Pontus Ekhem

Pontus Ekhem (born June 19, 1991) is a Swedish ice hockey player, also known as 'Ponty' and also coined the phrase "It's Ponty!". He is 169 cm tall

Pontus Ekhem
Born (1991-06-19) June 19, 1991
Irkutsk, RUS
Height 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight 143 lb (65 kg; 10 st 3 lb)
Position Forward
Playing career –present

He started his career at Skåre BK in 2001 and was drafted to Nor IK for the 2002–2003 season. He made a comeback to Skåre BK for the 2004–2005 season

After the 2005–2006 season he moved to The Netherlands where he joined the Hijs Hokij Wolves Under 17 team and they won [1] the 2007 Dutch championship.

In the season 2007–2008 he moved to Den Bosch Red Eagles Under 17 team [2] and finished third [3] in the championships after several years without any Under 17 team. With the Red Eagles team, he has had big successes in Belgium [4] and The Netherlands.

During his time in The Netherlands he has played in two different allstar teams, Dutch Alligators [5] and the Pirates.[6]

During the season 2010/2011 he joined the Regulators in Salt Lake City, UT,[7] playing for the Rocky Mountain Renegades 18U.[8]

Since the fall 2011 he is playing for Bradford Sabres in the British Universities Ice Hockey Association [9]

References
  1. http://www.nijb.nl/ranking.php
  2. Red Eagles: Lijst teamleden
  3. http://www.nijb.nl/ranking.php?SeasonID=2007&PreferredMode=L&PreferredID=5&BarBegin=18+jun+2008&BarEnd=25+jun+2008&OK=+++OK+++
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-06-25. Retrieved 2008-06-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. Dutch Alligators Archived March 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  6. Pirates IJshockey - home Archived July 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  7. http://www.regulatorshockey.com.prod.ngin.com/page/show/792205-foreign-players%5B%5D
  8. http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=7015
  9. http://www.buiha.org.uk/player.php?pid=1645


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