Christian Berglund
| Christian Berglund | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 March 1980 Örebro, Sweden |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb) |
| Position | Left Wing |
| Shoots | Left |
| SEL team Former teams |
Färjestads BK New Jersey Devils (NHL) Florida Panthers (NHL) SC Bern (NLA) Rapperswil-Jona Lakers (NLA) |
| NHL Draft | 37th overall, 1998 New Jersey Devils |
| Playing career | 1995–present |
Christian Berglund (born 12 March 1980 in Örebro, Sweden) is a professional Swedish ice hockey player currently playing for Färjestads BK in Elitserien.
He began his career in Swedish Elite League with Färjestads BK and Swedish World Junior Championship teams. In the 1998 Entry Draft, Berglund became the New Jersey Devils's third choice, being chosen in the second round as the 37th overall pick. He continued to play for Färjestad until 2001, when he signed with the Devils. He played in the minor league Albany River Rats, the Devils' affiliated team, but began playing for the Devils themselves later that season. On 1 March 2004, he and teammate Victor Uchevatov were traded to the Florida Panthers in exchange for Viktor Kozlov.
During the 2004–05 lockout season he went to back Sweden and Färjestad and played with them for one season. In the summer of 2005, he moved to the Swiss club SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers, a club of the highest Swiss Hockey-League.
He became Topscorer of the Lakers and is the most important Player of the Team.
[edit] Career statistics
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1997–98 | Färjestads BK | SEL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Färjestads BK | SEL | 37 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1999–00 | Bofors IK | Allsvenskan | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Färjestads BK | SEL | 43 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 44 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | ||
| 2000–01 | Färjestads BK | SEL | 49 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 142 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 22 | ||
| 2001–02 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 60 | 21 | 26 | 47 | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 15 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2002–03 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 26 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 38 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 23 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Färjestads BK | SEL | 48 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 97 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 56 | ||
| 2005–06 | SC Rapperswil-Jona | NLA | 44 | 24 | 20 | 44 | 124 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 63 | ||
| 2006–07 | SC Bern | NLA | 42 | 17 | 25 | 42 | 97 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | ||
| 2007–08 | SC Bern | NLA | 48 | 13 | 20 | 45 | 80 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Elitserien totals | ||||||||||||||
| Allsvenskan totals | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| AHL totals | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| NHL totals | 86 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Swiss totals | 134 | 54 | 77 | 118 | 301 | 33 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 85 | ||||
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- Albany River Rats players
- Bofors IK players
- Färjestads BK players
- Florida Panthers players
- Nationalliga A players
- New Jersey Devils players
- People from Örebro
- SC Bern players
- Swedish ice hockey players
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