Oliver Lauridsen

Oliver Holton Lauridsen (born 24 March 1989) is a Danish professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman for HC TPS of the Liiga. He previously played for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is the older brother to fellow international, Markus.

Playing career Lauridsen hails from Gentofte, Denmark, where he started playing ice hockey in the youth ranks of IC Gentofte. He moved to Sweden in 2005 to join Rögle BK before heading to Linköping HC one year later. He played for both clubs at the youth level. In 2008, Lauridsen enrolled at St. Cloud State University.

He was drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers 196th overall in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft and signed a two-year entry-level contract with the Flyers on 15 March 2011 after his third season of college hockey at St. Cloud State.

On 29 March 2013, after spending one season with the Adirondack Phantoms he was called up to replace the injured Braydon Coburn. He debuted the next day in a game against the Boston Bruins. A month later, Lauridsen scored his first NHL goal after Boston defenseman Zdeno Chára's attempt to clear the puck deep in his own zone managed to slip past Boston goaltender Anton Khudobin and into the net. Lauridsen was credited with the goal since he was the last Flyers player to have touched the puck and it proved to be the game-winning goal. During his time in North America, he played a total of 16 NHL contests for the Flyers and 264 games in the American Hockey League for the Adirondack Phantoms and Lehigh Valley Phantoms.

On 13 July 2015, Lauridsen signed with Frölunda HC of the Swedish Hockey League and helped the team win the Swedish national championship and the Champions Hockey League in the 2015–16 season. In April 2016, he penned a deal with Helsinki based KHL team Jokerit.

After four seasons in the KHL with Jokerit, Lauridsen opted to return to the SHL, agreeing to a three-year contract with the Malmö Redhawks on 29 April 2020.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2004–05 IC Gentofte DEN U20 24 4 12 16 22 — — — — — 2004–05 IC Gentofte DEN.2 8 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 2005–06 Rögle BK J20 28 1 1 2 32 — — — — — 2006–07 Linköpings HC J20 34 0 2 2 95 5 0 0 0 8 2007–08 Linköpings HC J18 2 1 3 4 0 — — — — — 2007–08 Linköpings HC J20 35 5 6 11 159 1 0 1 1 0 2007–08 Tranås AIF Div.1 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2008–09 St. Cloud State Huskies WCHA 28 0 1 1 38 — — — — — 2009–10 St. Cloud State Huskies WCHA 43 6 6 12 54 — — — — — 2010–11 St. Cloud State Huskies WCHA 37 1 8 9 51 — — — — — 2010–11 Adirondack Phantoms AHL 2 0 0 0 30 — — — — — 2011–12 Adirondack Phantoms AHL 65 3 4 7 85 — — — — — 2012–13 Adirondack Phantoms AHL 59 1 5 6 77 — — — — — 2012–13 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 15 2 1 3 34 — — — — — 2013–14 Adirondack Phantoms AHL 63 1 10 11 167 — — — — — 2014–15 Lehigh Valley Phantoms AHL 75 4 6 10 152 — — — — — 2014–15 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 1 0 0 0 10 — — — — — 2015–16 Frölunda HC SHL 42 1 3 4 67 16 1 3 4 10 2016–17 Jokerit KHL 48 3 6 9 33 4 0 0 0 11 2017–18 Jokerit KHL 54 1 3 4 38 11 0 1 1 14 2018–19 Jokerit KHL 55 2 11 13 93 6 0 0 0 6 2019–20 Jokerit KHL 24 1 0 1 17 4 1 0 1 0 2020–21 Malmö Redhawks SHL 48 3 4 7 38 2 0 0 0 6 2021–22 Malmö Redhawks SHL 42 3 0 3 41 — — — — — 2022–23 Malmö Redhawks SHL 49 4 8 12 43 — — — — — 2023–24 TPS Liiga 57 3 6 9 70 8 1 0 1 2 2024–25 TPS Liiga 56 2 11 13 72 5 0 0 0 16 NHL totals 16 2 1 3 44 — — — — — SHL totals 181 11 15 26 189 18 1 3 4 16 KHL totals 181 7 20 27 181 25 1 1 2 31 Liiga totals 155 6 23 29 170 13 1 0 1 18

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 2006 Denmark U18 D1 5 0 0 0 4 2007 Denmark WJC D1 5 0 1 1 6 2007 Denmark U18 D1 5 1 2 3 16 2008 Denmark WJC 6 0 2 2 14 2009 Denmark WJC D1 5 0 0 0 6 2013 Denmark WC 7 0 0 0 6 2014 Denmark WC 7 0 0 0 14 2015 Denmark WC 7 0 1 1 4 2016 Denmark WC 8 0 0 0 6 2016 Denmark OGQ 3 0 0 0 2 2017 Denmark WC 7 0 2 2 10 2018 Denmark WC 7 0 2 2 0 2019 Denmark WC 7 0 1 1 6 2021 Denmark WC 7 0 0 0 2 2021 Denmark OGQ 3 0 2 2 2 2022 Denmark OG 5 0 1 1 2 2022 Denmark WC 2 0 1 1 0 2023 Denmark WC 5 0 0 0 2 2024 Denmark WC 6 0 1 1 2 2024 Denmark OGQ 3 0 0 0 2 2025 Denmark WC 10 0 0 0 6 2026 Denmark OG 4 0 1 1 4 Junior totals 26 1 5 6 46 Senior totals 98 0 12 12 70