Carl Klingberg

2008-09: Klingberg spent most of the year with Frolunda Jr. in the Swedish under-20 league, scoring 13 goals and 13 assists in 35 games. In 10 games with Frolunda in the Elite (men’s) league, he recorded two goals and one assist. Klingberg was also with Sweden’s U-18 team, scoring 2 goals and 2 assists in six games as well as being loaned to Boras in the Swedish second division. In eight games with Boras he scored 4 goals with 2 assists.

2009-10: After attending the Thrashers prospect camp, Klingberg returned to Sweden for his first full season in th eElite League with Frolunda. In 42 games, mostly in fourth line duty, he scored 6 goals with 7 assists, despite averaging less than 8 minutes of ice time per game. He also appeared in all seven games of seventh-place Frolunda’s first round playoff loss to Linkoping, though he did not register a point. In four games with Boras he had five assists. Klingberg was also selected to Sweden’s U-20 team, scoring one goal in five games.

2010-11: A much-anticipated import from Sweden, Klingberg made his North American debut late in 2011. Scoring once in 8 AHL games was a relatively inauspicious start but he showed a penchant for the big hitting physical game that fans in Frolunda, Sweden will now be missing.