Patrick Bjorkstrand

Patrick Bjorkstrand (born July 1, 1992) is a Danish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for EC VSV of the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL). 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
Born (1992-07-01) July 1, 1992
Herning, Denmark
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
EBEL team
Former teams		 EC VSV
Herning Blue Fox
Medveščak Zagreb
SaiPa
Ontario Reign
KooKoo
Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers
TPS
National team  Denmark
Playing career 2009–present

He is the son of hockey coach Todd Bjorkstrand and the older brother of Oliver Bjorkstrand.

Playing career

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 July 14, 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 August 3, 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 June 5, 2018.[6] He contributed with his two-way play, recording 10 goals and 20 points in 59 games in the 2018–19 season.

On June 5, 2019, Bjorkstrand left the Liiga as a free agent, signing a one-year contract with Austrian club, EC Panaceo VSV, of the EBEL.[7]

International play

Bjorkstrand competed in the 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Denmark men's national ice hockey team.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
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
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 WJC18-D1 5 2 3 5 0
2010 Denmark WJC18-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
Junior totals 26 11 18 29 10
Senior totals 32 2 4 6 10

References
  1. "Young forwards Patrick Bjorkstrand and Luke Walker join the Bears" (in Croatian). Medveščak Zagreb. 2013-06-24. Retrieved 2013-06-24.
  2. "Bjorkstrand završava sezonu u finskoj SaiPi". www.medvescak.com. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
  3. "Kings sign Patrick Bjorkstrand to one-year ELC". LA Kings Insider. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
  4. "KooKoo vahvistuu Tanskan maajoukkuehyökkääjällä - Bjorkstrand matkaa Kouvolaan". www.jatkoaika.com (in Finnish). August 3, 2017. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
  5. "Ice Tigers verpflichten Patrick Bjorkstrand | Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers Nürnberg". www.icetigers.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-02-21.
  6. "HC TPS strengthens with Patrick Bjorkstrand". HC TPS (in Finnish). 2018-06-05. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
  7. "EC Panaceo VSV land transfer coup". EC VSV (in Russian). June 5, 2019. Retrieved June 5, 2019.


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