Elias Fälth

Elias Fälth
Born	(1981-03-30) March 30, 1981 (age 43) Nacka, Sweden
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight	170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)
Position	Defence
Shoots	Right
Liiga team Former teams	Tappara Brynäs IF Luleå HF HV71 Frölunda HC
National team	Sweden
Playing career	1999–present

Elias Fälth (born March 30, 1981) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman, currently playing for Tappara Tampere in the Finnish Liiga.

Playing career

Fälth saw his first minutes in Sweden’s second division Allsvenskan with Huddinge IK during the 1999-2000 season. Until 2010, he played for five other Allsvenskan sides, including the Halmstad Hammers, Nybro Vikings, Borås HC, VIK Västerås HK and Almtuna IS.

He signed with Luleå HF of the Swedish elite-league SHL in 2010, where he spent two years, before transferring to HV71 in 2012. In 2014, Fälth moved on to Frölunda HC. In his second year with Frölunda, he helped the team win the Swedish championship and the Champions Hockey League title.^[1]

He did not have his contract renewed by Frölunda following the 2015–16 campaign and then signed with fellow SHL outfit Brynäs IF in May 2016.^[2]

International play

Fälth made his debut with the Swedish national team in November 2010^[3] and was a member of the gold-winning Swedish squad at the 2013 World Championship. He made 10 appearances during the tournament, scoring one goal.^[4]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1999–00	Huddinge IK	Allsv		45	2	4	6	40		—	—	—	—	—
1999–00	Huddinge IK	J20		—	—	—	—	—		4	1	0	1	10
2000–01	Huddinge IK	Div. 1		47	14	17	31	69		7	4	3	7	8
2001–02	Huddinge IK	Allsv		43	8	7	15	52		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Halmstad Hammers	Allsv		41	9	5	14	66		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Halmstad Hammers	Allsv		46	6	11	17	24		—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Halmstad Hammers	Allsv		41	5	7	12	38		2	0	0	0	0
2005–06	Nybro IF	Allsv		35	3	3	6	53		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	Nybro IF	Allsv		43	10	20	30	94		—	—	—	—	—
2007–08	Borås HC	Allsv		43	7	15	22	98		4	0	0	0	4
2008–09	VIK Västerås HK	Allsv		39	5	16	21	44		8	3	0	3	26
2009–10	Almtuna IS	Allsv		48	6	16	22	42		10	1	0	1	8
2010–11	Luleå HF	SEL		53	6	28	34	14		1	0	0	0	0
2011–12	Luleå HF	SEL		53	9	9	18	16		5	0	3	3	0
2012–13	HV71	SEL		49	5	18	23	24		4	1	3	4	0
2013–14	HV71	SHL		52	6	12	18	30		7	0	0	0	4
2014–15	Frölunda HC	SHL		50	8	16	24	32		12	0	2	2	8
2015–16	Frölunda HC	SHL		47	2	6	8	42		16	2	3	5	10
2016–17	Brynäs IF	SHL		35	2	9	11	12		16	1	1	2	10
SHL totals				339	38	98	136	170		61	4	12	16	32

Medal record
Men's Ice hockey
Representing  Sweden
World Championships
	2013 Stockholm

International

Year	Team	Event	Result		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2013	Sweden	WC			10	1	0	1	4
Senior totals					10	1	0	1	4

Awards and honors

Award	Year
SHL
Le Mat trophy (Frölunda HC)	2016	[5]
CHL
Champions (Frölunda HC)	2016

References

1. "Statistics | Champions Hockey League". www.championshockeyleague.net. Archived from the original on 2016-04-01. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
2. "Brynäs har gjort klart med guldhjälten". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 2 May 2016. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
3. "Elias Fälths fantastiska resa från allsvenska bänken i Västerås till lysande landslagsdebut - VIK Västerås HK - H-Allsvenskan | SvenskaFans.com". www.svenskafans.com. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
4. "Player profile Elias Falth". IIHF. 2016-05-04. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
5. "Frolunda Swedish champions for 2015/16". norran.se (in Swedish). 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-04.

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database