Player's Profile
- Name: Joakim Nordstrom
- Position: C
- Shoots: Left
- Height: 6-1
- Weight: 160 lbs
- Birthdate: 1992-02-25
- Eligible for Draft: 2010
- Drafted: 2010
- Hometown: Stockholm, Sweden
- Acquired: 3rd round (90th overall), 2010
- Playing In: Europe
Joakim Nordstrom
Prospect Grade: 6.5 C (About Prospect Grades)
Profile Contributed By: HF Staff
History
2008-09: Nordstrom appeared in four Super Elit games as a 16-year-old with Stockholm-based AIK's U20 team and played 42 games (including playoffs) with AIK at the U18 Elit and Allsvenskan levels. He scored 2 goals with 2 PMs in U20 play. Nordstrom scored 10 goals with18 assists and 34 PMs at the U18 level.
2009-10: Nordstrom played at three different levels within the AIK organization in Sweden. The pivot played in 2 regular season games in the J18 Allsvenskan with 1 goal, 1 assist. He added 1 goal, 2 assists in 3 playoff appearances with the J18 team. Nordstrom spent most of the season with the AIK J20 team, where he scored 6 goals, 9 assists for 15 points in 28 games. The forward also made his Elitserien debut, skating in 2 games with AIK with no points.
2010-11: Nordstrom again suited up at several different levels in Sweden. He scored 9 goals, 11 assists in 25 games with the AIK J20 team, earning another 11 SEL games with the big club with 1 assist. He also skated in 12 Allsvenskan games on loan with Almtuna with 1 assist. Suiting up for Sweden's U19 team, he also registered 1 goal, 6 assists in 11 international matches.
Talent Analysis
Two-way centerman and a good skater. Nordstrom has good awareness at both ends of the ice and is an effective playmaker. Though he possesses a decent frame at 6'1, he is still rail thin and will need to add some strength.
Future
Nordstrom is set for another year of development in Sweden for AIK with his eyes on more time in the Elite League in 2011-12.
Stats
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Profile Last Updated: November, 30th 2011
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