Christian Berglund

Christian Berglund
Christian Berglund
Born 12 March 1980 (1980-03-12) (age 31)
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 1995present

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 200405 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.

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
199798 Färjestads BK SEL 1 0 0 0 0
199899 Färjestads BK SEL 37 2 4 6 37 4 1 0 1 4
199900 Bofors IK Allsvenskan 6 2 0 2 12
199900 Färjestads BK SEL 43 8 6 14 44 7 2 1 3 10
200001 Färjestads BK SEL 49 17 20 37 142 16 7 7 14 22
200102 Albany River Rats AHL 60 21 26 47 69
200102 New Jersey Devils NHL 15 2 7 9 8 3 0 0 0 2
200203 Albany River Rats AHL 26 6 14 20 57
200203 New Jersey Devils NHL 38 4 5 9 20
200304 New Jersey Devils NHL 23 2 3 5 4
200304 Florida Panthers NHL 10 3 1 4 10
200405 Färjestads BK SEL 48 7 13 20 97 14 2 3 5 56
200506 SC Rapperswil-Jona NLA 44 24 20 44 124 11 4 8 12 63
200607 SC Bern NLA 42 17 25 42 97 16 5 5 10 18
200708 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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