Jacob Markström

Jacob Markström ( born January 31, 1990 in Gävle) is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender who is Maärz since 2014 the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League contract.

• 3.1 Regular Season
• 3.2 Play-offs
• 3.3 International

Career

Jacob Markström began his career in 2005 at IK Sätra before he moved to the U18 Junior Brynäs IF 2006. In his first season he was a regular goalkeeper in Brynäs and finished with the team after the regular season in the northern group of U18 Allsvenskan second place. In the playoffs, but they were knocked out in the first round.

For the season 2007/ 08 Markström moved to the U20 Junior Brynäs in the class SuperElit. There, too, he was allowed to complete the majority of the games. In the 27 games lasting main round of the North Group, he led all goalies with a Gegentorschnitt of 1.8 and a catch rate of 93.8 percent and won 13 of his 15 missions. Brynäs closed the round from on top position. Markström was also provided in the top 8 round of SuperElit as a goalkeeper and played seven games, but just three weeks after his 18th birthday, he was first appointed to the first team, which stood at the end of the table of the first Swedish league, the Elitserien.

On 23 February 2008 he made ​​his debut at a 2:4 defeat against Frölunda HC and still came in another six games for use, of which he won two. After the end of the regular season Brynäs was still in last place and had to play against the descent into second-rate HockeyAllsvenskan while Markström should be sent back to the junior team in the Kvalserien. However, as first-choice goalkeeper Markus Korhonen had to cancel for the first game in the relegation round at short notice, Markström was recalled. He then played nine of the ten games in the Kvalserien, had the best fishing quota and the best of all Gegentorschnitt goalkeeper and won six games, which Brynäs secured the league.

Shortly after the end of the Kvalserien Markström joined with the Swedish junior national team at the U18 World Cup, where they finished fourth. In North America, people became aware of him and he was in the ranking of European Goalkeeper talent for the NHL Entry Draft in 2008 at the peak position. The Florida Panthers finally chose him in the second round of at position 31.

In the 2008 /09 season Jacob Markström was goalkeeper of the team of professionals Brynäs IF and was already able to establish early in the season among the best goalkeepers in the Elitserien. In the following season he was able to increase again and received the Honkens Trofé as the best goalkeeper in the Elitserien. In addition, he was elected Rookie of the Year in the league. In May 2010, a contract was awarded over three years with the Panthers, which put him in the 2010/11 season in the American Hockey League.

At the World Championships in 2013 in Stockholm and Helsinki, he was again part of the Men's National Team and won the gold medal with this.

After nearly four years in the Panthers franchise transferred him this along with Shawn Matthias on March 4, 2014 a day before the trade deadline to the Vancouver Canucks. In return, joined the Roberto Luongo to Florida.

Awards and achievements

• 2010 Honkens Trofé
• 2010 Rookie of the Year the Elitserien

Internationally

• 2009 Silver medal at the U20 World Junior Championships
• 2009 Best goalkeeper in the U20 World Junior Championships
• 2010 bronze medal at the U20 World Junior Championships
• 2010 bronze medal at the World Championships
• 2013 Gold Medal at the World Championships

Career Stats

Regular Season

Play-offs

Internationally

( Key to the goalkeeper stats: GP or Sp = Total Games; W or W = Wins, L = Losses, or N, T or D = Draw or shootout defeat, min = minutes; SOG or ZAT = Shots on goal, GA or GT = Goals against; SO = shutouts, GAA or GTS = Gegentorschnitt; Sv % or SVS % = quota, EN = Empty Net Goal; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )