ISLANDERS TRANSACTIONS: Selected by the Islanders in the second round (50th overall) of the 2011 National Hockey League Draft.
LAST SEASON: Scored 11 points (6g/5a) in 49 games in his second season with Vastra Frolunda Hockey Club of the Swedish Elite League...Posted a plus-6 rating...Also appeared in six playoff games with Frolunda...Represented Sweden at the World Junior Championships in Edmonton and Calgary, scoring five points (1g/4a) in six games to earn a Gold Medal.
CAREER:
2010-11: Played in 41 games as a rookie with Frolunda during his first season in the SEL, scoring one goal…Played for Sweden at the 2011 Under-20 World Junior Championships in Buffalo, NY, tallying one assist…Played in 21 other international games with Sweden’s national junior team…In 15 games with Frolunda’s junior club (SuperElit), posted 19 points (10g/9a) in the regular season...Added 15 points (8g/7a) in seven playoff games with the junior club.
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