Elias Fälth
{{short description|Swedish ice hockey player}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = Elias Fälth.JPG
| image_size = 230px
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|3|30}}
| birth_place = Nacka, Sweden
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 9
| weight_lbs = 170
| position = Defence
| shoots = Right
| league = Liiga
| team = Tappara
| prospect_league =
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| former_teams = Brynäs IF
Luleå HF
HV71
Frölunda HC
| draft =
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| ntl_team = SWE
| career_start = 1999
}}
Elias Fälth (born March 30, 1981) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman, currently playing for Tappara Tampere in the Finnish Liiga.
Playing career
Fälth saw his first minutes in Sweden’s second division Allsvenskan with Huddinge IK during the 1999-2000 season. Until 2010, he played for five other Allsvenskan sides, including the Halmstad Hammers, Nybro Vikings, Borås HC, VIK Västerås HK and Almtuna IS.
He signed with Luleå HF of the Swedish elite-league SHL in 2010, where he spent two years, before transferring to HV71 in 2012. In 2014, Fälth moved on to Frölunda HC. In his second year with Frölunda, he helped the team win the Swedish championship and the Champions Hockey League title.{{Cite web|url=http://www.championshockeyleague.net/page/statistics/portrait_1307/|title=Statistics {{!}} Champions Hockey League|website=www.championshockeyleague.net|access-date=2016-05-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401013941/http://www.championshockeyleague.net/page/statistics/portrait_1307/|archive-date=2016-04-01|url-status=dead}}
He did not have his contract renewed by Frölunda following the 2015–16 campaign and then signed with fellow SHL outfit Brynäs IF in May 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/hockey/sverige/shl/brynas/article22742898.ab|title=Brynäs har gjort klart med guldhjälten|website=Aftonbladet|date=2 May 2016 |access-date=2016-05-04 | language = Swedish}}
International play
Fälth made his debut with the Swedish national team in November 2010{{Cite web|url=http://www.svenskafans.com/hockeyzon/Elias-Falths-fantastiska-resa-fran-allsvenska-banken-i-Vasteras-till-lysande-landslagsdebut-380201.aspx|title=Elias Fälths fantastiska resa från allsvenska bänken i Västerås till lysande landslagsdebut - VIK Västerås HK - H-Allsvenskan {{!}} SvenskaFans.com|website=www.svenskafans.com|access-date=2016-05-04}} and was a member of the gold-winning Swedish squad at the 2013 World Championship. He made 10 appearances during the tournament, scoring one goal.{{Cite web|url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/352/SWE/IHSWE13003198101.html|title= Player profile Elias Falth | date = 2016-05-04 |work=IIHF| access-date=2016-05-04}}
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM | ||||||||
| 1999–00
| Allsv | 45 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 40
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1999–00 | Huddinge IK | J20 | — | — | — | — | —
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 2000–01
| Huddinge IK | Div. 1 | 47 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 69
| 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2001–02 | Huddinge IK | Allsv | 43 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 52
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002–03
| Allsv | 41 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 66
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2003–04 | Halmstad Hammers | Allsv | 46 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 24
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004–05
| Halmstad Hammers | Allsv | 41 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 38
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2005–06 | Nybro IF | Allsv | 35 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 53
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006–07
| Nybro IF | Allsv | 43 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 94
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2007–08 | Borås HC | Allsv | 43 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 98
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2008–09
| Allsv | 39 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 44
| 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 26 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2009–10 | Allsv | 48 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 42
| 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 2010–11
| Luleå HF | SEL | 53 | 6 | 28 | 34 | 14
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2011–12 | Luleå HF | SEL | 53 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 16
| 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2012–13
| HV71 | SEL | 49 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 24
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2013–14 | HV71 | SHL | 52 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 30
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2014–15
| SHL | 50 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 32
| 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2015–16 | Frölunda HC | SHL | 47 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 42
| 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 2016–17
| SHL | 35 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 12
| 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | SHL totals ! 339!!38!!98!!136!!170 ! 61!!4!!12!!16!!32 |
{{MedalTableTop|name = }}
{{MedalSport | Men's Ice hockey}}
{{MedalCountry | {{SWE}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold | 2013 Stockholm|}}
{{MedalBottom}}
=International=
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! Year ! Team ! Event ! Result ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM | ||||
| 2013
| Sweden | WC | {{gold1}} | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="4" | Senior totals ! 10!!1!!0!!1!!4 |
Awards and honors
| class="wikitable"
! Award ! Year ! |
| ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
| colspan="3" | SHL |
| Le Mat trophy (Frölunda HC)
| 2016 |
| ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
| colspan="3" | CHL |
| Champions (Frölunda HC)
| 2016 | |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Ice hockey stats}}
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Category:Swedish ice hockey defencemen
Category:21st-century Swedish sportsmen
Category:VIK Västerås HK players
Category:People from Nacka Municipality
Category:Ice hockey people from Stockholm County
Category:Nybro Vikings players
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