Klas Dahlbeck

Swedish ice hockey player
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroSwedish ice hockey player
PlacesSweden
isAthlete Ice hockey player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth6 July 1991, Katrineholm, Sweden
Age33 years
Star signCancer
Stats
Weight:190 lbs
Sports Teams
Arizona Coyotes
The details

Biography

Klas Dahlbeck (born 6 July 1991) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is currently playing with HC CSKA Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He was selected by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 3rd round (79th overall) of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career

Dahlbeck made his professional debut in the Swedish Hockey League, with Linköpings HC in the 2009–10 season. After two more seasons in Sweden on 29 May 2012, Dahlbeck signed a three-year entry level contract with the Blackhawks.

Dahlbeck endured his first two North American seasons with AHL affiliate, the Rockford IceHogs, establishing himself as the franchise career leader in plus/minus before in the 2014–15 season he made his NHL debut with the Blackhawks on 6 December 2014 against the Nashville Predators. He scored his first NHL goal on 11 December against Tuukka Rask of the Boston Bruins. On 28 February 2015, Dahlbeck was traded, along with Chicago's first round draft pick in 2015, to the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for Antoine Vermette.

On the eve of the 2016–17 season, Dahlbeck's tenure with the Coyotes came to a close as he was claimed off waivers by the Carolina Hurricanes on 11 October 2016.

After a year with the Carolina Hurricanes in which he played 43 games, he was resigned to a one year, $850,000 deal with the Hurricanes for 2017–18 on 21 April 2017. During the season he skated in 33 games for the Hurricanes, contributing with 1 goal and 5 points.

On May 22, 2018, the Hurricanes General Manager Don Waddell confirmed that Dahlbeck had left for KHL, agreeing to a one-year deal with CSKA Moscow.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
2009–10Linköpings HCJ20394711861124
2009–10Linköpings HCSEL6000030000
2010–11Linköpings HCSEL470881270000
2011–12Linköpings HCSEL5522420
2012–13Rockford IceHogsAHL7015629
2013–14Rockford IceHogsAHL7510253549
2014–15Rockford IceHogsAHL49461035
2014–15Chicago BlackhawksNHL41012
2014–15Portland PiratesAHL3011050114
2014–15Arizona CoyotesNHL190336
2015–16Arizona CoyotesNHL7126828
2016–17Carolina HurricanesNHL4324630
2016–17Charlotte CheckersAHL60110
2017–18Carolina HurricanesNHL3314521
2018–19CSKA MoscowKHL522911222002214
NHL totals1706172387

International

YearTeamEventResultGPGAPtsPIM
2011SwedenWJC4th60222
Junior totals60222

Awards and honors

AwardYear
KHL
Gagarin Cup (CSKA Moscow)2019
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