Oscar Möller

Ice hockey player
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroIce hockey player
PlacesSweden
isAthlete Ice hockey player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth22 January 1989, Stockholm
Age35 years
The details

Biography

Oscar Möller (born 22 January 1989) is a Swedish professional ice hockey right winger who currently plays for Skellefteå AIK of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).

Playing career

Möller began his junior hockey career in his native Sweden with Spånga IF IK and Djurgårdens IF. He moved to North America for his draft year in 2006–07 to play major junior in the Western Hockey League (WHL) for the Chilliwack Bruins.

Moller with the Monarchs.

Producing at a point-per-game pace with 69 points in 68 games, he was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the second round, 52nd overall, of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. He returned to the Bruins for one more season and improved to 83 points, earning him a spot on the WHL West First All-Star Team. In the off-season, on 22 April 2008, the Los Angeles Kings signed Möller to a three-year, entry-level contract.

He began playing with the Kings in 2008–09 and scored his first career NHL goal on 20 October 2008 against Peter Budaj in a 4–3 loss to the Colorado Avalanche. Midway through his rookie season, the Kings lent him to Team Sweden for the 2009 World Junior Championships. However, Möller fractured his clavicle during the tournament and was unable to make an immediate return to the Kings' lineup.

On 19 May 2011, after completing his entry-level contract with the Kings and with his NHL rights still retained, Möller signed a two-year contract to return to Sweden with Skellefteå AIK of the Elitserien. Möller scored his first Elitserien goal in the league premier against Färjestads BK on 15 September 2011.

International play

In his second year of major junior, Möller represented Sweden at the 2008 World Junior Championships in the Czech Republic. He contributed 5 points in 6 games as Team Canada defeated Sweden in the gold medal game 3–2 in overtime. The following year, Möller was lent to Sweden's under-20 team by the Los Angeles Kings to compete in his second World Junior Championships in Ottawa. He was chosen as team captain for Sweden but was kept from a second gold medal game against Team Canada due to a fractured clavicle, suffered against Russia during the tournament. Despite not playing in the final, he earned another silver medal as Sweden was defeated 5–1.

Möller at 2015 Channel One Cup

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
2006–07Chilliwack BruinsWHL683237695050336
2007–08Chilliwack BruinsWHL633944834242134
2007–08Manchester MonarchsAHL20110
2008–09Los Angeles KingsNHL40781516
2008–09Manchester MonarchsAHL82356
2009–10Manchester MonarchsAHL4315183320162570
2009–10Los Angeles KingsNHL344374
2010–11Manchester MonarchsAHL5923275034
2010–11Los Angeles KingsNHL13134210000
2011–12Skellefteå AIKSEL5414173161978158
2012–13Skellefteå AIKSEL281882621355102
2013–14Skellefteå AIKSHL482718451414513182
2014–15Ak Bars KazanKHL5414183262093124
NHL totals871214262210000

International

YearTeamEventResultGPGAPtsPIM
2007SwedenWJC1803 !614520
2008SwedenWJC02 !63250
2009SwedenWJC02 !61344
2014SwedenWC03 !103694
Junior totals18591424
Senior totals103694

Awards and honours

AwardYear
WHL
West First All-Star Team2008

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