Filip Björk

Filip Björk
Born (1986-10-01) 1 October 1986
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Right
Played for Bakersfield Condors
IF Sundsvall
HK SKP Poprad
Eispiraten Crimmitschau
HK Gomel
Almtuna IS
Arystan Temirtau
Beibarys Atyrau
HC Fassa
Playing career 2005–2017

Filip Björk (born 1 October 1986) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman currently an unrestricted free agent who played college hockey in the NCAA for four years then signed with Bakersfield Condors, which at the time, was the NHL team Anaheim Ducks affiliate. Bjork was known for his tough playing style and mobile skating.

He signed a one-year ECHL contract with the Rapid City Rush as a free agent on 26 August 2015.[1] However, he failed to secure a position with the Rush after attending training camp on 13 October 2015. He played professional hockey in America, Europe, Belarus and Kazakhstan before retiring due to a facial injury that occurred during an ice hockey game.

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2001–02 Nacka HK J18 J18 Div. 1 237512— —————
2001–02 Nacka HK J20 J20 Div. 1 11010 —————
2002–03 Nacka HK J18 J18 Div. 1 10220 —————
2002–03 Nacka HK J20 J20 Div. 1 2731013— —————
2003–04 Linköping HC J18 J18 Elit 13044— —————
2003–04 Linköping HC J18 J18 Allsvenskan 140338 41122
2004–05 Hammarby IF J20 J20 SuperElit 2815624 —————
2004–05 Team Uppsala Allsvenskan 20000 —————
2005–06 Hammarby IF J18 J18 Allsvenskan 11124 —————
2005–06 Hammarby IF J20 J20 SuperElit 410121264 41014
2006–07 New England College NCAA III 160118 —————
2007–08 New England College NCAA III 1622427 —————
2008–09 New England College NCAA III 23191028 —————
2009–10 New England College NCAA III 1705510 —————
2009–10 Bakersfield Condors ECHL 30004 —————
2010–11 IF Sundsvall Hockey HockeyAllsvenskan 2602216 —————
2010–11 HK Poprad Slovak 20000 —————
2010–11 Eispiraten Crimmitschau Germany2 1105510 —————
2011–12 HK Gomel Belarus 3715663 70110
2012–13 Almtuna IS HockeyAllsvenskan 3304467 —————
2013–14 Arystan Temirtau Kazakhstan 231101118 —————
2013–14 Beibarys Atyrau Kazakhstan 1212347 60116
2014–15 HC Fassa Italy 3561622103 —————
2015–16 Pensacola Ice Flyers SPHL 30110 —————
2015–16 Ducs de Dijon Ligue Magnus 1307746 —————
2016–17 HC Fassa AlpsHL 602210 —————
ECHL totals 3 0 0 0 4 — — — — —
Allsvenskan totals 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
HockeyAllsvenskan totals 59 0 6 6 83 — — — — —
Slovak totals 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
Belarus totals 37 1 5 6 63 7 0 1 1 0
Kazakhstan totals 35 2 12 14 65 6 0 1 1 6

References

  1. ↑ "Stefanovich and Bjork come to Rush from Europe". Rapid City Rush. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.