Ole Eskild Dahlstrøm

Ole Eskild Dahlstrøm
Born	(1970-03-04) 4 March 1970 (age 54) Oslo, NOR
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position	Centre
Shot	Left
Played for	Furuset Örebro Storhamar Dragons Adler Mannheim Lillehammer
National team	Norway
NHL draft	218th overall, 1990 Minnesota North Stars
Playing career	1986–2007

Ole Eskild Dahlstrøm (born 4 March 1970 in Oslo, Norway) is a former professional Norwegian ice hockey player.

Playing career

Dahlstrøm broke onto the Norwegian hockey scene 1987/88 playing for Furuset. The following season, still as a junior aged player, he ended up on the IIHF Division 1 All Star team when he helped Norway to promotion for the 1990 IIHF World Championship in Switzerland.

He went to Örebro in the Swedish Division One for the 1988/89 season but came back to his native Furuset after only one season in Sweden. He then played three more seasons for Furuset before signing with Storhamar prior to the 1992/93 season. He scored five goals in his first game^[1] for Storhamar against Trondheim. In 527 games with Storhamar he scored 249 goals and 351 assists. Storhamar won five Norwegian Cups in that span. His Storhamar tenure was briefly interrupted when Dahlstrøm went to Adler Mannheim of Germany before the 1997/98 season. He also won the DEL championship that year.

He made the Norwegian All-Star team four times, and played 96 games for Team Norway. In 1996/97 he won the Norwegian Ice Hockey Federation's Golden Puck as the best Norwegian player of the year.

He was drafted by the Minnesota North Stars in 1990. He was selected in the 11th round (218th overall).

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1987–88	Furuset	Norway		—	28	42	70	—		—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	Örebro IK	Division 1		19	2	9	11	8		—	—	—	—	—
1989–90	Furuset	Norway		35	25	39	64	—		—	—	—	—	—
1990–91	Furuset	Norway		—	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	Furuset	Norway		—	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	Storhamar	Norway		32	24	16	40	12		5	3	0	3	2
1993–94	Storhamar	Norway		32	21	26	47	36		8	1	5	6	0
1994–95	Storhamar	Norway		25	16	21	37	14		8	8	2	10	8
1995–96	Storhamar	Norway		28	14	18	32	32		10	11	11	22	14
1996–97	Storhamar	Norway		34	26	53	79	24		10	3	6	9	8
1997–98	Adler Mannheim	DEL		43	5	9	14	12		4	1	1	2	2
1998–99	Storhamar	Norway		40	20	20	40	51		10	5	5	10	10
1999–00	Storhamar	Norway		24	7	15	22	48		7	1	5	6	6
2000–01	Storhamar	Norway		39	21	39	60	34		3	0	0	0	8
2001–02	Storhamar	Norway		37	17	31	48	20		11	6	5	11	4
2002–03	Storhamar	Norway		38	11	27	38	28		8	3	3	6	6
2003–04	Storhamar	Norway		35	4	18	22	16		13	4	6	10	2
2004–05	Storhamar	Norway		34	8	24	32	36		7	3	2	5	0
2005–06	Lillehammer IK	Norway		36	6	13	19	20		3	0	0	0	2
2006–07	Lillehammer IK	Norway		27	7	8	15	20		—	—	—	—	—
Norway totals				496	255	410	665	391		103	48	50	98	70

Post-retirement

Dahlstrøm is now head of player development operations within the Storhamar organisation as well as serving as an expert commentator for the Norwegian TV channel TV2.

References

• Storhamar Dragons alumni profile (in Norwegian)
• Player profile at Eurohockey.net
• Norwegian born players drafted by NHL teams

1. Storhamar Dragons – Kamper – 92–93