Biography:
Second season as a Griffin…Fourth year pro…Ranks among the Griffins’ all-time goaltending leaders with 40 games played (10th), 2152:20 minutes played (10th), 22 wins (9th), five shutouts (6th), 964 saves (10th), a 0.907 save percentage (10th) and a 0.667 shootout percentage (10th)…Signed by Detroit, 5/9/08…Assigned by Detroit, 10/3/08…Assigned by Detroit, 10/4/09...Recalled by Detroit, 11/12/09...Assigned by Detroit, 11/13/09...Recalled by Detroit, 11/14/09...Assigned by Detroit, 11/15/09...Recalled by Detroit, 11/17/09...Assigned by Detroit, 11/19/09.
2008-09: Played for PlanetUSA All-Star Team during its 14-11 win in the 2009 AHL All-Star Game in Worcester, Mass., stopping 14 of 19 shots faced during the second period…Appeared in 40 games for the Griffins, earning a 22-12-2 record with five shutouts, a 2.76 GAA and a 0.907 save percentage during his first pro season in North America…Led the Griffins and ranked among the AHL’s goaltending leaders in wins (T16th) and shutouts (T3rd), which also respectively tied for the eighth and sixth-best single-season performances in franchise history…Tied a franchise record with shutouts in consecutive games, 12/21/08-12/27/08…Enjoyed a season-high five-game winning streak, 12/12/08-12/30/08, making 153 saves on 162 shots faced. During the same stretch, he enjoyed a shutout streak of 142:04 (12/19/08-12/30/08), falling just 11:54 short of Marc Lamothe’s franchise record set in 2002-03…Did not suffer a home loss in regulation until his 14th decision on 2/21/09 vs. Lake Erie (11 wins, one OTL, one SOL from 10/26/08-2/20/09), tying the franchise’s record for longest home point streak overall (Mike Fountain, spanning the 1999-00 and 2000-01 seasons) and breaking the single-season mark of 12 games set by Pokey Reddick during the Griffins’ inaugural 1996-97 campaign…Recorded an eight-game home winning streak (12/19/08-2/20/09) that fell one shy of the team record held by Jimmy Howard and Mathieu Chouinard…Made 30 saves in a 3-4 overtime loss during his AHL/North American debut, 10/11/08 at Lake Erie…Recorded his first North American shutout, 11/11/08 vs. Houston, jump-starting a 12-game point streak that ran through 12/30/08 (10 wins, one OTL, one SOL)…Stopped 73 of 77 shots faced during a three-game winning streak, 11/23/08-11/30/08…Made a season-high 40 saves during a 3-1 win at Peoria, 12/30/08…Stopped a pair of penalty shots on the road, 10/11/08 vs. Lake Erie’s Kyle Cumiskey and 12/30/08 vs. Peoria’s Chris Conner. 2007-08: Named the Swedish Elite League’s top goaltender (Honken Trophy) and its Rookie of the Year…Ranked among the circuit’s leaders with a 2.29 GAA (3rd), a 0.921 save percentage (3rd) and six shutouts (2nd) for Djurgarden…Had a 2.64 GAA and a 0.920 save percentage in five playoff games…Nearly earned a spot on Sweden’s World Championship team but was edged out by Henrik Lundqvist, Stefan Liv and Mikael Tellqvist. 2006-07: Played 24 games with Djurgarden, posting a 2.53 GAA, a 0.910 save percentage and three shutouts…Had a 1.68 GAA and a 0.941 save percentage through his first 10 appearances. 2005-06: Posted the league’s third-best save percentage (0.917) and had a 2.70 GAA while playing for Hammarby at Sweden’s second level…Led all goaltenders at the World Junior Championship in Vancouver with a 0.96 GAA and a 0.952 save percentage (tied) in four appearances, helping Sweden to a fifth-place finish. 2004-05: Appeared in 28 games for Boden at Sweden’s second level, showing a 3.84 GAA and a 0.890 save percentage. 2003-04: Earned a win in the only game he played for Sweden at the World U18 Championship in Belarus, allowing four goals.
Personal: Lives in Boden, Sweden…Hockey idol as a youth was Ed Belfour…Plans to start his own construction company after playing career…Most exciting thing he’s done is drive snowmobiles with friends in the Swedish mountains near the Arctic Circle…Also speaks Swedish…Played golf growing up…Once met the king of Sweden…Favorite food is Chinese…Favorite movie is Gone in Sixty Seconds...Favorite TV show is Heroes…Favorite sport to watch besides hockey is the World Rally Championship.
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AHL Career Highs
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| Games Played |
40, 2008-09 |
| Wins |
22, 2008-09 |
| Shutouts |
5, 2008-09 |
| Consecutive Starts |
5, 2/28/09-3/7/09 |
| Consecutive Games Played |
6, 2/27/09-3/7/09 |
| Winning Streak |
5, 12/12/08-12/30/08 |
| Losing Streak (Regulation) |
2, twice (MR: 3/25/09-3/38/09) |
| Winless Streak |
3, 2/21/09-2/28/09 |
| Saves, Game |
40, 12/30/08 GR at PEO |
| Shots Faced, Game |
41, three times (MR: 1/7/09 GR vs. RFD) |
| Goals Against, Game |
7, 3/28/09 GR at PHI |
Firsts
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| AHL Game |
10/11/08 GR at LEM (3-4 OT, 30 saves) |
| AHL Win |
10/19/08 GR at TOR (7-3, 35 saves) |
| AHL Shutout |
11/11/08 GR vs. HOU (1-0, 16 saves) |
Career Stats
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Regular Season |
Playoffs |
| Season |
Team |
League |
GP |
W |
L |
T/SOL |
GAA |
SO |
GP |
W |
L |
GAA |
SO |
| 2002-03 |
Lulea HF |
Sweden-U18 |
12 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
4.10 |
0 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 2003-04 |
Lulea HF |
Sweden-Jr. |
4 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
3.01 |
0 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
Bodens IK |
Sweden-2 |
1 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
3.00 |
0 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 2004-05 |
Bodens IK |
Sweden-2 |
28 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
3.84 |
1 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 2005-06 |
Hammarby |
Sweden-Jr. |
9 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
2.63 |
1 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
Hammarby |
Sweden-2 |
36 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
2.70 |
0 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 2006-07 |
Djurgarden |
Sweden |
24 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
2.53 |
3 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 2007-08 |
Djurgarden |
Sweden |
46 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
2.29 |
6 |
5 |
-- |
-- |
2.64 |
0 |
| 2008-09 |
Grand Rapids |
AHL |
40 |
22 |
12 |
2 |
2.76 |
5 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
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GRIFFINS/AHL TOTALS |
40 |
22 |
12 |
2 |
2.76 |
5 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
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PRO TOTALS |
110 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
2.50 |
14 |
5 |
-- |
-- |
2.64 |
0 |
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