Oscar_Möller

Oscar Möller

Oscar Möller

Swedish ice hockey player

This article is about the hockey player Oscar Möller. For the footballer, see Oscar Möller (footballer).

Oscar Möller (born 22 January 1989) is a Swedish professional ice hockey right winger who currently plays for Skellefteå AIK of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).

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Playing career

Möller began his junior hockey career in his native Sweden with Spånga IF IK and Djurgårdens IF. He moved to North America for his draft year in 2006–07 to play major junior in the Western Hockey League (WHL) for the Chilliwack Bruins.

Moller with the Monarchs.

Producing at a point-per-game pace with 69 points in 68 games, he was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the second round, 52nd overall, of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. He returned to the Bruins for one more season and improved to 83 points, earning him a spot on the WHL West First All-Star Team.[1] In the off-season, on 22 April 2008, the Los Angeles Kings signed Möller to a three-year, entry-level contract.[2]

He began playing with the Kings in 2008–09 and scored his first career NHL goal on 20 October 2008 against Peter Budaj in a 4–3 loss to the Colorado Avalanche.[3] Midway through his rookie season, the Kings lent him to Team Sweden for the 2009 World Junior Championships.[4] However, Möller fractured his clavicle during the tournament and was unable to make an immediate return to the Kings' lineup.

On 19 May 2011, after completing his entry-level contract with the Kings and with his NHL rights still retained, Möller signed a two-year contract to return to Sweden with Skellefteå AIK of the Elitserien.[5] Möller scored his first Elitserien goal in the season opener against Färjestad BK on 15 September 2011.[6]

International play

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In his second year of major junior, Möller represented Sweden at the 2008 World Junior Championships in the Czech Republic. He contributed 5 points in 6 games as Team Canada defeated Sweden in the gold medal game 3–2 in overtime. The following year, Möller was lent to Sweden's under-20 team by the Los Angeles Kings to compete in his second World Junior Championships in Ottawa.[4] He was chosen as team captain for Sweden but was kept from a second gold medal game against Team Canada due to a fractured clavicle, suffered against Russia during the tournament.[7] Despite not playing in the final, he earned another silver medal as Sweden was defeated 5–1.

Career statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

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International

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Awards and honours

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References

  1. [1]
    "WHL Western Conference All-Star Team". WHL. Retrieved 15 April 2008. [dead link]
  2. [2]
    "KINGS SIGN OSCAR MOLLER". National Hockey League. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2008.
  3. [3]
    "Smyth's goals lead Avalanche over Kings". USA Today. 21 October 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
  4. [4]
    "Oscar goes to ... world jrs". The Province. 18 December 2008. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
  5. [5]
    "Möller klar för två år" [Möller signed for two years]. Skellefteå AIK (in Swedish). 19 May 2011. Archived from the original on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
  6. [6]
    Lindbäck, Anna (16 September 2011). "Debutanterna glänste mest i Skellefteå". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  7. [7]
    "Oscar Moller: fractured clavicle". 9 January 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
  8. [8]
    "Skellefteå AIK are the 2014 Swedish Champions". Swedish Hockey League (in Swedish). 25 April 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
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