Espen Knutsen

#21 Djurgårdens IF / Elitserien - 04/05

Date of Birth: Jan 12, 1972
Age: 54
Place of Birth: Oslo, NOR
Nation: Norway
Youth Team: Vålerenga IF
Position: C
Height: 180 cm / 5'11"
Weight: 88 kg / 194 lbs
Shoots: L
Status: Retired

Espen Knutsen Facts

Drafted: 1990 round 10 #204 overall by Hartford Whalers

Nephew: Mikkel Eriksen

Team Staff profile also available: Espen Knutsen

Espen Knutsen Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1987-1988	Norway U18	EJC-18	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988-1989	Vålerenga	Norway	36	14	7	21	18	-
1988-1989	Norway U18	EJC-18	5	8	4	12	10	-
1988-1989	Norway U20	WJC-20	7	0	2	2	10	-
1989-1990	Vålerenga	Norway	34	22	26	48	30	-	Playoffs	6	3	2	5	14	-
1989-1990	Norway U18	EJC-18	6	6	11	17	10	-
1989-1990	Norway U20	WJC-20	7	2	7	9	6	-
1990-1991	Vålerenga	Norway	31	30	24	54	42	-
1990-1991	Norway U20	WJC-20	6	1	2	3	0	-13
1991-1992	Vålerenga	Norway	30	28	26	54	37	-
1992-1993	Vålerenga	Norway	13	11	13	24	4	-
1993-1994	Vålerenga	Norway	38	32	26	59	20	-
1993-1994	Norway Olympics	OG	7	1	3	4	2	-
1993-1994	Norway	WC	6	3	2	5	0	-3
1994-1995	Djurgårdens IF	Elitserien	30	6	14	20	18	-	Playoffs	3	0	1	1	0	-
1994-1995	Norway	WC	5	2	1	3	0	2
1995-1996	Djurgårdens IF	Elitserien	32	10	23	33	50	-	Playoffs	4	1	0	1	2	-
1995-1996	Norway	WC	5	3	0	3	0	-2
1996-1997	Djurgårdens IF	Elitserien	39	16	33	49	20	-	Playoffs	4	2	4	6	6	-
1996-1997	Norway	WC	8	0	5	5	4	-7
1997-1998	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	NHL	19	3	0	3	6	-10
1997-1998	Cincinnati Mighty Ducks	AHL	41	4	13	17	18	-26
1998-1999	Djurgårdens IF	Elitserien	39	18	24	42	32	6	Playoffs	4	0	1	1	2	-1
1999-2000	Djurgårdens IF	Elitserien	48	18	35	53	65	22	Playoffs	13	5	16	21	2	12
2000-2001	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	66	11	42	53	30	-3
2001-2002	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	77	11	31	42	47	-28
2002-2003	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	31	5	4	9	20	-15
2002-2003	Norway	WC D1	5	4	5	9	8	4
2003-2004	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	14	0	4	4	2	-5
2003-2004	Syracuse Crunch	AHL	2	1	1	2	0	-1
2003-2004	Vålerenga	Norway	1	0	0	0	4	1
2003-2004	Djurgårdens IF	Elitserien	6	2	3	5	4	-1	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	6	-3
2004-2005	Djurgårdens IF	Elitserien	15	0	8	8	12	-1
2004-2005	Norway Olympics	OGQ	2	0	2	2	2	2

Espen Knutsen Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1993-1994	Norway	Izvestia Trophy	4	0	1	1	4	-7
1998-1999	Djurgårdens IF	Euro HL	6	2	2	4	4	-

Espen Knutsen Career Totals

League	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	2	43	5	14	19	0.44	18	-27	0
EJC-18	3	11*	14*	15*	29*	2.64*	20*	-	0
Elitserien (SHL)	7	209	70	140	210	1.00	201	26*	6	31	8	22	30	0.97	18	8*
Euro HL	1	6	2	2	4	0.67	4	-	0
Izvestia Trophy	1	4	0	1	1	0.25	4	-7	0
NHL	5	207	30	81	111	0.54	105	-61	0
Norway	7	183	137	122	260	1.42	155	1*	1	6	3	2	5	0.83	14	-
OG	1	7	1	3	4	0.57	2	-	0
OGQ	1	2	0	2	2	1.00	2	2	0
WC	4	24	8	8	16	0.67	4	-10	0
WC D1	1	5	4	5	9	1.80	8	4	0
WJC-20	3	20	3	11	14	0.70	16	-13*	0

Espen Knutsen Career Highlights

Season	Awards
1989-1990	U18 EJC Most Assists (11)
1990-1991	Norway Most Points by Junior (54) Norwegian Champion
1991-1992	Norway Most Points by Junior (54) Norwegian Champion
1992-1993	Norwegian Champion
1993-1994	Norway Gullpucken (Player of the Year)
1999-2000	Elitserien All-Star Game (Starter) Elitserien Champion Elitserien Most Assists Playoffs (16) Elitserien Most Points Playoffs (21)
2002-2003	World Championship (D1\|B) Most Goals (4) World Championship (D1\|B) Most Points (9) World Championship (D1\|B) Silver Medal

Espen Knutsen Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for Cincinnati Mighty Ducks
Cult/Star player for Columbus Blue Jackets
Cult/Star player for Djurgårdens IF
Cult/Star player for Norway
Cult/Star player for Vålerenga

Career transactions
- 2005-07-25 • Announced his retirement
- 2004-05-09 • Re-signed by Djurgårdens IF
- 2003-12-22 • Signed by Djurgårdens IF
- 2003-12-16 • Released by the Columbus Blue Jackets
- 2002-07-09 • Re-signed to a two-year contract by the Columbus Blue Jackets
- 2000-05-25 • Signed to a two-year contract by the Columbus Blue Jackets
- 2000-05-25 • NHL rights traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets for a 2001 4th round pick (Vladimir Korsunov)
- 1997-07-15 • Signed to a two-year entry-level contract by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
- 1996-10-01 • NHL rights traded to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim for Kevin Brown
- 1990-06-16 • Selected in the NHL Entry Draft by the Hartford Whalers