Daniel Larsson (ice hockey)
Daniel Larsson ( born February 7, 1986 in the ground) is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender, who plays since 2012 when AIK Stockholm in the Svenska Hockey ligands.
Career
Daniel Larsson began his career with the youth team of Luleå HF, before joining in the season 2003/ 04 to the senior citizens of his native soil association IK in Allsvenskan second-rate. In the 2004/05 season he shared Initially with the Finn Matti Järvinen the post as first-choice goalkeeper, as the soil in the main round cut off finished last. Only in the final round Larsson took over the position as number one, but was unable to prevent relegation to the third tier.
In the summer of 2005, the HockeyAllsvenskan joined Hammarby IF. There, too, he was first-choice goalkeeper and impressed with good performances, though his team only in the relegation round of the league secured, so that he was obliged Djurgårdens IF of the Elitserien and him and the Detroit Red Wings in the NHL Entry Draft in 2006 in the third round at position 92 selected.
As a substitute goalkeeper Teemu Lassila of Larsson came in the 2006/07 season 24 times to use and could apply with his performances for the Swedish national team, but not yet picked him up at the end of the World Cup. For the 2007/08 season Larsson took over the post of goalkeeper Djurgårdens and finished with the team at the end of the seventh. Larsson had the third best fishing quota and the third best Gegentordurchschnitt the league and was awarded the Trofé Honkens as the best goalkeeper in the Elitserien.
In May 2008, Larrson has signed a two - year contract with the Detroit Red Wings, but it is planned that he will contest the farm team of the Red Wings, Grand Rapids Griffins, the AHL in the 2008/09 season. He quickly established himself alongside fellow goalkeeper Jimmy Howard and came in half of the games used. Larsson showed to be an important support, as the Griffins established themselves among the top teams in the league and he remained in 13 consecutive games without a loss in regulation time, while four times he suffered no goals in this period. Subsequently, he was appointed in January 2009 PlanetUSA All-Star Team of the AHL All-Star Game.
In May 2010, Larrson from HV 71 Jönköping has been committed from the Elitserien.
Awards and achievements
- 2008 Honkens Trofé
- 2008 Elitserien Rookie of the Year
- 2009 AHL All- Star Classic
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented Sweden at:
- U18 Junior World Championship 2004
- U20 Junior World Cup 2006
( 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 )