Tim Erixon

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SwedenSweden  Tim Erixon Ice hockey player
Tim Erixon
Date of birth February 24, 1991
place of birth Port Chester , New York , USA
size 189 cm
Weight 93 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2009 , 1st lap, 23rd position
Calgary Flames
KHL Junior Draft 2010 , 7th round, 186th position
Salawat Julajew Ufa
Career stations
2007-2011 Skellefteå AIK
2011–2012 Connecticut Whale
2012-2014 Columbus Blue Jackets
2014-2015 Chicago Blackhawks
2015 Toronto Maple Leafs
2015-2017 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
2017 Binghamton Devils
2017-2018 Springfield Thunderbirds
since 2018 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins

Tim Carl Erixon (born February 24, 1991 in Port Chester , New York , USA ) is a Swedish ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins from the American Hockey League since September 2018 and is on the position for them of the defender plays. His father Jan was also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Tim Erixon, who was born in the USA when his father was there under contract with the New York Rangers , grew up in Sweden and began his career as an ice hockey player in his father's hometown in the youth department of Skellefteå AIK . In the 2007/08 season , the defender made his debut for his professional team in the Elitserien , the top Swedish division, when he was on the ice in two games in which he remained pointless and punished. In the following season he was finally able to assert himself in the professional team of Skellefteå and scored two goals and five assists in a total of 54 games in his first full professional year. At the same time, he came as a loan player to three missions for the second division Malmö Redhawks in the HockeyAllsvenskan and prepared two goals. He was then selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2009 in the first round as a total of 23 players by the Calgary Flames . Then he stayed with his hometown club, where he was able to improve continuously in the following years. In addition, he was selected in the KHL Junior Draft 2010 in the seventh round as the 186th player of Salawat Yulayev Ufa .

On June 1, 2011, the Calgary Flames gave its rights to the New York Rangers in a barter deal. On the same day, the Swede signed a three-year entry-level contract with the New York Rangers. For the 2011/12 season , Erixon was ordered by the New York Rangers to North America, where he played for their farm team Connecticut Whale in the American Hockey League . On July 23, 2012 he was transferred to the Columbus Blue Jackets along with Artyom Anissimow and Brandon Dubinsky and a first-round vote for the 2013 NHL Entry Draft . The New York Rangers received in return Rick Nash , Steven Delisle and a third-round draft pick.

After two years in Columbus, he switched to the Chicago Blackhawks in December 2014 , who in return gave Jeremy Morin to the Blue Jackets. The Swede only stayed there for a few months until he was signed off waiver by the Toronto Maple Leafs in March 2015 . In Toronto he ended the season before he was given to the Pittsburgh Penguins along with Phil Kessel , Tyler Biggs and a second-round vote for the 2016 NHL Entry Draft . The Maple Leafs received in return Kasperi Kapanen , Nick Spaling , Scott Harrington and a first- and a third-round vote for the same draft. In the service of the penguins, the Swede was only used in the AHL with the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins until his contract expired in summer 2017 . As a free agent , he finally received a trial contract with the Binghamton Devils in September , but after five missions it did not become a permanent commitment before he signed a permanent AHL contract with the Springfield Thunderbirds in late October . The following season he returned to the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins.

International

For Sweden , Erixon took part in the U18 World Junior Championship in 2009 , where he scored three goals and six assists in six games. This made him the defender of the tournament with the most goals and scorer points. He was also elected to the All-Star Team and was one of the top three players on his team. He was also in his country's squad at the U20 Junior World Championships in 2009 , 2010 and 2011 . At the U20 World Cup 2009 he and his team won the silver medal, and at the U20 World Cup 2010 the bronze medal. and at the U20 World Cup 2011 he was one of the top three players on his team.

At the 2011 World Cup , he was in his country's senior squad for the first time and won the silver medal with his team straight away.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2006/07 Skellefteå AIK J20 SuperElit 8th 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 4th
2007/08 Skellefteå AIK J20 SuperElit 28 3 11 14th 78 1 0 1 1 4th
2007/08 Skellefteå AIK Elitserien 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2008/09 Skellefteå AIK J20 SuperElit 9 2 12 14th 10 5 2 1 3 4th
2008/09 Skellefteå AIK Elitserien 45 2 5 7th 12 9 0 0 0 4th
2008/09 Malmo Redhawks Allsvenskan 3 0 2 2 0 - - - - -
2009/10 Skellefteå AIK Elitserien 45 7th 6th 13 44 12 1 0 1 8th
2010/11 Skellefteå AIK Elitserien 48 5 19th 24 40 18th 3 5 8th 12
2011/12 Connecticut Whale AHL 52 3 30th 33 42 9 0 4th 4th 8th
2011/12 New York Rangers NHL 18th 0 2 2 8th - - - - -
2012/13 Springfield Falcons AHL 40 5 24 29 38 - - - - -
2012/13 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 31 0 5 5 14th - - - - -
2013/14 Springfield Falcons AHL 39 5 32 37 16 5 1 1 2 4th
2013/14 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 2 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
2014/15 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 19th 1 5 6th 4th - - - - -
2014/15 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 8th 0 0 0 4th - - - - -
2014/15 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 15th 1 0 1 6th - - - - -
2015/16 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 65 3 17th 20th 44 10 2 4th 6th 6th
2016/17 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 54 4th 13 17th 24 5 1 1 2 4th
2017/18 Binghamton Devils AHL 5 0 1 1 4th - - - - -
2017/18 Springfield Thunderbirds AHL 47 2 20th 22nd 40 - - - - -
2018/19 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 28 0 5 5 18th - - - - -
J20SuperElit total 45 5 25th 30th 90 8th 1 3 4th 12
Elitserien total 140 14th 30th 44 96 39 4th 5 9 24
AHL total 331 22nd 1443 165 226 29 4th 10 14th 22nd
NHL overall 93 2 12 14th 38 - - - - -

International

Represented Sweden at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2009 Sweden U20 World Cup 2nd place, silver 5 0 0 0 0
2009 Sweden U18 World Cup 5th place 6th 3 6th 9 12
2010 Sweden U20 World Cup 3rd place, bronze 5 1 2 3 10
2011 Sweden WM 2nd place, silver 9 0 1 1 2
2014 Sweden WM 3rd place, bronze 10 0 2 2 10
Juniors overall 16 4th 8th 12 22nd
Men overall 19th 0 3 3 12

( 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

Commons : Tim Erixon  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dave Lozo: Nash traded to Rangers in five-player deal. National Hockey League , July 23, 2012, accessed July 24, 2012 .
personal data
SURNAME Erixon, Tim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Erixon, Tim Carl (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Port Chester , New York , USA