Lucas Wallmark

Lucas Wallmark (born 5 September 1995) is a Swedish professional ice hockey center currently playing for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Carolina Hurricanes in the fourth round, 97th overall, at the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.

Lucas Wallmark
Wallmark in 2015
Born (1995-09-05) 5 September 1995
Umeå, Sweden
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb)
Position Centre
Shoots Left
NHL team
Former teams		 Chicago Blackhawks
Skellefteå AIK
Luleå HF
Carolina Hurricanes
Florida Panthers
NHL Draft 97th overall, 2014
Carolina Hurricanes
Playing career 2013–present

Playing career

Wallmark made his Elitserien debut playing with Skellefteå AIK during the 2012–13 Elitserien season.[1] He transferred to SHL rivals, Luleå HF, with which he spent three seasons the following year.

On 11 June 2015, Wallmark signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Carolina Hurricanes.[2]

During the 2017–18 season, on 30 December 2017, Wallmark scored his first NHL goal with the Hurricanes, in a game against the St. Louis Blues.[3] He was reassigned to the Charlotte Checkers on 8 January 2018.[4] Wallmark was named the Checkers' MVP following the team's elimination from the 2018 Calder Cup playoffs.[5]

In the 2019–20 season, through 60 games Wallmark established a career high 11 goals before he was traded by the Hurricanes at the NHL trade deadline along with Erik Haula, Eetu Luostarinen and Chase Priskie to the Florida Panthers in exchange for Vincent Trocheck on 24 February, 2020.[6] He added one goal and an assist in 7 regular season games with the Panthers before the season was paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He returned in the qualifying rounds for the post-season, going scoreless in 2 games.

As an impending restricted free agent, Wallmark was not tendered a qualifying offer by the Panthers, ending his brief tenure with the club on 8 October 2020.[7] As a free agent Wallmark signed a one-year, $950,000 contract with the Chicago Blackhawks on 12 October 2020.[8]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2009–10 Tegs SK Hockey J18 16 3 6 9 37 — — — — —
2009–10 IF Björklöven J18 Allsv 10 1 3 4 0 — — — — —
2010–11 Skellefteå AIK J18 20 14 25 39 6 — — — — —
2010–11 Skellefteå AIK J18 Allsv 16 4 24 28 12 2 1 0 1 0
2011–12 Skellefteå AIK J18 Allsv 2 1 1 2 0 3 3 2 5 2
2011–12 Skellefteå AIK J20 37 11 26 37 14 3 1 2 3 4
2012–13 Skellefteå AIK J20 14 5 11 16 18 — — — — —
2012–13 Skellefteå AIK SEL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2012–13 Karlskrona HK Allsv 16 5 5 10 4 — — — — —
2013–14 Luleå HF SHL 41 3 7 10 2 1 0 0 0 0
2013–14 Asplöven HC Allsv 11 1 7 8 6 — — — — —
2014–15 Luleå HF SHL 50 5 13 18 14 9 0 5 5 2
2015–16 Luleå HF SHL 48 8 24 32 20 11 7 2 9 4
2016–17 Charlotte Checkers AHL 67 24 22 46 28 5 3 3 6 2
2016–17 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 8 0 2 2 2 — — — — —
2017–18 Charlotte Checkers AHL 45 17 38 55 16 8 3 2 5 4
2017–18 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 11 1 0 1 2 — — — — —
2018–19 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 81 10 18 28 36 15 1 4 5 6
2019–20 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 60 11 12 23 18 — — — — —
2019–20 Florida Panthers NHL 7 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 2
SHL totals 141 16 44 60 36 21 7 7 14 6
NHL totals 167 23 33 56 58 17 1 4 5 8

International
Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2011 Sweden IH18 5 0 1 1 0
2012 Sweden IH18 5 4 3 7 2
2013 Sweden WJC18 5th 5 2 3 5 2
2014 Sweden WJC 7 3 5 8 2
2015 Sweden WJC 4th 7 4 2 6 8
Junior totals 29 13 14 27 14

References
  1. "2012-13 Skellefteå AIK player statistics". eliteprospects.com. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  2. "Canes sign forward Lucas Wallmark". Carolina Hurricanes. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  3. "Upshall breaks tie, Blues beat Hurricanes". tsn.ca. 30 December 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  4. Niedzielski, Nicholas (8 January 2018). "HURRICANES ASSIGN LUCAS WALLMARK TO CHARLOTTE". gocheckers.com. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  5. Niedzielski, Nicholas (17 May 2018). "CHECKERS 2017-18 AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED". gocheckers.com. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  6. "Panthers acquire Haula, Wallmark, Luostarinen, Priskie from Carolina". Florida Panthers. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  7. "Lucas Wallmark doesn't get qualifying offer". CBS Sports. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  8. "Blackhawks, Wallmark agree to one-year deal". The Sports Network. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
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