Pelle Prestberg

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Position Right wing
Shoots Right
Height
Weight
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
171 lb (78 kg/12 st 3 lb)
SWE-2 Team
F. teams
Leksands IF
Västra Frölunda HC
Färjestads BK
Nationality Flag of Sweden Sweden
Born February 5, 1975 (1975-02-05) (age 33),
Karlstad, SWE
NHL Draft 233rd overall, 1998
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Pro career 1997 – present

Pelle Per-Erik Lennart Prestberg (born February 5, 1975 in Karlstad, Sweden) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing for Leksands IF.

Played for several minor leagues clubs in Sweden before he was signed by Färjestads BK in 1997. He was very successful in his first year with Färjestad, in 45 games he scored 29 goals and 15 assists, which was, and still are, record for a rookie in the Swedish Elite League for points and goals.[citation needed] In the playoffs the success continued and Prestberg 9 goals and 2 assists in 11 games to help Färjestad win the Swedish Championship. In the end of the season Prestberg also made his debut in the Swedish national team. He was also drafted after the season, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim drafted him in 9th round of the 1998 NHL Entry Draft as the 233rd pick overall. His second season with Färjestad he didn't score has much points as in his debut-season, but 33 points in 48 games was still a good season for Prestberg. But his third season he only got 22 points and after that season he signed with Färjestads rival Västra Frölunda HC. He stayed with Frölunda for two years, but he didn't have the same success as he had in Färjestad, so in the summer of 2002 he moved back to Färjestad. But his comeback season was not good, only 12 goals and a total of 18 points in 45 games. But the next season he showed both the club and the fans that he still was a good goalscorer. He scored 22 goals and a total of 45 points, he highest in Färjestad that year. But that didn't help Färjestad who lost in final of playoffs the second year in a row. Also the next year Färjestad finished second. But in 2005/06 Prestberg and Färjestad won the gold after they deafted Prestberg old club, Frölunda HC, in the final. Before the 2008/09 season, Färjestad chosed to not renew Prestbergs contract.[1]

Prestberg played with Jörgen Jönsson (center) and Peter Nordström in Färjestad's first line, called Jönssonligan and named after Swedish movie. The line was one of the best in Sweden.

[edit] Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1997-98 Färjestads BK Elitserien 45 29 15 44 27 12 9 2 11 8
1998-99 Färjestads BK Elitserien 48 18 15 33 28 4 0 1 1 4
1999-00 Färjestads BK Elitserien 48 13 9 22 26 7 1 1 2 18
2000-01 Västra Frölunda HC Elitserien 50 14 9 23 18 5 0 0 0 0
2001-02 Västra Frölunda HC Elitserien 50 14 11 25 28 10 5 0 5 12
2002-03 Färjestads BK Elitserien 45 12 6 18 26 14 5 1 6 8
2003-04 Färjestads BK Elitserien 50 22 23 45 50 12 2 1 3 2
2004-05 Färjestads BK Elitserien 49 21 14 35 48 15 3 2 5 12
2005-06 Färjestads BK Elitserien 44 10 10 20 26 18 5 8 13 8
2006-07 Färjestads BK Elitserien 54 19 29 48 38 8 3 3 6 16
Elitserien totals 483 172 141 313 315 105 33 19 52 88

Statistics as of March 29, 2007[1][2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.hockeyligan.se/spelare.php?spelare=Pelle%20Prestberg&klubb=Färjestads%20BK Prestberg's stats season 2006/2007 from Hockeyligan.se retrieved 2007/04/02
  2. ^ http://www.hockeyligan.se/spelarstatistik.php?lag=FBK Table of playoffs stats of FBK players 2006/2007 from Hockeyligan.se retrieved 2007/04/02


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