Samuel Lofquist (born March 15, 1990) is an American professional ice hockey

defenseman Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing team from Goal (ice hockey), scoring. They are often referred to as defencemen, D, D-men or blueliners (the la ...

who is currently playing for Kookoo in the Finnish Liiga.

Playing career

Having attended the United States National U18 Team program, Lofquist enrolled at the University of Minnesota in 2008, left the Gophers in the course of his sophomore season and then signed with the Guelph Storm Hockey Club of the Ontario Hockey League in November 2009. Following a short stint with the South Carolina Stingrays of the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) in 2011, he took up an offer from IK Oskarshamn of Sweden's second division

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...

. He stayed there until the end of the 2012–13 campaign, establishing himself as a defenseman with scoring ability and then was signed by fellow Allsvenskan team

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Name The club is named ...

for the 2013–14 season. Lofquist received a contract offer from SaiPa Lappeenranta of Finland's top-flight Liiga after having completed the season with

and would spend two years with SaiPa, competing both in Liiga and in the Champions Hockey League. In May 2016, Lofquist penned a deal with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) for the 2016–17 season, registering 13 points in 43 games. After spending the 2017–18 season in Switzerland with

EHC Biel EHC Biel-Bienne is a professional ice hockey club based in the bilingual city of Biel/Bienne, Switzerland and plays in the National League (NL). Since the city of Biel is completely bilingual, alongside the German name EHC Biel (Abbr: EHCB) the tea ...

of the National League, Lofquist opted to halt his 6-year European career and return to North America as a free agent. On July 30, 2018, he agreed to a one-year AHL contract with the San Antonio Rampage, affiliate to the St. Louis Blues of the NHL. In returning to the AHL for the first time in seven years, Lofquist began the 2018–19 season on the Rampage's blueline second-pairing. Appearing in just 9 games through December, Lofquist opted to leave the Rampage and return abroad after securing a contract for the remainder of the season with Chinese KHL participant,

Kunlun Red Star HC Kunlun Red Star () is a Chinese ice hockey club that joined the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) prior to the 2016–17 season. History Preparation of the team In March 2016, representatives of Kunlun Red Star and the KHL signed a protocol o ...

on December 25, 2018. Lofquist played out the remainder of the season with the Red Star, posting 11 points in just 18 games. On May 1, 2019, Lofquist opted to continue in the KHL, agreeing to a two-year contract on the opening day of free agency with Russian club, HC Sibir Novosibirsk.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lofquist, Sam 1990 births Living people American expatriate ice hockey players in China American expatriate ice hockey players in Finland American expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden American expatriate ice hockey players in Switzerland American expatriate ice hockey players in Russia American men's ice hockey defensemen EHC Biel players Djurgårdens IF (men's hockey) players Guelph Storm players Houston Aeros (1994–2013) players Ice hockey players from Wisconsin HC Kunlun Red Star players Linköping HC players Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey players IK Oskarshamn players People from Somerset, Wisconsin SaiPa players San Antonio Rampage players South Carolina Stingrays players Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod players 21st-century American sportsmen