#16 Marcus Kruger, C

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2011-12 Season Notes
-Tallied an assist in three of final four regular season games
-Recorded first multi-goal (2g) game of NHL career on 2/10/12 at San Jose
-Recorded first multi-point (2a) effort of NHL career on 2/2/12 at Edmonton
-Returned to action on 1/14/12 at Detroit after missing eight games to injury
-Scored first NHL goal on 10/29/11 vs. Columbus
-First full professional North American season spent in NHL with Chicago Blackhawks.

2010-11 Season Notes
-Tallied three points (2g-1a) in nine games for Team Sweden at the 2011 IIHF World Championship
-Notched first NHL assist on 4/21/11 with Chicago at Vancouver during the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs
-Notched seven shots on goal and four penalty minutes in seven regular-season tilts with Chicago
-Made his NHL debut with the Chicago Blackhawks against the Florida Panthers on 3/23/11, tallying a shot and two PIMs in 11:37 of ice time
-Youngest forward to finish among the top 20 scorers in the Swedish Elite League
-Lead Djurgardens IF Stockholm (SEL) in scoring with 35 points (6g-29a) in 50 regular-season games

Career Notes
-Finalist for the 2009-10 SEL rookie of the year award
-Notched 10 points (3g-7a) in 16 playoff tilts in 2010
-Finished second in scoring with 31 points (11g-20a) in 38 regular-season contests in 2009-10
-Earned a bronze medal in the 2010 World Junior Championships as a member of team Sweden, ranked third on the team with six assists in six contests and was +7 for the tournament
-Made SEL debut with Djurgardens IF Stockholm and registered two goals and two assists in 15 regular season contests in 2008-09

 

Career Statistics »

Year League Club GP G A PTS PIM
11-12 NHL Chicago Blackhawks 71 9 17 26 22
10-11 SEL Djurgardens IF Stockholm 52 6 29 35 52
10-11 NHL Chicago Blackhawks 7 0 0 0 4
09-10 SEL Djurgardens IF Stockholm 38 11 20 31 14
08-09 SEL Djurgardens IF Stockholm 15 2 2 4 2
2012-13 Roster »
0 Pat Mullane LW
7 Brandon Svendsen LW
11 Maxime Sauve C
12 Kyle Beach LW
15 Wade Brookbank LW
22 Mathieu Beaudoin RW
25 Kenndal McArdle LW
26 Garret Ross LW
28 Mark McNeill C
29 Phillip Danault C
32 Joakim Nordstrom C
36 Brad Mills C
37 Terry Broadhurst LW
39 Martin St. Pierre C
85 Rostislav Olesz LW
0 Viktor Svedberg D
3 Dylan Olsen D
6 Joe Lavin D
10 Klas Dahlbeck D
33 Kent Simpson G
16 Marcus Kruger C
17 Jimmy Hayes RW
18 Brandon Bollig LW
19 Jeremy Morin LW
20 Brandon Saad LW
21 Ben Smith RW
23 Andrew Shaw RW
27 Brandon Pirri C
2 Adam Clendening D
4 Ryan Stanton D
8 Nick Leddy D
8 Steve Montador D
9 Shawn Lalonde D
1 Henrik Karlsson G
30 Carter Hutton G
24 Byron Froese C
29 David Gilbert C
5 Ben Youds D

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