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Ricard Persson

#6 Cortina / Italy - 09/10

Date of Birth

Aug 24, 1969

Position

Age

Height

6'2" / 188 cm

Place of Birth

Östersund, SWE

Weight

205 lbs / 93 kg

Nation

Sweden

Shoots

Youth Team

Östersunds IK

Status

Retired

Drafted

1987 round 2 #23 overall by New Jersey Devils

Father: Lars Persson
Sons: Philip Persson, Samuel Persson

Team Staff profile of Ricard Persson also available

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Ricard Persson Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1982-83	Östersunds IK U16	-	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
1983-84	Östersunds IK U16	U16 SM	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
	Östersunds IK J18	J18 Elit	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
1984-85	Östersunds IK U16	-	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
	Östersunds IK J18	J18 Elit	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
	Östersunds IK U20	Juniorserien	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
	Östersunds IK	Division 1	13*	0*	3*	3*	6*	-*	\|
	Sweden U16 (all)	International-Jr	3*	0*	1*	1*	-*	-*	\|
1985-86	Östersunds IK J18	J18 Div.1	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
	Östersunds IK J20	Juniorserien	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
	Östersunds IK	Division 1	24*	2*	2*	4*	16*	-*	\|
	Sweden U17 (all)	International-Jr	2*	0*	0*	0*	-*	-*	\|
1986-87	Östersunds IK J18	J18 Div.1	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
	Östersunds IK J20	J20 Div.1	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
	Östersunds IK	Division 1	31*	10*	11*	21*	28*	-*	\|
	Sweden U18	EJC-18	7*	2*	1*	3*	0*	-*	\|
	Sweden U18 (all)	International-Jr	14*	5*	4*	9*	14*	-*	\|
1987-88	Leksands IF J20	Juniorserien	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
	Leksands IF	Elitserien	21*	2*	0*	2*	8*	-*	\|	Playoffs	2	0	1	1	2	-
	Sweden U19 (all)	International-Jr	4*	0*	0*	0*	4*	-*	\|
	Sweden U20	WJC-20	7*	2*	5*	7*	12*	-*	\|
	Sweden U20 (all)	International-Jr	10*	2*	5*	7*	16*	-*	\|
1988-89	Leksands IF J20	Juniorserien	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
	Leksands IF	Elitserien	33*	2*	4*	6*	28*	-*	\|	Playoffs	9	0	1	1	6	-
	Sweden U20	WJC-20	7*	3*	6*	9*	10*	-*	\|
	Sweden U20 (all)	International-Jr	14*	4*	7*	11*	10*	-*	\|
	Sweden B (all)	International	2*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-*	\|
1989-90	Leksands IF	Elitserien	40*	9*	10*	19*	56*	-*	\|	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	6	-
	Sweden (all)	International	1*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-*	\|
	Sweden B (all)	International	9*	1*	2*	3*	-*	-*	\|
1990-91	Leksands IF	Elitserien	19*	3*	4*	7*	20*	-*	\|
	Leksands IF	Allsvenskan D1	18*	3*	5*	8*	18*	-*	\|	Qualification	4	0	0	0	4	-
	Sweden (all)	International	9*	0*	1*	1*	16*	-*	\|
	Sweden B (all)	International	7*	4*	1*	5*	-*	-*	\|
1991-92	Leksands IF	Elitserien	21*	0*	7*	7*	28*	-*	\|
	Leksands IF	Allsvenskan D1	18*	6*	3*	9*	18*	-*	\|	Kvalserien SHL	11	4	3	7	16	-
	Sweden B (all)	International	2*	0*	1*	1*	-*	-*	\|
1992-93	Leksands IF	Elitserien	36*	7*	15*	22*	56*	-*	\|	Playoffs	2	0	2	2	0	-
	Sweden B (all)	International	8*	1*	1*	2*	-*	-*	\|
1993-94	Malmö IF	Elitserien	40*	11*	9*	20*	38*	-*	\|	Playoffs	11	2	0	2	12	-
	Sweden B	International	3*	1*	2*	3*	-*	-*	\|
1994-95	Malmö IF “C”	Elitserien	31*	3*	13*	16*	34*	-*	\|	Playoffs	9	0	2	2	8	-
	Albany River Rats	AHL	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-*	\|	Playoffs	9	3	5	8	7	9
	Sweden (all)	International	6*	0*	0*	0*	8*	-*	\|
1995-96	New Jersey Devils	NHL	12*	2*	1*	3*	8*	5*	\|
	Albany River Rats	AHL	67*	15*	31*	46*	59*	31*	\|	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	7	-2
1996-97	New Jersey Devils	NHL	1*	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	\|
	Albany River Rats	AHL	13*	1*	4*	5*	8*	3*	\|
	St. Louis Blues	NHL	53*	4*	8*	12*	45*	-2*	\|	Playoffs	6	0	0	0	27	-1
1997-98	St. Louis Blues	NHL	1*	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	\|
	Worcester IceCats “C”	AHL	32*	2*	16*	18*	58*	9*	\|	Playoffs	10	3	7	10	24	-2
1998-99	St. Louis Blues	NHL	54*	1*	12*	13*	94*	4*	\|	Playoffs	13	0	3	3	17	-1
	Worcester IceCats	AHL	19*	6*	4*	10*	42*	6*	\|
1999-00	St. Louis Blues	NHL	41*	0*	8*	8*	38*	-2*	\|	Playoffs	3	1	0	1	0	1
	Worcester IceCats	AHL	2*	0*	1*	1*	0*	-1*	\|
	Sweden	WC	7*	0*	0*	0*	6*	2*	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	7*	0*	0*	0*	6*	2*	\|
2000-01	Ottawa Senators	NHL	33*	1*	8*	9*	35*	8*	\|	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0	0
2001-02	Ottawa Senators	NHL	34*	2*	7*	9*	42*	3*	\|	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	15	0
2002-03	Eisbären Berlin	DEL	42*	11*	24*	35*	80*	16*	\|	Playoffs	9	1	5	6	2	0
	Sweden (all)	International	3*	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	\|
2003-04	Eisbären Berlin “C”	DEL	25*	6*	7*	13*	36*	6*	\|	Playoffs	11	3	5	8	10	4
2004-05	Eisbären Berlin “A”	DEL	52*	4*	14*	18*	40*	11*	\|	Playoffs	12	0	1	1	4	5
2005-06	EC-KAC	EBEL	48*	17*	18*	35*	40*	-6*	\|
2006-07	EC-KAC	EBEL	36*	7*	14*	21*	98*	1*	\|
2007-08	Oji Eagles	Asia League	30*	11*	17*	28*	54*	31*	\|	Playoffs	9	4	7	11	24	10
2008-09	Oji Eagles	Asia League	32*	12*	25*	37*	68*	42*	\|	Playoffs	2	0	2	2	2	-
2009-10	Cortina	Italy	40*	10*	20*	30*	30*	-*	\|

Ricard Persson Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1982-83	Jämtland/Härjedalen	TV-Pucken	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
1983-84	Jämtland/Härjedalen	TV-Pucken	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
1984-85	Jämtland/Härjedalen	TV-Pucken	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
1990-91	Sweden	Goodwill Games	4*	0*	0*	0*	14*	-*	\|
2002-03	Sweden	EHT	3*	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	\|
2009-10	Cortina	Italian Cup	2*	0*	2*	2*	6*	-*	\|

Ricard Persson Career Totals

League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	\|	Years	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		*	*	*	*	*	*
EHT	1	3*	0*	0*	0*	0.00*	0*	0*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
EJC-18	1	7*	2*	1*	3*	0.43*	0*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Goodwill Games	1	4*	0*	0*	0*	0.00*	14*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
EBEL (ICEHL)	2	84*	24*	32*	56*	0.67*	138*	-5*	\|	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		*	*	*	*	*	*
Juniorserien	4	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
NHL	7	229*	10*	44*	54*	0.24*	262*	16*	\|	5	26	1 *	3 *	4 *	0.15 *	59 *	-1 *
Elitserien (SHL)	8	241*	37*	62*	99*	0.41*	268*	-*	\|	6	36	2 *	6 *	8 *	0.22 *	34 *	- *
TV-Pucken	3	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
U16 SM	1	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
J18 Div.1 (U18 Div.1)	2	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
J18 Elit (U18 Region)	2	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
J20 Div.1 (U20 Div.1)	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 Highlights

Season

Awards by season

1986-1987
- U18 EJC Gold Medal
1988-1989
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
07/14/2010	Confirmed	Cortina	Retired
09/03/2009
09/03/2009	Confirmed	Oji Eagles	Cortina

Player 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