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Marcus Kruger
Marcus Kruger
Blackhawks - Center
NUMBER: 16
HEIGHT: 6' 0"
WEIGHT: 181
SHOOTS: Left
BIRTHDATE: 05/27/1990
AGE: 22
BIRTHPLACE: Stockholm, SWE
DRAFTED: CHI: 2009-149 overall
2008-09:
-Made Swedish Elite League debut with Djurgarden IF Stockholm, registering two goals and two assists in 15 regular-season contests … Tallied 9 goals, 30 assists, and a +21 plus/minus rating in 34 regular-season games with Djurgarden Jr. … Collected six points (G, 5A) in six postseason contests with Djurgarden Jr.

CAREER

2011-12: Established NHL career highs in nearly every statistical category, including goals (9), assists (17), points (26), hits (26), blocked shots (35), penalty minutes (22) and shots on goal (89) in 71 regular-season tilts … Shared eighth among NHL freshmen with an NHL career-best +11 plus/minus rating … Led Western Conference rookies and ranked fourth among league first-years with 284 faceoff wins … Ranked ninth among rookies with a 10.1 shooting percentage … Posted a season-high 22:45 of ice time on March 13 vs. STL … Tallied the first game-winning goal of his NHL career on Feb. 21 vs. DET … Posted the first multi-goal game of his NHL career and a season-high six shots on goal on Feb. 10 at SJS ... Collected a pair of assists for the first multi-point game of his NHL career on Feb. 2 at EDM … Recorded a season-high four hits on Jan. 18 vs. BUF … Netted the first goal of his NHL career on Oct. 29 vs. CBJ … Missed 10 games (Dec. 21; Dec. 28-Jan. 12; March 25) due to injury … Held scoreless in an NHL postseason career-high six appearances in the Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. PHX … Ranked second on the club and third among league rookies with a 51.0 faceoff winning percentage (min. 30 attempts) … Ranked fifth among NHL freshmen with 49 faceoffs taken … Recorded a career-high 24:22 TOI (regular and postseason) in Game 3 vs. PHX on April 17 … Shared seventh among league rookies with 13 SOG.

2010-11: Recorded 7 SOG and 4 PIM in seven regular-season tilts with Chicago in his North American debut … Made his Blackhawks debut on March 23 vs. FLA, registering 2 PIM, one shot and two hits in 11:37 of action … Collected one assist in five Western Conference Quarterfinals contests vs. VAN in his Stanley Cup Playoffs debut … Notched the first point of his NHL career (regular or postseason) with a helper in Game 5 on April 21 … Paced the Swedish Elite League’s Djurgardens IF Stockholm in scoring with 35 points (6G, 29A) in 50 regular-season contests … Shared the club lead with a +12 rating … Was the youngest forward to finish among the top 20 scorers in the SEL.

2009-10: Ranked second on Djurgardens IF with 31 points (11G, 20A) in 38 regular-season games … Registered 10 points (3G, 7A) in 16 playoff tilts … Selected as a finalist for the SEL Rookie of the Year award.

2008-09: Made SEL debut with Djurgardens IF, registering two goals and two assists in 15 regular-season contests … Tallied 9 goals, 30 assists and a +21 rating with Djurgardens-Jr. in 34 regular-season games … Collected six points (1G, 5A) with Djurgardens-Jr. in six postseason contests.

2007-08: Posted 16 points (3G, 13A) in 22 regular-season games with Djurgardens-Jr. … Registered eight points (5G, 3A) in seven postseason appearances with Djurgardens-Jr. … Tallied 31 points (11G, 20A) in 22 regular-season appearances with Djurgardens U18 … Recorded 11 points (3G, 8A) in seven postseason contests with Djurgardens U18.

2006-07: Tallied 19 points (5G, 14A) in 23 regular-season appearances with Djurgardens U18 … Posted three points (2G, 1A) in three postseason contests with Djurgardens U18.

INTERNATIONAL

Represented Team Sweden at the 2012 World Championship, tallying five points (3G, 2A) and a +3 rating in eight games played … Netted 2 GWG … Captured a silver medal and recorded three points (2G, 1A) and a team-high 10 PIM in nine games for Sweden at the 2011 World Championship … Earned a bronze medal with Team Sweden in the 2010 World Junior Championship … Ranked third on Sweden with six assists in six contests and seventh in the tournament with a +7 rating.