Sebastian Aho (ice hockey player, 1996)
Date of birth | February 17, 1996 |
place of birth | Umeå , Sweden |
size | 177 cm |
Weight | 79 kg |
position | defender |
Shot hand | Left |
Draft | |
KHL Junior Draft |
2016 , 1st round, 5th position HK Vitjas |
NHL Entry Draft |
2017 , 5th round, 139th position New York Islanders |
Career stations | |
2009-2011 | IF Björklöven |
2011-2017 | Skellefteå AIK |
since 2017 |
New York Islanders Bridgeport Sound Tigers |
Sebastian Aho (* 17th February 1996 in Umeå ) is a Swedish ice hockey player who, since July 2017 the New York Islanders in the National Hockey League is under contract and in parallel for their farm team, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in the American Hockey League for Use comes.
Career
In his youth, Sebastian Aho went through the junior departments of IF Björklöven before moving to the traditional club Skellefteå AIK for the 2011/12 season. At the beginning of the 2012/13 season he was regularly used for the J20 of the club in the J20 SuperElit , the highest junior league in Sweden, while he made his debut in a game for the men's selection in the Elitserien and thus in the professional area. There he was regularly on the ice from the 2013/14 season and became Swedish champion with the team in the same year .
In the 2017 NHL Entry Draft , Aho was selected in 139th position by the New York Islanders , who provided the Swedes with an entry-level contract a little later . He was then used with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in the American Hockey League (AHL) before he was appointed to the Islanders' squad for the first time in December 2017 and subsequently made his debut in the National Hockey League (NHL).
International
At international level, Aho won the World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2013 with Sweden's U17 selection . He then took part in the U18 World Championships in 2013 and 2014 and in the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2013 , where he missed the medal ranks with the teams as well as with the U20 national team of Sweden at the U20 World Cup 2015 . The defender also made his debut for the senior national team in his home country as part of the Euro Hockey Tour 2016/17.
Achievements and Awards
- 2013 gold medal at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge
- 2014 Swedish champion with Skellefteå AIK
- 2019 participation in the AHL All-Star Classic
- 2020 participation in the AHL All-Star Classic
Career statistics
Status: end of the 2018/19 season
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | +/- | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | +/- | SM | ||
2012/13 | Skellefteå AIK J20 | J20 SuperElit | 38 | 1 | 11 | 12 | +9 | 14th | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ||
2012/13 | Skellefteå AIK | Elitserien | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2013/14 | Skellefteå AIK J20 | J20 SuperElit | 27 | 7th | 16 | 23 | +11 | 18th | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2013/14 | Skellefteå AIK | SHL | 21st | 1 | 4th | 5 | -1 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | ||
2014/15 | Skellefteå AIK J20 | J20 SuperElit | 4th | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2014/15 | Skellefteå AIK | SHL | 41 | 1 | 8th | 9 | +10 | 14th | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4th | +3 | 8th | ||
2015/16 | Skellefteå AIK | SHL | 39 | 3 | 13 | 16 | +5 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 4th | 7th | +5 | 6th | ||
2016/17 | Skellefteå AIK | SHL | 50 | 10 | 20th | 30th | –6 | 10 | 7th | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 0 | ||
2017/18 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | AHL | 40 | 9 | 20th | 29 | ± 0 | 20th | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2017/18 | New York Islanders | NHL | 22nd | 1 | 3 | 4th | -5 | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2018/19 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | AHL | 67 | 9 | 37 | 46 | +4 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 6th | ||
J20 SuperElit overall | 69 | 8th | 29 | 37 | +18 | 36 | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | ||||
Elitserien / SHL overall | 152 | 15th | 45 | 60 | +8 | 38 | 49 | 4th | 9 | 13 | +3 | 14th | ||||
AHL total | 107 | 18th | 57 | 75 | +4 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 6th | ||||
NHL overall | 22nd | 1 | 3 | 4th | -5 | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | - |
International
Represented the Swedes at:
year | team | event | result | Sp | T | V | Pt | +/- | SM | |
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2013 | Sweden | WHC | 6th | 0 | 4th | 4th | 14th | |||
2013 | Sweden | U18 World Cup | 5th place | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 4th | |
2013 | Sweden | Hlinka Memorial | 7th place | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | |
2014 | Sweden | U18 World Cup | 4th Place | 4th | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 8th | |
2015 | Sweden | U20 World Cup | 4th Place | 7th | 1 | 3 | 4th | +1 | 2 | |
Juniors overall | 24 | 3 | 7th | 10 | 28 |
( 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
- ↑ Aho Agrees to Entry-Level Deal. nhl.com, July 5, 2017, accessed July 6, 2017 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Ahoy, Sebastian |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 17, 1996 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Umeå , Sweden |