Patrick_Bjorkstrand
Patrick Bjorkstrand
Danish professional ice hockey forward
Patrick Bjorkstrand (born 1 July 1992) is a Danish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for Aalborg Pirates of the Metal Ligaen (DEN). He formerly played with the Ontario Reign of the AHL while under contract to the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL).
| Patrick Bjorkstrand | |||
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Bjorkstrand with Mora IK in 2012 | |||
| Born |
(1992-07-01) 1 July 1992 (age 31) Herning, Denmark | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| Metal team Former teams |
Aalborg Pirates Herning Blue Fox Medveščak Zagreb SaiPa Ontario Reign KooKoo Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers TPS EC VSV | ||
| National team |
 Denmark | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2009–present | ||
He is the son of hockey coach Todd Bjorkstrand and the older brother of Oliver Bjorkstrand.
Bjorkstrand made his first steps at the senior level in his native Denmark with Herning Blue Fox of the Metal Ligaen. He won the Danish national championship with Herning in 2011 and 2012. He spent the 2012–13 campaign with Mora IK of the Swedish HockeyAllsvenskan. From 2013 to 2016, Bjorkstrand played for Medveščak Zagreb of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL),[1] interrupted by a Finland stint with SaiPa in the course of the 2014–15 season.[2]
On 14 July 2016 he signed a one-year, entry-level contract with the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL) and spent the season with the Kings' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate Ontario Reign.[3] After the season Bjorkstrand returned to Finland and signed with KooKoo of Liiga on 3 August 2017.[4] He left Finland in February 2018 to head to Germany, where he signed with the Nürnberg Ice Tigers of the DEL.[5]
In the off-season, Bjorkstrand returned for a third stint in the Finnish Liiga, agreeing as a free agent to a one-year contract with HC TPS on 5 June 2018.[6] He contributed with his two-way play, recording 10 goals and 20 points in 59 games in the 2018–19 season.
On 5 June 2019 Bjorkstrand left the Liiga as a free agent, signing an initial one-year contract with Austrian club, EC Panaceo VSV, of the EBEL.[7]
Bjorkstrand competed in the 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Denmark men's national ice hockey team.
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2009–10 | Herning Blue Fox | DEN | 32 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | Herning Blue Fox | DEN | 38 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | Herning Blue Fox | DEN | 36 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 30 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 10 | ||
| 2012–13 | Mora IK | Allsv | 51 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Medveščak Zagreb | KHL | 54 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | Medveščak Zagreb | KHL | 55 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | SaiPa | Liiga | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2015–16 | Medveščak Zagreb | KHL | 57 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | Ontario Reign | AHL | 42 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | KooKoo | Liiga | 52 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers | DEL | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | TPS | Liiga | 59 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | EC VSV | EBEL | 46 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | EC VSV | ICEHL | 23 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | Aalborg Pirates | DEN | 40 | 17 | 27 | 44 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| KHL totals | 166 | 24 | 26 | 50 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Liiga totals | 122 | 26 | 33 | 59 | 38 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Denmark | U18-D1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2010 | Denmark | U18-D1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | |
| 2010 | Denmark | WJC-D1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |
| 2011 | Denmark | WJC-D1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | |
| 2012 | Denmark | WJC | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | |
| 2013 | Denmark | OGQ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 | Denmark | WC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2014 | Denmark | WC | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2015 | Denmark | WC | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2016 | Denmark | WC | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2022 | Denmark | WC | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Junior totals | 26 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 10 | |||
| Senior totals | 39 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | |||
- "Young forwards Patrick Bjorkstrand and Luke Walker join the Bears" (in Croatian). Medveščak Zagreb. 2013-06-24. Retrieved 2013-06-24.
- "Bjorkstrand završava sezonu u finskoj SaiPi". www.medvescak.com. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
- "Kings sign Patrick Bjorkstrand to one-year ELC". LA Kings Insider. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
- "KooKoo vahvistuu Tanskan maajoukkuehyökkääjällä - Bjorkstrand matkaa Kouvolaan". www.jatkoaika.com (in Finnish). August 3, 2017. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
- "Ice Tigers verpflichten Patrick Bjorkstrand | Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers Nürnberg". www.icetigers.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-02-21.
- "HC TPS strengthens with Patrick Bjorkstrand". HC TPS (in Finnish). 2018-06-05. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
- "EC Panaceo VSV land transfer coup". EC VSV (in Russian). June 5, 2019. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database