2011-12 SEASON
Completed his first season with Calgary (WHL), leading all Hitmen skaters in goals (33)… Ranked third on the team in scoring with 63 points (33g, 30a) in 64 games played… Earned Rookie of the Year honors for the Hitmen… Had 18 multi-point games, including five multi-goal efforts… Led Calgary and ranked tied for 15th in the WHL with 14 power-play goals… Netted his first WHL goal and added his first WHL assists in his second game, at Lethbridge (9/30)… Scored a hat trick, including two power-play tallies, at Swift Current (10/18)… Had a six-game point streak from 12/9-1/13 (2g, 5a)… Registered three consecutive multi-point efforts from 1/20-1/25, notching seven points in that span (4g, 3a)… Had a season-best, eight-game point streak from 2/15-3/2 (7g, 6a)… Notched his fourth three-point game of the season with a goal and two assists at Kootenay (3/16)… Suffered a knee injury in the final game of the regular season vs. Kootenay (3/17), and missed all of Calgary’s first-round loss to Brandon.
CAREER
Drafted by the Hurricanes in the second round, 42nd overall, of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft… Had totaled 63 points (33g, 30a) in 64 career Western Hockey League (WHL) games entering the 2012-13 season… Has represented Sweden in 11 international competitions… Skated in four games at the 2009 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament… Totaled five points (3g, 2a) and was (+6) in six games at the 2010 U18 World Junior Championship in Belarus, helping Sweden capture the silver medal… Had eight points (1g, 7a) in six games and was the Player of the Game in the bronze-medal match at the 2010 World U17 Hockey Challenge in Timmons, Ontario… Earned five points (2g, 3a) and was (+5) in six games at the 2011 U18 World Junior Championships in Germany, as Sweden again won silver… Was named one of Sweden’s top three players in that tournament… Played six games at the 2012 IIHF World Junior Championship in Canada, helping Sweden capture gold at the event for the first time in 31 years… Played his first season for Leksand’s J-20 Super Elite team in 2009-10, netting 22 goals and adding 19 assists (41 points) in 39 games… Also made his debut in Allsvenskan, the top Swedish minor league, skating in eight games… Spent the majority of the 2010-11 season with Leksand’s team in HockeyAllsvenskan, earning 11 points (5g, 6a) in 37 games.