moved to the junior division of Frölunda HC in Gothenburg , where he matured into one of the best junior players under 18 in Sweden this season. Also in the following season he was used in the junior teams of the club from Gothenburg. He was also able to play two games with the first team in the Elitserien and the European Champions Cup and was invited to the Swedish U18 national squad for the U18 Junior World Championship in 2006 .

After he was selected in the third round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in 70th place by the New York Islanders , he moved straight to North America. There he ran in the 2006/07 season for the Calgary Hitmen from the Western Hockey League . In 62 games he scored 27 points there. For the 2007/08 season he went to the Edmonton Oil Kings within the league . At the end of 2007 he was appointed to the squad for the U20 World Junior Championship in 2008 . There he won the silver medal. For the 2008/09 season Figren returned to Sweden and completed almost the entire season at Djurgårdens IF in the Elitserien. He then moved back to North America and was appointed to the roster of the Bridgeport Sound Tigers , the New York Islanders' farm team. During the 2009/10 season, the Swede became a regular in Bridgeport.

For the 2011/12 season Figren returned to his Swedish homeland, where he was signed by Linköpings HC. After four years at Frölunda HC , during which he won the Le Mat Cup with the Indians in 2016 and twice the Champions Hockey League , his contract expired and Figren signed a two-year contract with HV71 in May 2017 .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2005/06 Frölunda HC Elitserien 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2006/07 Calgary Hitmen WHL 62 10 17th 27 54 18th 4th 4th 8th 18th
2007/08 Edmonton Oil Kings WHL 35 18th 13 31 46 - - - - -
2008/09 Djurgårdens IF Elitserien 49 3 6th 9 28 - - - - -
2008/09 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 3 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
2009/10 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 62 3 4th 7th 24 4th 1 1 2 6th
2010/11 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 76 14th 16 30th 39 - - - - -
2011/12 Linköpings HC Elitserien 51 9 10 19th 57 - - - - -
2012/13 Linköpings HC Elitserien 55 9 4th 13 28 10 4th 3 7th 10
2013/14 Frölunda HC SHL 43 9 14th 23 54 7th 0 1 1 6th
2014/15 Frölunda HC SHL 49 16 15th 31 26th 9 0 1 1 4th
2015/16 Frölunda HC SHL 52 9 13 22nd 24 16 1 1 2 4th
2016/17 Frölunda HC SHL 48 11 10 21st 33 14th 0 1 1 4th
2017/18 HV71 SHL 49 5 15th 20th 14th 2 0 0 0 0
WHL overall 97 28 30th 58 100 18th 4th 4th 8th 18th
AHL total 141 17th 21st 38 65 4th 1 1 2 6th

International

Represented Sweden at:

year team event Sp T V Pt SM
2006 Sweden U18 World Cup 6th 3 2 5 14th
2008 Sweden U20 World Cup 6th 5 2 7th 2
Juniors overall 12 8th 4th 12 16

( 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

Individual evidence

  1. robin figren ready for LHC ( sv ) In: lhc.eu . April 20, 2011. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved on May 11, 2011.
  2. Forward trio to HV71 ( sv ) hv71.se. May 10, 2017. Retrieved May 10, 2017.