Jens Hellgren

Jens Hellgren
Born March 6, 1989 (1989-03-06) (age 23)
Björbo, Sweden
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
Allsv team
Former teams
Mora IK
Borås HC
National team  Sweden
NHL Draft 155th overall, 2007
Colorado Avalanche
Playing career 2008–present
Medal record
Competitor for  Sweden
Ice hockey
World U18 Championship
Bronze 2007 Tampere

Jens Hellgren (born March 6, 1989) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman, currently playing for Mora IK in the HockeyAllsvenskan.

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Playing career

Hellgren started playing ice hockey with his home town team Björbo IF, before joining Leksands IF's junior organisation in 2003.[1] In 2005 he represented Dalarna in TV-pucken, the same year he moved to Gothenburg to play for Frölunda HC's junior organisation. In his first season with Frölunda at age 16, he played 22 regular season games in the J20 SuperElit, and six games in the playoffs, winning a silver medal in the Swedish Junior Championship finals. The following season Hellgren appeared in 40 games, scoring four goals and ten points, he went pointless through seven games in the playoffs as Frölunda won the Swedish Junior Championship. His play earned him a spot on Team Sweden's roster for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships, where he helped Sweden winning a bronze medal. His achievements during the season led the Colorado Avalanche to select him, 155th overall, in the sixth round of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. During the 2007–08 season Hellgren again appeared in 40 games, improving his point production to four goals and 14 points, he notched one assist in eight playoff games, as Frölunda won their second consecutive Swedish Junior Championship. For the 2008–09 season Hellgren was assigned to Frölunda's HockeyAllsvenskan affiliate Borås HC,[2] in his first year playing senior hockey Hellgren played in 45 games, scoring two goals and eight points, he also played four games for Team Sweden's U20 team, scoring one goal and four points. Borås missed the playoffs and Hellgren signed a one-year contract with Borås for the 2009–10 season. in his second season with Borås Hellgren played 50 games, scoring two goals—both being game winning goals—and one assist while collecting 75 penalty minutes, Borås again missed the playoffs and Hellgren signed a one-year contract extension.[3] Hellgren started the 2010–11 season well but suffered a concussion and did not reach the same level of play after he returned to play,[1] in total Hellgren played 41 games, scoring one goal and seven points. After the season Hellgren signed a two-year contract with Mora IK.[4]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2005–06 Frölunda HC J20 22 0 0 0 4 6 0 0 0 0
2006–07 Frölunda HC J20 40 4 6 10 26 7 0 0 0 2
2007–08 Frölunda HC J20 40 4 10 14 20 8 0 1 1 2
2008–09 Borås HC Allsv 45 2 6 8 16
2009–10 Borås HC Allsv 50 2 1 3 75
2010–11 Borås HC Allsv 41 1 6 7 22
J20 totals 102 8 16 24 50 21 0 1 1 4
Allsv totals 136 5 13 18 113

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
2007 Sweden Jr. WJC U18 6 0 0 0 6
Junior int' totals 46 4 11 15 26

References

  1. ^ a b Johansson, Ronnie (2011-10-31). "Redo för daladerby" (in Swedish). Hockeysverige.se. http://www.hockeysverige.se/article/12516496/redo-for-daladerby. Retrieved 2011-11-27. 
  2. ^ Pettersson, Robert (2008-05-21). "Jens Hellgren till Borås" (in Swedish). Hockeysverige.se. http://www.hockeysverige.se/article/558136/jens-hellgren-till-boras. Retrieved 2011-11-27. 
  3. ^ Gustavsson, Jonas (2010). "Två kuggar kvar i Borås" (in Swedish). HockeyAllsvenskan.se. http://www.hockeyallsvenskan.se/nyheter/2010/3/tv%C3%A5-kuggar-kvar-i-bor%C3%A5s. Retrieved 2011-11-27. 
  4. ^ Bäcke, Gunnar (2011-03-29). "Jens Hellgren klar för Mora IK" (in Swedish). Dalarnas Tidningar. http://www.dt.se/sport/hockeyfeber/1.3086290-jens-hellgren-klar-for-mora-ik. Retrieved 2011-11-27. 

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