Pontus Åberg

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Pontus Åberg
Born (1993-09-23) September 23, 1993
Stockholm, Sweden
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shoots Right
SHL team Färjestad BK
National team  Sweden
NHL Draft 37th overall, 2012
Nashville Predators
Playing career 2011present

Pontus Åberg (born September 23, 1993) is a Swedish ice hockey player who is currently in the Färjestad BK organization. He represented team Stockholm at the Rikspucken, a national tournament in Sweden. He made his Elitserien debut during the 2010–11 season, as an extra forward in the second game of the season against Modo Hockey, but did not get any time on the ice.[1] Åberg currently plays with the junior team of Djurgårdens IF in the J20 SuperElit. Åberg extended his contract with Djurgården to the 2013–14 season in May 2011.[2] Åberg played a total of five games, scoring two points in the 2011 edition of the pre-season tournament European Trophy. Åberg received his first time on the ice in an Elitserien game and also scored his first goal in Elitserien in the league premier against HV71 on September 15, 2011.[3][4] He scored the game-winning goal in the shootouts against Färjestad BK on September 29, 2011.[5]

After a start to the 2011–12 Elitserien season that included getting five goals and three assists in the first fourteen games, Åberg was announced to be the first of four candidates for that season's Elitserien Rookie of the Year.[6]

On June 23, 2012, he was chosen in the second round (#37 overall) of the NHL Draft by the Nashville Predators.

From the season 2013/2014 and on, Åberg will play for Färjestad BK.

Statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2009–10 Djurgårdens IF J20 SuperElit 110114
2010–11 Djurgårdens IF J20 SuperElit 4113173016 42352
2010–11 Djurgårdens IF SEL 10000
2011–12 Djurgårdens IF SEL 4787156

References

  1. Uhlin, Daniel (September 18, 2010). "Tung eftermiddag i Örnsköldsvik". difhockey.se (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF Hockey. Retrieved September 6, 2011. 
  2. "Juniortrio förlänger med DIF". difhockey.se (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF Hockey. Retrieved September 6, 2011. 
  3. Runemo, Staffan (September 15, 2011). "Liv hyllades när HV71 förlorade". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). TT. Retrieved September 15, 2011. 
  4. Peterson, Jimmy (September 15, 2011). "Ja, han är sjutton år - Åberg matchvinnare". difhockey.se (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF Hockey. Retrieved September 15, 2011. 
  5. Grefve, Daniel (September 29, 2011). "Sämsta mästarna". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved September 29, 2011. 
  6. "Pontus Åberg årets rookiekandidat". Svenska Ishockeyförbundet (in Swedish). November 1, 2011. 

Åberg moves to Färjestad BK (Swedish)

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