Anton Karlsson (ice hockey, born 1996)

Anton Karlsson
Born (1996-08-03) August 3, 1996
Lerum, Sweden
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb)
Position Winger
Shoots Left
SHL team
Former teams
Frölunda HC
Skellefteå AIK
NHL Draft 87th overall, 2014
Arizona Coyotes
Playing career 2013present
Medal record
Ice hockey
Competitor for  Sweden
World Junior Championships
2014 Malmö

Anton Karlsson (born August 3, 1996) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing with the Frölunda HC organization. He was selected in the 5th round (164th overall) by Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the 2013 KHL Junior Draft[1] and was also drafted by the Arizona Coyotes in the third round (87th overall) of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.

At the age of 17, Karlsson captained the Swedish team at the 2013 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament,[2] made his professional debut with the Mora IK of HockeyAllsvenskan during the 2013-14 season,[3] and won a silver medal playing with Team Sweden at the 2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.[4]

Karlsson made his Swedish Hockey League debut playing with Skellefteå AIK during the 2014–15 SHL season.

Anton is the younger brother of Erik Karlsson, who also currently plays for Frölunda HC.

Awards and honours

Awards Year
IIHF World U20 Championship Silver Medal with Team Sweden 2014 [5]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2012–13 Frölunda HC J20 17 4 4 8 4 3 1 1 2 0
2013–14 Frölunda HC J20 28 12 10 22 88 3 0 2 2 2
2013–14 Mora IK Swe-2 9 0 0 0 2
2014–15 Skellefteå AIK SHL 6 0 1 1 0
2014–15 Frölunda HC SHL 9 0 1 1 2

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
2014 Sweden Jr. WJC 50000

References

External links

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