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John Klingberg

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John Andersson Klingberg (born 14 August 1992) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman and alternate captain for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted 131st overall in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft by the Stars. He is the younger brother of Carl Klingberg.

Playing career[edit]

Klingberg started his career at an early age in Lerums BK; he was then signed as a youth to join the Frölunda HC program. He made his Elitserien debut for Frölunda HC on 21 September 2010, against AIK.[1]

On 16 May 2011, the Dallas Stars announced that they had signed Klingberg to a three-year entry level contract.[2] He was then loaned to the Finnish SM-liiga to play with Jokerit in the 2011–12 season before returning to Sweden midway through the campaign to Skellefteå AIK.

In the 2013–14 season, Klingberg opted to play on loan with Frölunda HC, and produced a career high 11 goals and 28 points in 50 games. After post-season elimination, Klingberg was assigned to the Stars’ American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Texas Stars, and played in three regular season games.

In his first full North American season in 2014–15, Klingberg remained with Texas to begin the year. After being recalled by the Stars, he made his NHL debut in a 4–3 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on 11 November 2014.[3] Klingberg scored his first NHL goal on 20 November 2014, against Mike Smith of the Arizona Coyotes.[4] Klingberg finished first in points among all rookie defenceman in 2014–15 and was named to the NHL all-rookie team.[5]

The Stars qualified for the 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs. They defeated the Minnesota Wild in the first-round[6] before falling to the St. Louis Blues in the second.[7] Overall, Klingberg recorded one goal and three assists in 13 games.

After ranking first among NHL defencemen, Klinberg was named to the 2018 NHL All-Star Game, along with teammate Tyler Seguin.[8] He finished the year with a career-high 67 points in 82 games.

On 9 November 2018, Klingberg underwent hand surgery, sidelining him for at least four weeks.[9] He returned on 20 December in a 5–2 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks.[10] Despite missing a total of 18 games, Klingberg recorded ten goals and 45 points.

During the Stars’ first-round match-up against the Nashville Predators in the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs, Klingberg scored the series-winning overtime goal in game six to advance.[11]

Personal life[edit]

Klingberg was born in Gothenburg, Sweden, to Anders Klingberg. His father, Anders, is also active in hockey and is a head coach for Göteborg during TV-pucken, a Swedish ice hockey tournament.[12] Klingberg also has two brothers, both of whom are active hockey players; Carl who currently plays for EV Zug of the National League (NL) and Olle, who currently plays with Lerums BK.[13]

Career statistics[edit]

Regular season and playoffs[edit]

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2008–09 Frölunda HC J18 16 3 8 11 8
2008–09 Frölunda HC J18 Allsv 14 0 4 4 4 3 0 0 0 0
2009–10 Frölunda HC J18 10 2 4 6 12
2009–10 Frölunda HC J18 Allsv 10 1 9 10 10 7 2 9 11 10
2009–10 Frölunda HC J20 27 0 5 5 32 5 1 0 1 6
2010–11 Frölunda HC J20 13 3 14 17 29 7 1 10 11 6
2010–11 Frölunda HC SEL 26 0 5 5 10
2010–11 Borås HC Allsv 7 1 0 1 2
2011–12 Jokerit FIN U20 1 0 0 0 0
2011–12 Jokerit SM-l 20 1 2 3 8
2011–12 Kiekko-Vantaa Mestis 6 1 4 5 0
2011–12 Skellefteå AIK SEL 16 1 3 4 6 16 0 4 4 14
2012–13 Skellefteå AIK J20 1 0 0 0 0
2012–13 Skellefteå AIK SEL 25 1 12 13 6 13 1 3 4 8
2012–13 Texas Stars AHL 1 0 0 0 0
2013–14 Frölunda HC SHL 50 11 17 28 12 7 0 4 4 2
2013–14 Texas Stars AHL 3 0 1 1 4
2014–15 Texas Stars AHL 10 4 8 12 6
2014–15 Dallas Stars NHL 65 11 29 40 32
2015–16 Dallas Stars NHL 76 10 48 58 30 13 1 3 4 2
2016–17 Dallas Stars NHL 80 13 36 49 34
2017–18 Dallas Stars NHL 82 8 59 67 26
2018–19 Dallas Stars NHL 64 10 35 45 12 13 2 7 9 6
2019–20 Dallas Stars NHL 58 6 26 32 22 26 4 17 21 14
SHL totals 117 13 37 50 34 36 1 11 12 24
NHL totals 425 58 233 291 156 52 7 27 34 22

International[edit]

 
Medal record
Representing 23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg John Klingberg Dallas Stars John Klingberg NHL  Sweden
Ice hockey
World Championships
16px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg John Klingberg Dallas Stars John Klingberg NHL 2017 Germany/France
16px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg John Klingberg Dallas Stars John Klingberg NHL 2018 Denmark
World Junior Championships
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Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2011 Sweden WJC 4th 6 1 1 2 0
2012 Sweden WJC 16px-Gold_medal_icon.svg John Klingberg Dallas Stars John Klingberg NHL 6 0 3 3 4
2015 Sweden WC 5th 7 2 4 6 0
2017 Sweden WC 16px-Gold_medal_icon.svg John Klingberg Dallas Stars John Klingberg NHL 10 2 4 6 2
2018 Sweden WC 16px-Gold_medal_icon.svg John Klingberg Dallas Stars John Klingberg NHL 10 1 5 6 4
2019 Sweden WC 5th 5 2 2 4 2
Junior totals 12 1 4 5 4
Senior totals 32 7 15 22 8

Awards and achievements[edit]

Award Year
SHL
Le Mat Trophy (Skellefteå AIK) 2013
NHL
All-Rookie Team 2015 [5]
All-Star Game 2018 [8]

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