William Karlsson

William Karlsson (born 8 January 1993 Märsta ) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is since 2012 in HV71 in the Svenska Hockey ligands under contract.

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Career

William Karlsson began his career as a hockey player in the junior department of the Arlanda Wings HC. From there, he moved in 2009 to VIK Västerås HK, for the first team he in the 2010/11 season his debut in the HockeyAllsvenskan, the Swedish second division, was. In his rookie year in 14 games he scored a goal and had three assists. He was then selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 2011 in the second round than a total of 53 players from the Anaheim Ducks. For the season 2012/13 he was taken by the Swedish first division club HV71 under contract. In his rookie season, he came in 50 preliminary round games of the Elitserien used, whereby the links Sagittarius recorded four goals and 24 assists; He also pointed to a value of 17 in the plus / minus balance. In May 2013 Karlsson was equipped by the Anaheim Ducks to a three-year entry-level contract.

Internationally

For Sweden, Karlsson took part in the U18 World Youth Championship 2011, where he won the silver medal with his team.

Awards and achievements

  • 2013 Rookie of the Year the Elitserien

Internationally

  • 2011 Silver medal at the U18 World Youth Championship
  • 2012 Gold medal at the U20 World Junior Championships
  • 2013 Silver medal at the U20 World Junior Championships

HockeyAllsvenskan statistics

(End of season 2010/11)

2011 NHL Entry Draft 2012–13 Elitserien season Plus/Minus Sweden men's national ice hockey team 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships SHL Rookie of the Year 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships Chris Campoli David Petrasek Anssi Salmela Erik Christensen Johan Davidsson Aaron Gagnon Jason Krog Marcus Nilson Brett Sterling
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