Henrik Ødegaard (born February 12, 1988) is a Norwegian

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player who is currently playing for Frisk Asker of the Norwegian

GET-ligaen EliteHockey Ligaen (EHL) is the premier Norwegian ice hockey league, organised by the Norwegian Ice Hockey Association. It comprises 10 clubs and works on the premise of promotion and relegation, in which the two teams who placed last must play ...

. After playing professionally in the Norwegian

for Ishockeyklubben Sparta Sarpsborg and Frisk Asker Ishockey, Ødegaard signed with the

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of the

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on October 1, 2013. After playing one game for the Wolves, Ødegaard was assigned by the Wolves to their affiliate the

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of the

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on October 10, 2013. Ødegaard also played seven games for

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in the

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. On January 7, 2014, Ødegaard was named to

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for the

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On April 18, 2014, Ødegaard was called back up to the

of the

. On June 16, 2014 Ødegaard signed with

Lørenskog IK Lørenskog Ishockeyklubb (founded in 1963) is a Norwegian professional ice hockey team based in Lørenskog, Norway. The team competed in GET-ligaen from 2008 to 2018. In May 2018, the club did not receive a new licence, due to long-term economic p ...

Awards and honours

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

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* 1988 births Living people Norwegian ice hockey defencemen Olympic ice hockey players for Norway Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics Lørenskog IK players Chicago Wolves players Missouri Mavericks players Sparta Sarpsborg players Frisk Asker Ishockey players Sportspeople from Asker Ice hockey people from Akershus Norwegian expatriate ice hockey people Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in the United States {{Norway-icehockey-bio-stub