Oliver Holton Lauridsen (born 24 March 1989) is a Danish professional

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who currently plays for the

Malmö Redhawks The IF Malmö Redhawks (colloquially referred to simply as Malmö or by past abbreviation MIF) is a Swedish professional ice hockey team based in Malmö which plays in the SHL, with Malmö Arena as the venue for home games. The history of the ...

of the

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(SHL). He previously played for the

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of the

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(NHL). He is the older brother to

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, who plays as a teammate with the Redhawks.

Playing career

Lauridsen hails from

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, Denmark, where he started playing ice hockey in the youth ranks of

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. He moved to Sweden in 2005 to join

Rögle BK Rögle BK (Rögle Bandyklubb) is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Ängelholm that has been playing in the SHL since the 2015–16 season. Rögle has previously played in the SHL (previously named Elitserien) in 1992–1995–96 Elitse ...

before heading to

Linköping HC Linköping Hockey Club, often known by its Acronym and initialism, initials LHC, or Colloquialism, colloquially among its fans as Cluben, is a Swedish ice hockey club from Linköping, founded in 1976. The home arena of the team is Saab Arena (fo ...

one year later. He played for both clubs at the youth level. In 2008, Lauridsen enrolled at St. Cloud State University. He was drafted by the

196th overall in the

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and signed a two-year entry-level contract with the Flyers on 15 March 2011 after his third season of college hockey at

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. On 29 March 2013, after spending one season with the

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he was called up to replace the injured

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. He debuted the next day in a game against the

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. A month later, Lauridsen scored his first NHL goal after Boston defenseman

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's attempt to clear the puck deep in his own zone managed to slip past Boston goaltender

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and into the net. Lauridsen was credited with the goal since he was the last Flyers player to have touched the puck and it proved to be the game-winning goal. Two days later he scored the game-winner again, this time via a

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that eluded

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goaltender Kevin Poulin. During his time in North America, he played a total of 16 NHL contests for the Flyers and 264 games in the

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for the

and

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. On 13 July 2015, Lauridsen signed with

Frölunda HC Frölunda Hockey Club, previously known as the Frölunda Indians, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Gothenburg. They currently play in the highest Swedish league, the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), formerly the Elitserien, where th ...

of the

and helped the team win the Swedish national championship and the

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in the 2015–16 season. In April 2016, he penned a deal with

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based

KHL The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; russian: Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХЛ), Kontinental'naya khokkeynaya liga) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs b ...

team

Jokerit Helsingin Jokerit (English: Jokers or Jesters) are a professional ice hockey team based in Helsinki, Finland. The team won six league championships as a member of the Finnish SM-liiga (1973, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, and 2002). Jokerit plays its ...

. After four seasons in the KHL with Jokerit, Lauridsen opted to return to the SHL, agreeing to a three-year contract with the Malmö Redhawks on 29 April 2020.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

External links

* 1989 births Living people Adirondack Phantoms players Danish ice hockey defencemen Frölunda HC players Jokerit players Lehigh Valley Phantoms players Malmö Redhawks players People from Gentofte Municipality Philadelphia Flyers draft picks Philadelphia Flyers players St. Cloud State Huskies men's ice hockey players Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players of Denmark Sportspeople from the Capital Region of Denmark {{Denmark-icehockey-bio-stub