Lucas Wallmark
Wallmark with Sweden in 2015
Born (1995-09-05) 5 September 1995
Umeå, Sweden
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb)
Position Centre
Shoots Left
NL team
Former teams		 ZSC Lions
Skellefteå AIK
Luleå HF
Carolina Hurricanes
Florida Panthers
Chicago Blackhawks
CSKA Moscow
National team  Sweden
NHL Draft 97th overall, 2014
Carolina Hurricanes
Playing career 2013–present

Lucas Wallmark (born 5 September 1995) is a Swedish professional ice hockey center who is currently playing for ZSC Lions of the National League (NL). He was selected by the Carolina Hurricanes in the fourth round, 97th overall, at the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career

Wallmark made his Elitserien debut playing with Skellefteå AIK during the 2012–13 Elitserien season.[1] He transferred to SHL rivals, Luleå HF, with which he spent three seasons the following year.

On 11 June 2015, Wallmark signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Carolina Hurricanes.[2]

During the 2017–18 season, on 30 December 2017, Wallmark scored his first NHL goal with the Hurricanes in a game against the St. Louis Blues.[3] He was reassigned to the Charlotte Checkers on 8 January 2018.[4] Wallmark was named the Checkers' MVP following the team's elimination from the 2018 Calder Cup playoffs.[5]

In the 2019–20 season, through 60 games, Wallmark established a career-high 11 goals before he was traded by the Hurricanes at the NHL trade deadline along with Erik Haula, Eetu Luostarinen and Chase Priskie to the Florida Panthers in exchange for Vincent Trocheck on 24 February 2020.[6] He added one goal and an assist in 7 regular season games with the Panthers before the season was paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He returned in the qualifying rounds for the post-season, going scoreless in 2 games.

As an impending restricted free agent, Wallmark was not tendered a qualifying offer by the Panthers, ending his brief tenure with the club on 8 October 2020.[7] As a free agent Wallmark signed a one-year, $950,000 contract with the Chicago Blackhawks on 12 October 2020.[8]

During the pandemic delayed 2020–21 season, Wallmark struggled to find his role with the Blackhawks, posting just three assists through 16 games before he was placed on waivers and assigned to the taxi squad on 6 April 2021. Wallmark was then traded once again to the Florida Panthers on 8 April 2021, along with Lucas Carlsson in exchange for Brett Connolly, Riley Stillman, the rights to former first-round pick Henrik Borgström and a 7th-round pick in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft.[9] Wallmark went scoreless in 4 regular season games in his return with the Panthers, remaining primarily on the club's taxi squad through the playoffs.

As an impending free agent, Wallmark left the NHL in signing a one-year contract with Russian outfit HC CSKA Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) on 15 June 2021.[10] In the 2021–22 season, Wallmark seamlessly adapted to the KHL in registering eight goals and 19 points through 31 regular season games.

He made two playoff appearances before terminating his contract with CSKA on 4 March 2022 due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[11][12][13]

As a free agent in the off-season, Wallmark was later signed to a three-year contract with Swiss club, ZSC Lions of the NL, on 16 May 2022.[14]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2009–10 Tegs SK Hockey J18 16 3 6 9 37 — — — — —
2009–10 IF Björklöven J18 Allsv 10 1 3 4 0 — — — — —
2010–11 Skellefteå AIK J18 20 14 25 39 6 — — — — —
2010–11 Skellefteå AIK J18 Allsv 16 4 24 28 12 2 1 0 1 0
2011–12 Skellefteå AIK J18 Allsv 2 1 1 2 0 3 3 2 5 2
2011–12 Skellefteå AIK J20 37 11 26 37 14 3 1 2 3 4
2012–13 Skellefteå AIK J20 14 5 11 16 18 — — — — —
2012–13 Skellefteå AIK SEL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2012–13 Karlskrona HK Allsv 16 5 5 10 4 — — — — —
2013–14 Luleå HF SHL 41 3 7 10 2 1 0 0 0 0
2013–14 Asplöven HC Allsv 11 1 7 8 6 — — — — —
2014–15 Luleå HF SHL 50 5 13 18 14 9 0 5 5 2
2015–16 Luleå HF SHL 48 8 24 32 20 11 7 2 9 4
2016–17 Charlotte Checkers AHL 67 24 22 46 28 5 3 3 6 2
2016–17 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 8 0 2 2 2 — — — — —
2017–18 Charlotte Checkers AHL 45 17 38 55 16 8 3 2 5 4
2017–18 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 11 1 0 1 2 — — — — —
2018–19 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 81 10 18 28 36 15 1 4 5 6
2019–20 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 60 11 12 23 18 — — — — —
2019–20 Florida Panthers NHL 7 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 2
2020–21 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 16 0 3 3 6 — — — — —
2020–21 Florida Panthers NHL 4 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2021–22 CSKA Moscow KHL 31 8 11 19 18 2 0 0 0 0
SHL totals 141 16 44 60 36 21 7 7 14 6
NHL totals 187 23 36 59 64 17 1 4 5 8
KHL totals 31 8 11 19 18 2 0 0 0 0

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2011 Sweden IH18 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 0 1 1 0
2012 Sweden IH18 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 4 3 7 2
2013 Sweden WJC18 5th 5 2 3 5 2
2014 Sweden WJC 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 3 5 8 2
2015 Sweden WJC 4th 7 4 2 6 8
2022 Sweden OG 4th 6 5 0 5 10
2022 Sweden WC 6th 6 1 3 4 0
Junior totals 29 13 14 27 14
Senior totals 12 6 3 9 10

References

  1. ↑ "2012-13 Skellefteå AIK player statistics". eliteprospects.com. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "Canes sign forward Lucas Wallmark". Carolina Hurricanes. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Upshall breaks tie, Blues beat Hurricanes". tsn.ca. 30 December 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  4. ↑ Niedzielski, Nicholas (8 January 2018). "HURRICANES ASSIGN LUCAS WALLMARK TO CHARLOTTE". gocheckers.com. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  5. ↑ Niedzielski, Nicholas (17 May 2018). "CHECKERS 2017-18 AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED". gocheckers.com. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Panthers acquire Haula, Wallmark, Luostarinen, Priskie from Carolina". Florida Panthers. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  7. ↑ "Lucas Wallmark doesn't get qualifying offer". CBS Sports. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  8. ↑ "Blackhawks, Wallmark agree to one-year deal". The Sports Network. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  9. ↑ "Florida Panthers Acquire Lucas Carlsson and Lucas Wallmark from Chicago". Florida Panthers. 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  10. ↑ "Lucas Wallmark becomes a CSKA player" (in Russian). HC CSKA Moscow. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  11. ↑ "Lucas Wallmark and Joakim Nordstrom leave CSKA" (in Russian). HC CSKA Moscow. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  12. ↑ Schram, Carol. "NHL Suspends Dealings With KHL As Russia's Ukraine Invasion Impacts Hockey World". Forbes.
  13. ↑ "Snapshots: KHL Departures, AHL Signings, NHL Trade Market". Pro Hockey Rumors. 5 March 2022.
  14. ↑ "ZSC Lions sign Lucas Wallmark" (in German). ZSC Lions. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
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