Oliver Lauridsen

Oliver Holton Lauridsen (born 24 March 1989) is a Danish professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for the Malmö Redhawks of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He previously played for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is the older brother to Markus, who plays in Sweden with Leksands IF.

Oliver Lauridsen
Born (1989-03-24) 24 March 1989
Gentofte, Denmark
Height 6 ft 6 in (198 cm)
Weight 229 lb (104 kg; 16 st 5 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
SHL team
Former teams		 Malmö Redhawks
Philadelphia Flyers
Frölunda HC
Jokerit
National team  Denmark
NHL Draft 196th overall, 2009
Philadelphia Flyers
Playing career 2011–present

Playing career

Lauridsen hails from Gentofte, Denmark, where he started playing ice hockey in the youth ranks of IC Gentofte. He moved to Sweden in 2005 to join Rögle BK before heading to Linköping HC one year later. He played for both clubs at the youth level. In 2008, Lauridsen enrolled at St. Cloud State University.[1]

He was drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers 196th overall in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft and signed a two-year entry-level contract with the Flyers on 15 March 2011 after his third season of college hockey at St. Cloud State.[2][3]

On 29 March 2013, after spending one season with the Adirondack Phantoms he was called up to replace the injured Braydon Coburn.[4] He debuted the next day in a game against the Boston Bruins.[5] A month later, Lauridsen scored his first NHL goal after Boston defenseman Zdeno Chára's attempt to clear the puck deep in his own zone managed to slip past Boston goaltender Anton Khudobin and into the net.[6] Lauridsen was credited with the goal since he was the last Flyers player to have touched the puck and it proved to be the game-winning goal.[6] Two days later he scored the game-winner again, this time via a slapshot that eluded New York Islanders goaltender Kevin Poulin.[7] During his time in North America, he played a total of 16 NHL contests for the Flyers[8] and 264 games in the American Hockey League for the Adirondack Phantoms and Lehigh Valley Phantoms.[9]

On 13 July 2015, Lauridsen signed with Frölunda HC of the Swedish Hockey League[10] and helped the team win the Swedish national championship and the Champions Hockey League in the 2015–16 season. In April 2016, he penned a deal with Helsinki based KHL team Jokerit.[11]

After four seasons in the KHL with Jokerit, Lauridsen opted to return to the SHL, agreeing to a three-year contract with the Malmö Redhawks on 29 April 2020.[12]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2008–09 St. Cloud State Huskies WCHA 28 0 1 1 38 — — — — —
2009–10 St. Cloud State Huskies WCHA 43 6 6 12 54 — — — — —
2010–11 St. Cloud State Huskies WCHA 37 1 8 9 51 — — — — —
2010–11 Adirondack Phantoms AHL 2 0 0 0 30 — — — — —
2011–12 Adirondack Phantoms AHL 65 3 4 7 85 — — — — —
2012–13 Adirondack Phantoms AHL 59 1 5 6 77 — — — — —
2012–13 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 15 2 1 3 34 — — — — —
2013–14 Adirondack Phantoms AHL 63 1 10 11 167 — — — — —
2014–15 Lehigh Valley Phantoms AHL 75 4 6 10 152 — — — — —
2014–15 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 1 0 0 0 10 — — — — —
2015–16 Frölunda HC SHL 42 1 3 4 67 16 1 3 4 10
2016–17 Jokerit KHL 48 3 6 9 33 4 0 0 0 11
2017–18 Jokerit KHL 54 1 3 4 38 11 0 1 1 14
2018–19 Jokerit KHL 55 2 11 13 93 6 0 0 0 6
2019–20 Jokerit KHL 24 1 0 1 17 4 1 0 1 0
NHL totals 16 2 1 3 44 — — — — —
KHL totals 181 7 20 27 181 25 1 1 2 31

International
Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
2006 Denmark WJC18 D1 5 0 0 0 4
2007 Denmark WJC18 D1 5 1 2 3 16
2007 Denmark WJC D1 5 0 1 1 6
2008 Denmark WJC 6 0 2 2 14
2009 Denmark WJC D1 5 0 0 0 6
2013 Denmark WC 7 0 0 0 6
2014 Denmark WC 7 0 0 0 14
2015 Denmark WC 7 0 1 1 4
2016 Denmark WC 8 0 0 0 6
2016 Denmark OGQ 3 0 0 0 2
2017 Denmark WC 7 0 2 2 10
2018 Denmark WC 7 0 2 2 0
2019 Denmark WC 7 0 1 1 6
Junior totals 26 1 5 6 46
Senior totals 53 0 6 6 48

References
  1. "Statistics". USCHO.com. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  2. "Flyers Sign Lauridsen". Philadelphia Flyers. 15 March 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  3. "Success Stories". St. Cloud State University. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  4. "Flyers' Coburn out with separated shoulder". NHL. 29 March 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  5. "Bruins @ Flyers game recap". NHL. 30 March 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  6. "Bruins vs. Flyers – 04/23/2013 – Philadelphia Flyers – Recap". Philadelphia Flyers. 23 April 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  7. "Islanders vs. Flyers – 04/25/2013 – Philadelphia Flyers – Recap". Philadelphia Flyers. 25 April 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  8. "Oliver Lauridsen". NHL.com. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  9. "TheAHL.com | The American Hockey League". theahl.com. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  10. "Tungt nyförvärv" (in Swedish). Frölunda Indians. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  11. "KHL: Oliver Lauridsen skifter til Jokerit – Faceoff.dk". www.faceoff.dk. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  12. "Oliver Lauridsen reinforces the Redhawks" (in Swedish). Malmö Redhawks. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.


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