Anton Axelsson

Per Roger Anton Axelsson (born January 16, 1986), is a Swedish former professional ice hockey winger. He played for Frölunda HC and Timrå IK in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).

Anton Axelsson
Born (1986-01-16) 16 January 1986
Kungälv, Sweden
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 207 lb (94 kg; 14 st 11 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shot Left
Played for Frölunda HC
Timrå IK
NHL Draft 192nd overall, 2004
Detroit Red Wings
Playing career 2005–2016

Anton is the younger brother of P. J. Axelsson.

Playing career

Born in Küngalv, Axelsson moved to Västra Frölunda as a youngster. He was drafted 192nd overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft by the Detroit Red Wings while playing for Frölunda HC U-20 team. He advanced to the senior team for the 2005–06 season and spent two seasons there before signing a two-year contract with Timrå in April 2007.[1] After four years with the club, he headed back to Frölunda HC, where he played until the end of the 2015–16 campaign, in which he helped win the Swedish national championship and the Champions Hockey League title.

Being plagued by injuries for a long time, he announced the end of his playing career in late October 2016.[2]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2003–04 Frölunda HC J20 287101714 50112
2004–05 Frölunda HC J20 3312304214 62570
2005–06 Frölunda HC J20 12611172 10110
2005–06 Frölunda HC SEL 393368 110006
2006–07 Frölunda HC J20 942612 —————
2006–07 Frölunda HC SEL 52571214 —————
2007–08 Timrå IK SEL 5410102010 112244
2008–09 Timrå IK SEL 5269150 71010
2009–10 Timrå IK SEL 5156116 50000
2010–11 Timrå IK SEL 2858134 —————
2011–12 Frölunda HC SEL 42561116 61120
2012–13 Frölunda HC SEL 53891714 60002
2013–14 Frölunda HC SHL 551261833 72020
2014–15 Frölunda HC SHL 38 2 0 2 6 10 1 0 1 0
2015–16 Frölunda HC SHL 19 0 1 1 0 11 2 0 2 0
2015–16 Timrå IK Allsv 4 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
SHL totals 4836165126111 74931212

International
Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2006 Sweden WJC 5th 61016
Junior totals 61016

Awards and honors
Award Year
SHL
Le Mat trophy (Frölunda HC) 2016 [3]
CHL
Champions (Frölunda HC) 2016
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gollark: And my general argument against gifts applies here too, of course.
gollark: Fixed prices and people not knowing each other too well means you just buy random pointless trinkets.
gollark: I don't like the way gifting works in general but secret Santa is particularly awful.
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References
  1. "Axelsson näste man att ta plats" (in Swedish). Timrå IK. 2005-04-12. Archived from the original on 5 May 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2007.
  2. "Axelsson tvingas ge upp ishockeyn". Aftonbladet. 2016-10-29. Retrieved 2016-10-29.
  3. "Frolunda Swedish champions for 2015/16" (in Swedish). norran.se. 2016-04-24. Archived from the original on 2017-09-20. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
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