Morten Ask

Morten Ask (born May 14, 1980) is a Norwegian professional ice hockey player who last played for Vålerenga Ishockey of the Norwegian GET-ligaen.

Playing career Beginning his career in Norway for Vålerenga Ishockey of the GET-ligaen, Ask moved to North America and had spells in the CHL with the Laredo Bucks in the 2002–2003 season and the ECHL with the Toledo Storm and the Las Vegas Wranglers. In 2005 he moved to Finland's SM-liiga and spent a season with SaiPa. In 2006 he moved to Sweden and signed with Djurgården where he played until 2007 before moving to Füchse Duisburg in Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga during the 2007–08 season. After the insolvence of Duisburg, Ask signed a contract with Nürnberg Ice Tigers on July 7, 2009. He then signed try-out contracts with first HC Sparta Praha of the Czech Extraliga, and then with Lørenskog IK of the GET-ligaen, but he wasn't offered an extension with any of the two teams. After failing twice to take a regular spot in a team for the 2011–12 season, Ask signed a two-month contract with HV71 of the Swedish Elitserien on November 2, 2011.

On January 7, 2014, he was named to Team Norway's official 2014 Winter Olympics roster. Later in 2014 Ask was featured on the Norwegian TV2's documentary "Iskrigerne", for his play in Vålerenga.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1997–98 Furuset Norway 28 8 3 11 71 — — — — — 1998–99 Vålerenga Norway 35 9 11 20 65 — — — — — 1999–2000 Vålerenga Norway 32 10 21 31 138 — — — — — 2000–01 Vålerenga Norway 30 13 22 35 94 — — — — — 2001–02 Vålerenga Norway 27 7 11 18 103 3 0 2 2 27 2002–03 Vålerenga Norway 6 4 4 8 35 — — — — — 2002–03 Laredo Bucks CHL 48 21 30 51 57 11 3 2 5 22 2003–04 Toledo Storm ECHL 62 21 30 51 81 — — — — — 2003–04 Las Vegas Wranglers ECHL 5 4 4 8 4 — — — — — 2004–05 Las Vegas Wranglers ECHL 8 2 4 6 4 — — — — — 2004–05 Vålerenga Norway 18 11 12 23 60 8 4 4 8 24 2005–06 SaiPa SM-l 23 2 2 4 39 8 2 2 4 6 2006–07 Djurgårdens IF SEL 49 5 13 18 62 — — — — — 2007–08 Djurgårdens IF SEL 15 2 5 7 8 — — — — — 2007–08 Füchse Duisburg DEL 27 4 15 19 42 — — — — — 2008–09 Füchse Duisburg DEL 50 11 24 35 139 — — — — — 2009–10 Nürnberg Ice Tigers DEL 42 10 23 33 119 — — — — — 2010–11 Vålerenga Norway — — — — — 5 0 3 3 10 2011–12 Lørenskog IK Norway 3 0 0 0 4 — — — — — 2011–12 HV71 SEL 31 1 1 2 12 — — — — — 2012–13 Vålerenga Norway 27 12 27 39 121 15 7 7 14 28 2013–14 Vålerenga Norway 44 15 51 66 66 16 6 5 11 58 2014–15 Vålerenga Norway 30 11 20 31 104 10 0 6 6 33 2015–16 Vålerenga Norway 28 1 17 18 50 11 3 5 8 8 2016–17 Vålerenga Norway 38 5 24 29 40 1 0 0 0 0 2017–18 Vålerenga Norway 37 8 14 22 50 5 0 0 0 6 2018–19 Vålerenga Norway 39 3 17 20 16 10 2 1 3 4 Norway totals 422 117 254 371 1003 84 22 33 55 198

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1996 Norway EJC B 3 1 0 1 4 1997 Norway WJC B 7 1 1 2 12 1997 Norway EJC B 6 2 2 4 37 1998 Norway EJC 6 1 2 3 16 1999 Norway WJC B 6 2 0 2 14 2001 Norway OGQ 3 2 2 4 2 2001 Norway WC 6 1 2 3 10 2002 Norway WC D1 5 1 1 2 6 2005 Norway OGQ 3 0 3 3 10 2005 Norway WC D1 5 6 6 12 18 2006 Norway WC 6 1 3 4 4 2007 Norway WC 6 3 4 7 10 2008 Norway WC 7 3 2 5 8 2009 Norway OGQ 3 1 0 1 14 2009 Norway WC 6 0 2 2 10 2011 Norway WC 7 1 3 4 10 2012 Norway WC 8 2 8 10 6 2013 Norway WC 7 0 1 1 4 2014 Norway OG 4 0 0 0 2 2014 Norway WC 6 3 2 5 2 2015 Norway WC 7 1 2 3 10 2016 Norway WC 7 0 0 0 4 Junior totals 28 7 5 12 83 Senior totals 96 25 41 66 130