Gabriel Landeskog | |
Landeskog during the 2009-10 playoffs | |
Position | Right wing |
Shoots | Left |
Height Weight |
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 196 lb (89 kg) |
SEL Team | Djurgårdens IF |
Nationality | Sweden |
Born | Stockholm, Sweden | November 23, 1992,
NHL Draft | Colorado Avalanche 2nd overall 2011 |
Pro Career | 2009 – present |
Gabriel Ingemar John Landeskog (born November 23, 1992) is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward, currently playing for Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League. He was drafted by Colorado in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft.
Playing career
Gabriel is the son of former ice hockey player Tony Landeskog.
After a successful season for Djurgårdens IF in the J20 SuperElit Gabriel debuted in Elitserien on February 21, 2009, in a game against Brynäs IF, which Djurgården lost 2–4. At age 16 years and 90 days he became the youngest player in Djurgården's history,[1][2] and one of the youngest to ever have played in Elitserien. He recorded his first point in Elitserien on January 24 in his second game, a 2–2 tie against Skellefteå AIK.[3] On August 4 2009, his CHL rights were traded from the Plymouth Whalers to the Kitchener Rangers.
By the end of the 2009–10 season, Gabriel was third among OHL rookies in points (trailing Matt Puempel and Boone Jenner) and goals (trailing Puempel and Ivan Telegin).[4] In the playoffs, Kitchener made it to the conference finals where they were eliminated by Windsor, and Gabriel was third overall on his team as well as the highest scoring rookie ahead of teammate Ryan Murphy.
On October 24th, 2010 Landeskog was named Captain of the Kitchener Rangers. This announcement made him the first European Captain in franchise history. [5]
NHL Records
- Youngest Full Time Captain (19 years 9 months and 13 days).
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||||||||
2007–08 | Djurgårdens IF | J20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
2008–09 | Djurgårdens IF | J20 | 31 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 63 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
2008–09 | Djurgårdens IF | SEL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
2009–10 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 61 | 24 | 22 | 46 | 51 | 20 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 18 |
International
Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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2009 | Sweden Jr. | WJC U18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 24 |
References
- ↑ Sundin, Anders (2009-02-22). Historisk debut: Trodde det skulle smälla mer (Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved on 2009-02-25.
- ↑ Bengtsson, Jan (2009-02-21). Tung förlust för Djurgården (Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved on 2009-02-25.
- ↑ Söderberg, Nathanael (2009-02-24). Ineffektivt DIF kryssade mot Skellefteå (Swedish). SvenskaFans.com. Retrieved on 2009-02-25.
- ↑ OHL Network. Ontario Hockey League.
- ↑ OHL Network. Kitchener Rangers.