Fabian Brunnström

Fabian Brunnström (born 6 February 1985 in Helsingborg ) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player in the position of left winger who stands since October 2011 at the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League under contract and in parallel for their farm team, the Grand Rapids Griffins, playing in the American Hockey League.

Career

Born in Helsingborg and grew up in Jonstorp Brunnström first went through the junior Abbey peeping from Jonstorps IF, in which he first debuted in the 2002/03 season at the age of 17 years in the senior team in the third highest Swedish league. In summer 2003, the Swede moved to his birthplace to Helsingborgs HC in the fourth highest league in Sweden and arrived there in two seasons to 42 scorer points. It was the transfer back to Jonstorps IF, where he had an excellent game year with 44 points in 38 games. He also came to three inserts in the jersey of Rögle BK HockeyAllsvenskan, where it would remain no points. After only one year in Jonstorp Brunnström left the team and moved within the 1st Division for Borås HC. With 73 points in 41 games scorer, the striker led the team to win the title and thus the rise in the Allsvenskan.

Through its services to both the teams of the Elitserien and the National Hockey League took notice of him, though he had not noticed in the NHL Entry Draft in 2003 and he remained ungedraftet. Brunnström finally decided to go for the season 2007/ 08 a two-year contract with Färjestad BK to sign, with whom he reached the championship semifinals. Already in the course of the season he was always brought back in spite of his current contract with the franchises of the NHL in combination, as it was after their statutes as a free agent. Above all, the Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leafs and Anaheim Ducks, as well as the Detroit Red Wings, Dallas Stars and Montreal Canadiens, as well as a variety of other teams showed interest in a possible obligation of the largest ungedrafteten talents outside of the NHL in summer 2008. On he finally signed May 9 a two- year contract with the Dallas Stars.

After Brunnström had completed the following autumn the training camp with the stars, he found himself in the first two games of the season the team first in the stands again. In the third game of the season, on 15 October 2008, he finally made ​​his debut, in which he scored three goals and thus a hat-trick. This was previously only two players - notably Alex Smart in 1943 and Réal Cloutier 1979 - succeeded in NHL history in their league debut.

Brunnström finished his rookie season with 29 points in 55 games. In the 2009/10 season, he fell short of expectations and scored only two goals in 44 games, which is why he was sent to the farm team of the Texas Stars in the American Hockey League before the end of the season. The 2010/11 season he started in farm team and came in 38 games to 24 points, before Brunnström made ​​in January 2011 in a swap deal for the White Russians Mikhail Stefanovich to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Career Stats

( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )