Linus Klasen
Template:Short description Template:Infobox ice hockey player Robert Linus Alexander Klasen (born 19 February 1986) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for Djurgårdens IF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).
Playing career
Klasen started his career with Huddinge IK and has played with Södertälje SK in the Swedish Elitserien. He played 3 games with team Sweden in the 2007–08 season.
On 30 October 2010 Klassen made his NHL debut with the Nashville Predators in an away game against the Detroit Red Wings.[1]
Klasen signed a three-year contract with the Malmö Redhawks of the HockeyAllsvenskan on 17 May 2011. He was immediately appointed the team's captain. The contract included an annual salary of 4 million SEK ($0.6 million USD), making him the best paid ice hockey player in Sweden.[2] He scored 50 points (20 goals, 30 assists) in 52 games and helped the team reach a playoff spot. However, due to the economic crisis in the Redhawks club, Klasen was forced to leave the club after the 2011–12 season. His contract is being paid out by the Redhawks.[3]
Following the 2011–12 season, Klasen signed a two-year contract with Luleå HF of the Swedish top-tier league Elitserien (SEL), before the 2012–13 season.[4] He will keep the same annual salary from Malmö Redhawks during these two years.[5]
After the final year of his contract with Luleå, in which Klasen compiled his most prolific SHL season with 28 goals and 57 points in just 54 games, he left as a free agent to sign a lucrative four-year contract with Swiss club, HC Lugano, of the NLA on 2 April 2014.[6] In his debut season with Lugano in the NLA, Klasen finished second in team scoring with 55 points in 46 games to be selected in the 2014–15 NLA All-Star Team.
After 6 seasons and 265 games with HC Lugano in the NL, Klasen was not offered a contract extension and decided to return to his native Sweden by signing a two-year deal with Luleå HF of the SHL.
On 10 May 2021, Klasen joined EHC Visp of the second tier Swiss League (SL) on a two-year contract.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2004–05 | Lincoln Stars | USHL | 26 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Huddinge IK | Allsv | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Huddinge IK | Div.1 | 35 | 22 | 40 | 62 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 12 | ||
| 2006–07 | Huddinge IK | Allsv | 44 | 16 | 34 | 50 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 2 | ||
| 2007–08 | Södertälje SK | SEL | 52 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Södertälje SK | SEL | 53 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Södertälje SK | SEL | 51 | 19 | 32 | 51 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL | 47 | 22 | 23 | 45 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Malmö Redhawks | Allsv | 51 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | ||
| 2012–13 | Luleå HF | SEL | 47 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | ||
| 2013–14 | Luleå HF | SHL | 54 | 28 | 29 | 57 | 45 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | HC Lugano | NLA | 46 | 20 | 35 | 55 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | HC Lugano | NLA | 49 | 14 | 35 | 49 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 8 | ||
| 2016–17 | HC Lugano | NLA | 50 | 11 | 37 | 48 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
| 2017–18 | HC Lugano | NL | 43 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | HC Lugano | NL | 31 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | HC Lugano | NL | 46 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Luleå HF | SHL | 50 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 2021–22 | EHC Visp | SL | 43 | 18 | 39 | 57 | 45 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||
| 2022–23 | EHC Visp | SL | 8 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | Djurgårdens IF | Allsv | 24 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 2 | ||
| 2023–24 | Djurgårdens IF | Allsv | 47 | 19 | 28 | 47 | 35 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 27 | ||
| 2024–25 | Djurgårdens IF | Allsv | 39 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 2 | ||
| SHL totals | 307 | 99 | 138 | 237 | 160 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 4 | ||||
| NHL totals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
International
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Representing Template:Flagicon Sweden | ||
| Ice hockey | ||
| World Championships | ||
| Bronze medal – third place | 2014 Minsk | |
| Men's Inline Hockey | ||
| World Championships | ||
| Gold medal – first place | 2007 Landshut | |
| Gold medal – first place | 2008 Bratislava | |
| Gold medal – first place | 2009 Ingolstadt | |
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Sweden | WC | Script error: No such module "sort". | 10 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | |
| 2016 | Sweden | WC | 6th | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Senior totals | 17 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | ||||
Inline Hockey
Linus has competed for Sweden at the 2007, 2008 and 2009 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championships.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Klasen Reassigned to Milwaukee". predators.nhl.com. Nashville Predators. 1 November 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Linus Klasen klar för Malmö" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Martin, Nathalie (2012-05-17). "Hugo Stenbeck och Malmö Redhawks eniga" (in Swedish). Malmö Redhawks. Archived from the original on 2025-01-23. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hedlund, Robert (2012-05-22). "Poängstark forward till Luleå Hockey" (in Swedish). Luleå HF. Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Andersson, Jan Peter (2012-05-23), "Klasen tar med sig rekordlönen till Luleå", Expressen (in Swedish), retrieved 2012-05-23
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The talent and the golden hands of Linus Klasen come to Lugano" (in German). HC Lugano. 2014-04-02. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
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