Gabriel Landeskog

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Gabriel Ingemar John Landeskog (born November 23, 1992) is a Swedish professional ice
hockey forward who currently serves as captain of the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey

Gabriel Landeskog

[2]

League (NHL). He was selected second overall in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft by Colorado. On
September 4, 2012, Landeskog was named the fourth captain in Colorado Avalanche history,
becoming the youngest captain in NHL history.[3]

Contents
1 Playing career
1.1 Djurgrdens IF
1.2 Kitchener Rangers
1.3 Colorado Avalanche
2 International play
3 Personal
4 Career statistics
4.1 Regular season and playoffs
4.2 International
5 Awards and honours
6 References
7 External links

Playing career
Djurgrdens IF
Landeskog began his youth career in hockey playing for Hammarby IF. After a successful season
for Djurgrdens IF in the J20 SuperElit Gabriel debuted in Elitserien on February 21, 2009, in a
game against Bryns IF, which Djurgrden lost 24. At age 16 years and 90 days he became the

Landeskog in November 2014.

Born

November 23, 1992

Stockholm, Sweden[1]

Height

6 ft 1 in (185 cm)

Weight

204 lb (93 kg; 14 st 8 lb)

Position

Left Wing

Shoots

Left

NHL team
Former teams

Colorado Avalanche
Djurgrdens IF

National team

Sweden

youngest player in Djurgrden's history,[4][5] and one of the youngest to ever have played in
Elitserien. He recorded his first point in Elitserien on February 24 in his second game, a 22 tie

NHL Draft

2nd overall, 2011

Colorado Avalanche

against Skellefte AIK.[6]

Playing career

2009present

Kitchener Rangers
Landeskog was initially drafted in the first round, third overall, by the Plymouth Whalers of the Ontario Hockey
League in the 2009 Canadian Hockey League Import Draft. On August 4, 2009, his CHL rights were traded from
the Whalers to the Kitchener Rangers.[7]
In the 200910 season Landeskog roomed with former Ranger Jeff Skinner,[8] now a member of the Carolina
Hurricanes. By the end of the year, Gabriel was third among OHL rookies in points (trailing Matt Puempel and
Boone Jenner) and goals (trailing Puempel and Ivan Telegin).[9] In the playoffs, Kitchener made it to the
conference finals where they were eliminated by Windsor, and Gabriel was third overall on his team as well as
the highest scoring rookie ahead of teammate Ryan Murphy[10]
On October 24, 2010 Landeskog was named captain of the Kitchener Rangers for the 201011 season. This
Landeskog with the Kitchener
Rangers

announcement made him the first European captain in franchise history.[11][12] During his final season before
NHL draft eligibility, despite suffering an ankle injury which shortened his campaign to 53 regular season games,
he led all Rangers with 37 goals and a Plus-minus of 27. During the playoffs, Landeskog posted a team high 10
points in a seven series first round defeat to the Plymouth Whalers to end his Junior career.

Colorado Avalanche
Landeskog was drafted 2nd overall by the Colorado Avalanche in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft.[13] He is tied with Daniel Sedin and Victor Hedman as
the second highest Swedish draft pick in history Mats Sundin is first as the only Swedish player to be selected first overall in the draft. Landeskog
became the first Swedish-born player ever drafted in the first-round out of the Ontario Hockey League (Rickard Rakell would be selected 30th overall
in the same draft). Subsequently, the Kitchener Rangers dropped him from their roster to free up a position on their roster on the anticipation he would
be playing in the NHL the next year.[14] He made the Avalanche roster for the 201112 season; one factor in this decision was possibly that it enabled
the team to reach the floor value for the salary cap.[15]

Landeskog scored his first National Hockey League goal on October 12, 2011 against Steve Mason of the
Columbus Blue Jackets on a deflection of a Jan Hejda shot with 41 seconds left in the game to send the
game into overtime.[16] At 18 years, 324 days, he was the youngest Swedish born hockey player to score an
NHL goal. Since, Carolina Hurricanes Forward, Elias Lindholm broke Landeskog's record by scoring his
first NHL Goal at 18 years and 311 days. Landeskog was the first rookie to score his first NHL goal as an
equalizer in the final minute of the third period since Tom Gilbert of the Edmonton Oilers did it in 2007. On
October 22, 2011, he compiled his first two-goal NHL game in a 54 shootout victory against the Chicago
Blackhawks. Landeskog's second goal tied the game with 1:48 left to go in the 3rd period, sending the game
into overtime and an eventual shootout. Landeskog recorded his first five-minute major for fighting, against
newly acquired opponent Jack Johnson of the Columbus Blue Jackets on March 1, 2012. On March 1, 2012,
Landeskog was named NHL's Top Rookie for the month of February after scoring seven goals and
recording six assists for the month.
Landeskog finished his season with 52 points, including a team leading 22 goals, surpassing Matt Duchene
as the youngest in franchise history to do so. He also tied for the lead in points amongst rookies alongside
the only player in his draft class picked higher than himself, first overall pick Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. He led
rookies in shots on goal and broke Peter Stastny's franchise record for shots on goal by a rookie. Landeskog
was the only Av to play in all 82 regular season games in 201112 and was later announced at the NHL
awards ceremony as the winner of the Calder Memorial Trophy as rookie of the year for 2012, beating out
other nominees Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Adam Henrique for the award.[17]

Landeskog with the Avalanche in his

rookie season.

On September 4, 2012, the Colorado Avalanche announced

Landeskog as team captain, making him the youngest captain
in NHL history. At 19 years and 286 days (or 19 years, nine months and 13 days), Gabriel was 11 days
younger than Sidney Crosby was when he was named captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins. However,
because of the NHL lockout, he wouldn't be able to play a game as captain until January 19, 2013.[3]
When the 201213 NHL lockout was in effect, Landeskog returned to Sweden to begin the season with
Djurgrden, who were relegated the previous season from the Elitserien to the HockeyAllsvenskan.[18]
[19]

In 17 games with the mid-table Djurgrden, Landeskog produced 6 goals for 14 points before

returning to North America citing income tax issues on December 3, 2012.[20] He trained with his
former junior team, the Kitchener Rangers before an agreement was reached to end the lockout.
During the 201213 season, both Landeskog and the Avalanche struggled as the team finished last in

Landeskog in 2013.

the Western Conference.[21] Landeskog only played in 36 games due to head and leg injuries[22] and
[23]

produced only 9 goals and 8 assists.

Despite this, the Avalanche signed Landeskog to seven-year extension worth US$39 million during the

[24]

offseason.

Landeskog proved to be a significant piece of a resurgent Colorado Avalanche team during the 201314 season. He put up career highs in goals,
assists, and points, helping the Avs to a division title. He scored his first career NHL playoff goal on April 17, 2014, against Ilya Bryzgalov of the
Minnesota Wild.[25]

International play
In December 2009 Landeskog was left off Sweden's roster for the 2010 World Junior
Championships.[8]

Medal record
Competitor for

Landeskog's rise was rewarded the following season as he was named as an alternate captain at the
2011 World Junior Championships[26] but only played one game before he was sidelined with a high
ankle sprain.[27]

Sweden

Winter Olympics
2014 Sochi
World Championships

Landeskog played in the 2012 World Championships and was named an alternate captain for that
tournament (Daniel Alfredsson was named captain). Gabriel was Sweden's second youngest player

2013 Sweden/Finland

participating at the tournament, about eight months older than Jonas Brodin.[28] Upon the conclusion
of his second consecutive season with the Avalanche out of the playoffs, Landeskog was added to the Swedish squad for the 2013 World
Championships.[29] In 10 games, Landeskog contributed with 3 goals and 4 points in helping Sweden claim the Gold over Switzerland, becoming the
first host team in 27 years to do so.[30]
In July 2013 Landeskog was one of 35 players invited to the Swedish Ice Hockey Federation's Orientation Camp for the 2014 Winter Olympics in
Sochi. He was later included in the final squad and helped Sweden claim a Silver medal in a 3-0 defeat to defending champions Canada.[31]

Personal
Gabriel is the son of former Swedish Hockey League defenceman Tony Landeskog, who currently works in the insurance business; his mother Cecelia
is a chef and cooking instructor.[32] He has a older brother, Adam Landeskog born 1990 as well as a twin sister Beatrice in Stockholm, Sweden. He
moved to Canada by himself at age 16 in time for the 200910 OHL season.

Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Season
200708
200809
200809
200910
201011
201112
201213
201213
201314
201415

Team
Djurgrdens IF
Djurgrdens IF
Djurgrdens IF
Kitchener Rangers
Kitchener Rangers
Colorado Avalanche
Djurgrdens IF
Colorado Avalanche
Colorado Avalanche
Colorado Avalanche
NHL totals

League
J20
J20
SEL
OHL
OHL
NHL
Allsv
NHL
NHL
NHL

GP
1
31
3
61
53
82
17
36
81
82
281

Regular season
G
A
Pts
0
0
0
7
14
21
0
1
1
24
22
46
36
30
66
22
30
52
6
8
14
9
8
17
26
39
65
23
36
59
80 113
193

PIM
0
63
2
51
61
51
32
22
71
79
223

GP

20
7

8
6

Playoffs
A
Pts

0
1

15
23
4
10

1
4

1
4

PIM

18
2

International
Year
2009
2011
2012
2013
2014

Team
Event
Sweden
WJC18
Sweden
WJC
Sweden
WC
Sweden
WC
Sweden
OG
Junior totals
Senior totals

Result
5th
4th
6th

GP
6
1
8
10
6
7
24

G
4
1
1
3
0
5
4

A
0
1
4
1
1
1
6

Pts
4
2
5
4
1
6
10

PIM
24
0
6
18
4
24
28

Awards and honours

Award

Year

OHL
First All-Rookie Team

2010

NHL
2012

[33]

Calder Memorial Trophy 2012

[17]

All-Rookie Team

References
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history". The Globe and Mail.
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mer". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2009-02-25.
5. Bengtsson, Jan (2009-02-21). "Tung frlust fr Djurgrden". Svenska
Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2009-02-25.
6. Sderberg, Nathanael (2009-02-24). "Ineffektivt DIF kryssade mot
Skellefte" (in Swedish). SvenskaFans.com. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
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stick in NHL". thestar.com. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
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Draft". thegoodpoint.com. Retrieved 2010-12-02.
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12. Jeff Hicks (2010-10-25). "Landeskog named Rangers captain".
news.therecord.com. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
13. "Avalanche selects forward Gabriel Landeskog with No. 2 pick". Denver
Post. 2011-06-24. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
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Rangers drop Gabriel Landeskog, CHL to review import rule this
summer". thehockeynews.com. Retrieved 14 July 2011.

15. Dater, Adrian (2011-07-11). "Avs still not at cap floor". Denver Post.
Retrieved 14 July 2011.
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Denver Post. 2012-06-20. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
18. LeBrun, Pierre. "Swedish club Djurgarden to sign Calder Trophy winner
Gabriel Landeskog". ESPN.com. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
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hockeysverige.se. 2012-10-03. Retrieved 2012-10-05.
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2013-05-02.
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Globe and Mail. 2013-05-19. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
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Network. 2014-02-23. Retrieved 2014-02-23.

32. "Landeskog, Siemens excited to be Avs". foxnews.com. 2011-06-28.

Retrieved 14 July 2011.

33. "NHL announces All-Rookie squad". National Hockey League. 2012-0620. Retrieved 2012-06-20.

External links
Gabriel Landeskog's career statistics (http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=10393&lang=en) at EliteProspects.com
(http://eliteprospects.com)
Gabriel Landeskog profile (http://www.eurohockey.com/player/119729.html) at Eurohockey.com (http://www.eurohockey.com)
Gabriel Landeskog's career statistics (http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=118530) at The Internet Hockey Database
(http://www.hockeydb.com/)
Gabriel Landeskog at Eurohockey.com (http://eurohockey.com/player/119852-gabriel-landeskog.html)
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related to Gabriel Landeskog.

Awards and achievements

Preceded by
Jeff Skinner

Winner of the Calder Trophy

2012

Succeeded by
Jonathan Huberdeau

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Joey Hishon

Colorado Avalanche first round draft pick

2011

Succeeded by
Duncan Siemens

Preceded by
Milan Hejduk

Colorado Avalanche captain

2012present

Incumbent

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