Morten Poulsen

Morten Poulsen (born 9 September 1988) is a Danish professional ice hockey player who is a winger for Herning Blue Fox of the Metal Ligaen.

Playing career Poulsen was brought up in the Herning Blue Fox system before moving to Nordsjælland Cobras for the 2008–09 season. After two seasons with the North Zealand club, he returned to Herning before the 2010-11 season. Back with his hometown team, he enjoyed considerable success playing on a line with North American imports Bryan Marshall and Kevin Gardner. Poulsen finished runner-up in the regular season points race with 25 goals and 35 assists for a total of 60 points in 39 games. He won the Danish championship with Herning in 2007, 2008, and 2011.

He signed with IK Oskarshamn of the Swedish second-tier league, the HockeyAllsvenskan, before the 2011-12 season. After four years with Oskarshamn, Poulsen left as a free agent to sign a one-year contract with Austrian club, Graz 99ers of the EBEL on 8 July 2015.

In May 2016, he signed with the Pelicans Lahti of the Finnish Liiga. After one year, Poulsen left Finland coming back to EBEL, signing a one-year deal with HC TWK Innsbruck.

International play Poulsen played for the Danish national team at the 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 World Championships.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2004–05 Herning Blue Fox DEN U20 28 14 13 27 10 — — — — — 2004–05 Herning Blue Fox II DEN.2 15 5 1 6 4 — — — — — 2005–06 Herning Blue Fox DEN U20 17 11 8 19 68 4 3 1 4 4 2005–06 Herning Blue Fox DEN 9 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 2005–06 Herning Blue Fox II DEN.2 17 21 14 35 10 5 6 5 11 4 2006–07 Herning Blue Fox DEN U20 5 4 4 8 2 — — — — — 2006–07 Herning Blue Fox DEN 27 2 0 2 4 14 0 0 0 0 2006–07 Herning Blue Fox II DEN.2 14 14 11 25 14 — — — — — 2007–08 Herning Blue Fox DEN 40 8 9 17 10 16 1 1 2 2 2007–08 Herning Blue Fox DEN U20 — — — — — 1 1 0 1 0 2008–09 Nordsjælland Cobras DEN 38 6 8 14 2 4 0 2 2 0 2008–09 Gladsaxe/Rungsted II DEN.2 — — — — — 3 0 0 0 2 2009–10 Rungsted Cobras DEN 36 18 15 33 18 5 1 2 3 2 2010–11 Herning Blue Fox DEN 39 25 35 60 6 14 9 13 22 4 2011–12 IK Oskarshamn Allsv 50 14 15 29 8 6 1 2 3 0 2012–13 IK Oskarshamn Allsv 50 15 12 27 12 6 3 2 5 0 2013–14 IK Oskarshamn Allsv 43 9 10 19 6 — — — — — 2014–15 IK Oskarshamn Allsv 47 16 12 28 4 — — — — — 2015–16 Graz99ers AUT 54 14 17 31 8 — — — — — 2016–17 Pelicans Liiga 49 8 7 15 2 5 0 0 0 2 2017–18 HC TWK Innsbruck AUT 42 9 14 23 16 4 0 0 0 2 2018–19 Herning Blue Fox DEN 40 13 12 25 6 5 3 2 5 2 2019–20 Herning Blue Fox DEN 42 22 22 44 14 — — — — — 2020–21 Herning Blue Fox DEN 40 15 13 28 6 4 5 2 7 0 2021–22 Herning Blue Fox DEN 39 17 17 34 4 5 2 2 4 2 2022–23 Herning Blue Fox DEN 46 16 20 36 2 18 8 9 17 0 2023–24 Herning Blue Fox DEN 40 13 16 29 4 12 5 3 8 2 DEN totals 436 155 167 322 78 100 34 36 70 14 Allsv totals 190 54 49 103 30 12 4 4 8 0

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 2006 Denmark U18 D1 5 1 3 4 6 2007 Denmark WJC D1 5 6 0 6 0 2008 Denmark WJC 6 2 1 3 0 2011 Denmark WC 6 0 0 0 0 2012 Denmark WC 7 1 0 1 0 2013 Denmark OGQ 3 1 0 1 0 2013 Denmark WC 7 1 0 1 2 2014 Denmark WC 7 1 0 1 0 2015 Denmark WC 4 0 0 0 2 2016 Denmark WC 8 1 0 1 0 2017 Denmark WC 7 2 0 2 0 2019 Denmark WC 7 3 0 3 0 2021 Denmark WC 7 0 0 0 0 2021 Denmark OGQ 3 2 0 2 0 2022 Denmark OG 5 1 0 1 0 2022 Denmark WC 7 0 1 1 2 2023 Denmark WC 7 1 0 1 2 2024 Denmark WC 7 0 1 1 2 2024 Denmark OGQ 3 0 1 1 0 2025 Denmark WC 10 0 0 0 2 2026 Denmark OG 4 0 0 0 0 2026 Denmark WC 7 0 0 0 2 Junior totals 16 9 4 13 6 Senior totals 116 14 3 17 14