Ricard Persson

#6 Cortina / Italy - 09/10

Date of Birth: Aug 24, 1969
Age: 57
Place of Birth: Östersund, SWE
Nation: Sweden
Youth Team: Östersunds IK
Position: D
Height: 188 cm / 6'2"
Weight: 93 kg / 205 lbs
Shoots: L
Status: Retired

Ricard Persson Facts

Drafted: 1987 round 2 #23 overall by New Jersey Devils

Father: Lars Persson
Sons: Philip Persson, Samuel Persson

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Ricard Persson Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1982-1983	Östersunds IK U16		-	-	-	-	-	-
1983-1984	Östersunds IK U16	U16 SM	-	-	-	-	-	-
1983-1984	Östersunds IK J18	J18 Elit	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984-1985	Östersunds IK U16		-	-	-	-	-	-
1984-1985	Östersunds IK J18	J18 Elit	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984-1985	Östersunds IK J20	Juniorserien	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984-1985	Östersunds IK	Division 1	13	0	3	3	6	-
1984-1985	Sweden U16 (all)	International-Jr	3	0	1	1	-	-
1985-1986	Östersunds IK J18	J18 Div.1	-	-	-	-	-	-
1985-1986	Östersunds IK J20	Juniorserien	-	-	-	-	-	-
1985-1986	Östersunds IK	Division 1	24	2	2	4	16	-
1985-1986	Sweden U17 (all)	International-Jr	2	0	0	0	-	-
1986-1987	Östersunds IK J18	J18 Div.1	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986-1987	Östersunds IK J20	J20 Div.1	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986-1987	Östersunds IK	Division 1	31	10	11	21	28	-
1986-1987	Sweden U18	EJC-18	7	2	1	3	0	-
1986-1987	Sweden U18 (all)	International-Jr	14	5	4	9	14	-
1987-1988	Leksands IF J20	Juniorserien	-	-	-	-	-	-
1987-1988	Leksands IF	Elitserien	21	2	0	2	8	-	Playoffs	2	0	1	1	2	-
1987-1988	Sweden U19 (all)	International-Jr	4	0	0	0	4	-
1987-1988	Sweden U20	WJC-20	7	2	5	7	12	-
1987-1988	Sweden U20 (all)	International-Jr	10	2	5	7	16	-
1988-1989	Leksands IF J20	Juniorserien	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988-1989	Leksands IF	Elitserien	33	2	4	6	28	-	Playoffs	9	0	1	1	6	-
1988-1989	Sweden U20	WJC-20	7	3	6	9	10	-
1988-1989	Sweden U20 (all)	International-Jr	14	4	7	11	10	-
1988-1989	Sweden B (all)	International	2	0	0	0	0	-
1989-1990	Leksands IF	Elitserien	40	9	10	19	56	-	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	6	-
1989-1990	Sweden (all)	International	1	0	0	0	0	-
1989-1990	Sweden B (all)	International	9	1	2	3	-	-
1990-1991	Leksands IF	Elitserien	19	3	4	7	20	-
1990-1991	Leksands IF	Allsvenskan D1	18	3	5	8	18	-	Qualification	4	0	0	0	4	-
1990-1991	Sweden (all)	International	9	0	1	1	16	-
1990-1991	Sweden B (all)	International	7	4	1	5	-	-
1991-1992	Leksands IF	Elitserien	21	0	7	7	28	-
1991-1992	Leksands IF	Allsvenskan D1	18	6	3	9	18	-	Kvalserien SHL	11	4	3	7	16	-
1991-1992	Sweden B (all)	International	2	0	1	1	-	-
1992-1993	Leksands IF	Elitserien	36	7	15	22	56	-	Playoffs	2	0	2	2	0	-
1992-1993	Sweden B (all)	International	8	1	1	2	-	-
1993-1994	Malmö IF	Elitserien	40	11	9	20	38	-	Playoffs	11	2	0	2	12	-
1993-1994	Sweden B	International	3	1	2	3	-	-
1994-1995	Malmö IF "C"	Elitserien	31	3	13	16	34	-	Playoffs	9	0	2	2	8	-
1994-1995	Albany River Rats	AHL	0	0	0	0	0	-	Playoffs	9	3	5	8	7	9
1994-1995	Sweden (all)	International	6	0	0	0	8	-
1995-1996	New Jersey Devils	NHL	12	2	1	3	8	5
1995-1996	Albany River Rats	AHL	67	15	31	46	59	31	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	7	-2
1996-1997	New Jersey Devils	NHL	1	0	0	0	0	0
1996-1997	Albany River Rats	AHL	13	1	4	5	8	3
1996-1997	St. Louis Blues	NHL	53	4	8	12	45	-2	Playoffs	6	0	0	0	27	-1
1997-1998	St. Louis Blues	NHL	1	0	0	0	0	0
1997-1998	Worcester IceCats "C"	AHL	32	2	16	18	58	9	Playoffs	10	3	7	10	24	-2
1998-1999	St. Louis Blues	NHL	54	1	12	13	94	4	Playoffs	13	0	3	3	17	-1
1998-1999	Worcester IceCats	AHL	19	6	4	10	42	6
1999-2000	St. Louis Blues	NHL	41	0	8	8	38	-2	Playoffs	3	1	0	1	0	1
1999-2000	Worcester IceCats	AHL	2	0	1	1	0	-1
1999-2000	Sweden	WC	7	0	0	0	6	2
1999-2000	Sweden (all)	International	7	0	0	0	6	2
2000-2001	Ottawa Senators	NHL	33	1	8	9	35	8	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0	0
2001-2002	Ottawa Senators	NHL	34	2	7	9	42	3	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	15	0
2002-2003	Eisbären Berlin	DEL	42	11	24	35	80	16	Playoffs	9	1	5	6	2	0
2002-2003	Sweden (all)	International	3	0	0	0	0	0
2003-2004	Eisbären Berlin "C"	DEL	25	6	7	13	36	6	Playoffs	11	3	5	8	10	4
2004-2005	Eisbären Berlin "A"	DEL	52	4	14	18	40	11	Playoffs	12	0	1	1	4	5
2005-2006	EC-KAC	EBEL	48	17	18	35	40	-6
2006-2007	EC-KAC	EBEL	36	7	14	21	98	1
2007-2008	Oji Eagles	Asia League	30	11	17	28	54	31	Playoffs	9	4	7	11	24	10
2008-2009	Oji Eagles	Asia League	32	12	25	37	68	42	Playoffs	2	0	2	2	2	-
2009-2010	Cortina	Italy	40	10	20	30	30	-

Ricard Persson Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1982-1983	Jämtland/Härjedalen	TV-Pucken	-	-	-	-	-	-
1983-1984	Jämtland/Härjedalen	TV-Pucken	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984-1985	Jämtland/Härjedalen	TV-Pucken	-	-	-	-	-	-
1990-1991	Sweden	Goodwill Games	4	0	0	0	14	-
2002-2003	Sweden	EHT	3	0	0	0	0	0
2009-2010	Cortina	Italian Cup	2	0	2	2	6	-

Ricard Persson Career Totals by League

League	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	6	133	24	56	80	0.60	167	48	3	23	6	12	18	0.78	38	5
Allsvenskan D1	2	36	9	8	17	0.47	36	-	2	15	4	3	7	0.47	20	-
Asia League	2	62	23	42	65	1.05	122	73	2	11	4	9	13	1.18	26	10*
DEL	3	119	21	45	66	0.55	156	33	3	32	4	11	15	0.47	16	9
Division 1	3	68	12	16	28	0.41	50	-	0
EBEL (ICEHL)	2	84	24	32	56	0.67	138	-5	0
EHT	1	3	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0
EJC-18	1	7	2	1	3	0.43	0	-	0
Elitserien (SHL)	8	241	37	62	99	0.41	268	-	6	36	2	6	8	0.22	34	-
Goodwill Games	1	4	0	0	0	0.00	14	-	0
International	9	57	7	8	15	0.26	30*	2*	0
International-Jr	5	47	11	17	28	0.60	44*	-	0
Italian Cup	1	2	0	2	2	1.00	6	-	0
Italy	1	40	10	20	30	0.75	30	-	0
J18 Div.1 (U18 Div.1)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
J18 Elit (U18 Region)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
J20 Div.1 (U20 Div.1)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Juniorserien	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
NHL	7	229	10	44	54	0.24	262	16	5	26	1	3	4	0.15	59	-1
TV-Pucken	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
U16 SM	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
WC	1	7	0	0	0	0.00	6	2	0
WJC-20	2	14	5	11	16	1.14	22	-	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Ricard Persson Career Totals by Team

Team	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
Albany River Rats	3	80	16	35	51	0.64	67	34	2	13	3	5	8	0.62	14	7
Cortina	1	42	10	22	32	0.76	36	-	0
EC-KAC	2	84	24	32	56	0.67	138	-5	0
Eisbären Berlin	3	119	21	45	66	0.55	156	33	3	32	4	11	15	0.47	16	9
Jämtland/Härjedalen	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Leksands IF	6	206	32	48	80	0.39	232	-	6	31	4	7	11	0.35	34	-
Leksands IF J20	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Malmö IF	2	71	14	22	36	0.51	72	-	2	20	2	2	4	0.20	20	-
New Jersey Devils	2	13	2	1	3	0.23	8	5	0
Oji Eagles	2	62	23	42	65	1.05	122	73	2	11	4	9	13	1.18	26	10*
Östersunds IK	3	68	12	16	28	0.41	50	-	0
Östersunds IK J18	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Östersunds IK J20	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Östersunds IK U16	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Ottawa Senators	2	67	3	15	18	0.27	77	11	2	4	0	0	0	0.00	15	0
St. Louis Blues	4	149	5	28	33	0.22	177	0	3	22	1	3	4	0.18	44	-1
Sweden	1	7	0	0	0	0.00	6	2	0
Sweden (EHT)	1	3	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0
Sweden (Cup)	1	4	0	0	0	0.00	14	-	0
Sweden (all)	5	26	0	1	1	0.04	30	2*	0
Sweden B (all)	6	31	7	7	14	0.45	0	-	0
Sweden U16 (all)	1	3	0	1	1	0.33	-	-	0
Sweden U17 (all)	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	-	-	0
Sweden U18	1	7	2	1	3	0.43	0	-	0
Sweden U18 (all)	1	14	5	4	9	0.64	14	-	0
Sweden U19 (all)	1	4	0	0	0	0.00	4	-	0
Sweden U20	2	14	5	11	16	1.14	22	-	0
Sweden U20 (all)	2	24	6	12	18	0.75	26	-	0
Worcester IceCats	3	53	8	21	29	0.55	100	14	1	10	3	7	10	1.00	24	-2

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Ricard Persson Career Highlights

Season	Awards
1986-1987	U18 EJC Gold Medal
1988-1989	Elitserien SM Silver Medal U20 WJC All-Star Team U20 WJC Best Defenseman U20 WJC Silver Medal
1993-1994	Elitserien Champion
1994-1995	AHL Calder Cup Champion
1995-1996	AHL All-Star Game
2002-2003	DEL Defenseman of the Year
2003-2004	DEL All-Star Game
2004-2005	DEL Champion
2007-2008	Asia League Champion
2008-2009	Asia League Best Offensive Defenseman

Transactions

Date	Status	From	To
07/14/2010	Confirmed	Cortina	Retired
09/03/2009	Confirmed	Oji Eagles	Cortina

Ricard Persson Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for Albany River Rats
Cult/Star player for Leksands IF
Cult/Star player for Malmö Redhawks
Cult/Star player for Östersunds IK

1999-2000: NHL Presidents' Trophy with St. Louis Blues
2003-2004: DEL Finalist with Eisbären Berlin