Pontus Ekhem

Pontus Ekhem (born 19 June 1991) is a Swedish ice hockey player, also known as 'Ponty' and also coined the phrase "It's Ponty!". He is 169 cm tall

Pontus Ekhem
Born (1991-06-19) 19 June 1991
Irkutsk, RUS
Height 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight 143 lb (65 kg; 10 st 3 lb)
Position Forward

He started his career at Skåre BK in 2001 and was drafted to Nor IK for the 2002–2003 season. He made a comeback to Skåre BK for the 2004–2005 season

After the 2005–2006 season he moved to The Netherlands where he joined the Hijs Hokij Wolves Under 17 team and they won [1] the 2007 Dutch championship.

In the season 2007–2008 he moved to Den Bosch Red Eagles Under 17 team [2] and finished third[3] in the championships after several years without any Under 17 team. With the Red Eagles team, he has had big successes in Belgium[4] and The Netherlands.

During his time in The Netherlands he has played in two different allstar teams, Dutch Alligators[5] and the Pirates.[6]

During the season 2010/2011 he joined the Regulators in Salt Lake City, UT,[7] playing for the Rocky Mountain Renegades 18U.[8]

Since the fall 2011 he is playing for Bradford Sabres in the British Universities Ice Hockey Association[9]

References
  1. NIJB
  2. Red Eagles: Lijst teamleden
  3. "Strijd in Eerste Divisie barst los". US Hockey Nederland (in Dutch). 30 September 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-06-25. Retrieved 2008-06-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. Dutch Alligators Archived March 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  6. Pirates IJshockey - home Archived July 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  7. Foreign players
  8. "Pontus Ekhem". Elite Prospects.
  9. "BUIHA".


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