Victor Berglund

Victor Berglund
Born (1999-08-02) 2 August 1999 (age 25)
Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 183 lb (83 kg; 13 st 1 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Right
Liiga team
Former teams		 Oulun Kärpät
Luleå HF
Providence Bruins
HIFK
NHL draft 195th overall, 2017
Boston Bruins
Playing career 2016–present

Victor Berglund (born 2 August 1999) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently playing under contract with Oulun Kärpät in the Liiga. He was drafted 195th overall by the Boston Bruins in the seventh round of the 2017 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career

Europe

As a youth, Berglund played junior hockey for Modo Hockey junior team in the J20 SuperElit, winning a silver medal with the team in the 2017 Junior Club World Cup.[1]

Berglund spent part of the 2016–17 season with Modo of the HockeyAllsvenskan, the second-tier Swedish ice hockey league, scoring one assist in 12 games. He continued to play 37 games for Modo in the 2017–18 season, making one goal and six assists and during the season, and was briefly loaned to Örnsköldsviks HF of the third-tier HockeyEttan for two games. For the 2018–19 season, Berglund played 50 games for Modo, with four goals and nine assists. He improved to 52 games played with ten goals and 12 assists for the 2019–20 season.[2]

North America

The Boston Bruins drafted Berglund 195th overall in the seventh round in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft.[3]

On 5 April 2019, he made his North American professional debut with Boston's AHL affiliate, the Providence Bruins in a 8–6 win against the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, scoring his first AHL goal.[4] The Bruins signed him to a three-year entry-level contract on 15 June 2020.[2]

For the 2020–21 season, the Bruins loaned Berglund to Luleå HF of the Swedish Hockey League, where he played 50 games with four goals and 17 assists.[5] He returned to the Providence Bruins for the 2021–22 AHL season.[6][7]

Returning to the Providence Bruins to begin the 2022–23 season, Berglund appeared in just 5 regular season games through three months before he was placed on unconditional waivers by the Boston Bruins in order for a mutual termination of his contract on 8 December 2022.[8]

Return to Europe

On 10 December 2022, Berglund returned to Europe and secured a contract for the remainder of the season with Finnish club, HIFK of the Liiga.[9]

At the conclusion of his short-term contract with HIFK, Berglund opted to continue in the Liiga, securing a two-year contract with Kärpät on 29 April 2023.[10]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2015–16 Modo Hockey J20 2 1 0 1 0 — — — — —
2016–17 Modo Hockey J20 37 5 10 15 16 6 0 0 0 0
2016–17 Modo Hockey Allsv 12 0 1 1 4 — — — — —
2017–18 Modo Hockey J20 23 10 8 18 30 6 2 1 3 16
2017–18 Modo Hockey Allsv 37 1 6 7 10 — — — — —
2017–18 Örnsköldsviks HF Div.1 2 0 0 0 2 — — — — —
2018–19 Modo Hockey Allsv 50 4 9 13 20 4 0 0 0 0
2018–19 Modo Hockey J20 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 3 2
2018–19 Providence Bruins AHL 4 1 1 2 0 — — — — —
2019–20 Modo Hockey Allsv 52 10 12 22 28 2 0 0 0 2
2020–21 Luleå HF SHL 50 4 17 21 6 1 0 0 0 0
2021–22 Providence Bruins AHL 46 6 12 18 30 1 0 0 0 0
2021–22 Maine Mariners ECHL 3 1 3 4 0 — — — — —
2022–23 Providence Bruins AHL 5 0 1 1 4 — — — — —
2022–23 HIFK Liiga 29 2 18 20 6 10 0 4 4 4
SHL totals 50 4 17 21 6 1 0 0 0 0

References

  1. ^ "Victor Berglund at eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
  2. ^ a b "Bruins Sign Victor Berglund To Entry-Level Contract". NHL.com. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
  3. ^ "2017 NHL Draft revisit: Analyzing what went right, wrong for Bruins three years later". www.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
  4. ^ "Game summary: Providence Bruins – Bridgeport Sound Tigers, April 5th 2019".
  5. ^ "Watch Bruins Prospect Victor Berglund Rip Impressive Slap Shot In Swedish Pro Game". NESN.com. 2021-01-02. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
  6. ^ ""Tanken är att jag ska vara där borta"". Hockeysverige – Mer av sporten du älskar. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
  7. ^ "Berglund lämnar Luleå Hockey – för Bostons farmarlag". Norrländska Socialdemokraten.
  8. ^ "Victor Berglund placed on unconditional waivers". CBS Sports. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  9. ^ Hyvärinen, Eetu (10 December 2022). "Swedish defenseman Victor Berglund to HIFK". HIFK (in Finnish). Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  10. ^ "Victor Berglund to Kärpät on a two-year contract" (in Finnish). Oulun Kärpät. 29 April 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023.