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Rickard Rakell

#67 Pittsburgh Penguins / NHL - 24/25

Date of Birth

May 05, 1993

Position

W/C

Age

Height

6'1" / 186 cm

Place of Birth

Sollentuna, SWE

Weight

203 lbs / 92 kg

Nation

Sweden

Shoots

Youth Team

Spånga IS

Contract

27/28

Cap Hit

NHL Rights

Pittsburgh Penguins / Signed

Drafted

2011 round 1 #30 overall by Anaheim Ducks

Agency

PREMIUM

A hard working player with good attitude and vision. Rakell plays a solid two-way game and is fairly all-round overall. Has some interesting offensive upside and sometimes makes really nice plays while stickhandling through traffic. Capable scorer with a nice release. (EP 2011)

Brother: Robin Rakell
Cousins: Christian Holmblad, Mathias Rakell

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Rickard Rakell Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2007-08	Spånga IS J18	J18 Div.1	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
	Spånga IS J20	J20 Div.1	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
	Spånga IS	Division 2	24*	4*	3*	7*	12*	-*	\|
2008-09	AIK U16	U16 SM	8*	9*	5*	14*	6*	-*	\|
	AIK J18	J18 Elit	12*	2*	3*	5*	22*	-*	\|
	AIK J18	J18 Allsvenskan	4*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-*	\|
	Sweden U16 (all)	International-Jr	8*	4*	1*	5*	4*	-*	\|
2009-10	AIK J18	J18 Elit	18*	12*	4*	16*	8*	-*	\|
	AIK J18	J18 Allsvenskan	12*	13*	12*	25*	10*	-*	\|	Playoffs	3	2	2	4	0	-
	AIK J20	J20 SuperElit	8*	3*	1*	4*	2*	-*	\|	Playoffs	2	1	0	1	0	-
	Sweden U17	WHC-17	6*	1*	1*	2*	2*	-*	\|
	Sweden U17 (all)	International-Jr	9*	7*	2*	9*	4*	-*	\|
	Sweden U18 (all)	International-Jr	4*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-*	\|
2010-11	Plymouth Whalers	OHL	49*	20*	25*	45*	12*	14*	\|	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0	0
	Sweden U18 (all)	International-Jr	5*	0*	2*	2*	4*	0*	\|
	Sweden U20	WJC-20	5*	0*	3*	3*	2*	-3*	\|
	Sweden U20 (all)	International-Jr	7*	0*	3*	3*	4*	-*	\|
2011-12	Plymouth Whalers	OHL	60*	28*	34*	62*	12*	9*	\|	Playoffs	13	2	10	12	0	0
	Sweden U20	WJC-20	6*	2*	3*	5*	4*	2*	\|
	Sweden U20 (all)	International-Jr	12*	4*	4*	8*	6*	2*	\|
2012-13	Plymouth Whalers	OHL	40*	21*	23*	44*	12*	19*	\|	Playoffs	15	6	9	15	10	8
	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	4*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-2*	\|
	Sweden U20 “A”	WJC-20	6*	0*	6*	6*	16*	1*	\|
	Sweden U20 (all)	International-Jr	8*	1*	6*	7*	18*	-1*	\|
2013-14	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	18*	0*	4*	4*	2*	-3*	\|	Playoffs	4	1	1	2	0	-2
	Norfolk Admirals	AHL	46*	14*	23*	37*	12*	7*	\|	Playoffs	1	0	1	1	0	0
2014-15	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	71*	9*	22*	31*	10*	6*	\|	Playoffs	16	1	0	1	2	-2
	Norfolk Admirals	AHL	2*	1*	3*	4*	0*	3*	\|
2015-16	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	72*	20*	23*	43*	19*	-1*	\|	Playoffs	7	1	1	2	0	-4
2016-17	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	71*	33*	18*	51*	12*	10*	\|	Playoffs	15	7	6	13	0	13
	Sweden (all)	International	1*	0*	1*	1*	0*	-1*	\|
2017-18	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	77*	34*	35*	69*	14*	6*	\|	Playoffs	4	1	0	1	0	-4
	Sweden	WC	10*	6*	8*	14*	6*	7*	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	10*	6*	8*	14*	6*	7*	\|
2018-19	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	69*	18*	25*	43*	27*	-13*	\|
2019-20	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	65*	15*	27*	42*	12*	-5*	\|
2020-21	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	52*	9*	19*	28*	12*	-14*	\|
	Sweden “A”	WC	7*	1*	1*	2*	0*	-4*	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	7*	1*	1*	2*	0*	-3*	\|
2021-22	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	51*	16*	12*	28*	8*	-7*	\|
	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	19*	4*	9*	13*	4*	7*	\|	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0	0
2022-23	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	82*	28*	32*	60*	16*	-5*	\|
2023-24	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	70*	15*	22*	37*	22*	4*	\|
2024-25	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	23*	7*	5*	12*	0*	-2*	\|
	Projected	NHL	82*	25*	18*	43*	0*	-7*	\|

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Rickard Rakell Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2008-09	Stockholm 1	Rikspucken	5*	0*	4*	4*	-*	-*	\|
2010-11	Sweden U18	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	5*	0*	2*	2*	4*	0*	\|

Rickard Rakell Career Totals

League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	\|	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	2	48*	15*	26*	41*	0.85*	12*	10*	\|	1	1	0 *	1 *	1 *	1.00 *	0 *	0 *
Division 2	1	24*	4*	3*	7*	0.29*	12*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Ivan Hlinka Memorial (Hlinka Gretzky Cup)	1	5*	0*	2*	2*	0.40*	4*	0*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
International	3	18*	7*	10*	17*	0.94*	6*	3*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
International-Jr	5	53*	16*	18*	34*	0.64*	40*	1*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
J18 Div.1	1	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
J18 Allsvenskan (J18 Nationell)	2	16*	13*	12*	25*	1.56*	10*	-*	\|	1	3	2 *	2 *	4 *	1.33 *	0 *	- *
J18 Elit (J18 Region)	2	30*	14*	7*	21*	0.70*	30*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
J20 Div.1	1	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
J20 SuperElit (J20 Nationell)	1	8*	3*	1*	4*	0.50*	2*	-*	\|	1	2	1 *	0 *	1 *	0.50 *	0 *	- *
NHL	13	744*	208*	253*	461*	0.62*	158*	-19*	\|	6	48	11 *	8 *	19 *	0.40 *	2 *	1 *
OHL	3	149*	69*	82*	151*	1.01*	36*	42*	\|	3	29	8 *	19 *	27 *	0.93 *	10 *	8 *
Rikspucken	1	5*	0*	4*	4*	0.80*	-*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
U16 SM	1	8*	9*	5*	14*	1.75*	6*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WC	2	17*	7*	9*	16*	0.94*	6*	3*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WHC-17	1	6*	1*	1*	2*	0.33*	2*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WJC-20	3	17*	2*	12*	14*	0.82*	22*	0*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Rickard Rakell Career Highlights

Season

Awards by season

2008-2009
2009-2010
- U17 WHC Bronze Medal
2010-2011
- CHL Top Prospects Game
2011-2012
- U20 WJC Gold Medal
2012-2013
- U20 WJC Silver Medal
2016-2017
- NHL Most Game Winning Goals (10)
2017-2018

Transactions

DATE	STATUS	FROM	TO
07/12/2022
07/12/2022	Extension	Pittsburgh Penguins	Pittsburgh Penguins
03/21/2022
03/21/2022	Confirmed	Anaheim Ducks	Pittsburgh Penguins
10/14/2016
10/14/2016	Extension	Anaheim Ducks	Anaheim Ducks
07/02/2012
07/02/2012	Confirmed	Plymouth Whalers	Anaheim Ducks
07/04/2010
07/04/2010	Confirmed	AIK J18	Plymouth Whalers

Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2012, 2 #42 overall by Sibir Novosibirsk in the KHL Draft

Drafted 2010, 1 #41 overall by Plymouth Whalers in the CHL Import Draft

Cult/Star player for Anaheim Ducks