Evan Oberg

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}} {{use mdy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Evan Oberg (cropped).jpg | image_size = 230px | caption = Oberg with the Portland Pirates in 2014 | team = Lacombe Generals | league = ACHW | former_teams = Vancouver Canucks<br>Tampa Bay Lightning<br>Augsburger Panther | position = Defence | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lb = 191 | shoots = Left | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|02|16}} | birth_place = Forestburg, Alberta, Canada | draft = Undrafted | career_start = 2009 | career_end = 2019 }}

'''Evan Oberg''' (born February 16, 1988) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played 7 games in the National Hockey League with the Vancouver Canucks and Tampa Bay Lightning between 2010 and 2012. The rest of his career, which lasted from 2009 to 2019, was mainly spent in the minor American Hockey League, though he also spent one season in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. His last season was for the Lacombe Generals of the Allan Cup Hockey West (ACHW), a semi-professional league in Alberta, Canada.

==Playing career== Oberg played two seasons with the Camrose Kodiaks of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) before joining the University of Minnesota-Duluth. After six games with the Bulldogs, Oberg was seriously injured during a team practice. Pushed into the boards feet first, he dislocated his fibula, fractured his tibia and tore his left ankle on his left leg. The injuries forced Oberg to miss eight weeks. Oberg finished the season with one goal, a game-winner, and two assists in twenty-four games. Oberg's second season with Minnesota-Duluth saw improvements, as he had seven goals and twenty assists in forty-three games.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=453630|title=The right time|last=Jory|first=Derek|date=2009-04-27|accessdate=2010-01-11|publisher=Canucks.com}}</ref>

After two seasons with Minnesota-Duluth, Oberg left the school when he signed a free-agent contract with the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL) on April 10, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=453580|title=Canucks sign Evan Oberg|author=Vancouver Canucks|date=2009-04-10|accessdate=2010-01-11|publisher=Canucks.com}}</ref> He made his professional debut with the Canucks' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Manitoba Moose. After playing 33 games with the Moose, at which point he led all Moose defencemen in scoring, Oberg was recalled by the Canucks on January 8, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=512931|title=Canucks recall Evan Oberg|author=Vancouver Canucks|date=2010-01-08|accessdate=2010-01-11|publisher=Canucks.com}}</ref> He made his NHL and Canucks debut on January 9, 2010, against the Calgary Flames, and was sent back to the Moose the next day.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=513200|title=Canucks re-assign Evan Oberg|author=Vancouver Canucks|date=2010-01-10|accessdate=2010-01-11|publisher=Canucks.com}}</ref> He was recalled for the second time in the season on April 10, playing in the Canucks final game of the season against Calgary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=524704|title=Canucks recall Evan Oberg|author=Vancouver Canucks|date=2010-04-10|publisher=Canucks.com|accessdate=2010-04-11}}</ref> Four days later he was sent back to the Moose, joining them for their playoff series against the Hamilton Bulldogs.<ref name="Playoff return">{{citation|url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Canucks-Oberg-retursn-to-Moose-for-playoff-starter-90881569.html|title=Canucks' Oberg returns to Moose for playoff starter|author=Staff Reporter|date=2010-04-14|work=Winnipeg Free Press|location=Winnipeg|accessdate=2010-04-14}}</ref> He played all 70 games for the Moose in the 2009–10 AHL season, and led all team defencemen in scoring with 26 points.<ref name="Playoff return"/>

In 2010–11, Oberg was recalled to the Canucks on February 17, 2011. On February 28, 2011, Oberg, along with a third round pick in the 2013 NHL entry draft, was traded to the Florida Panthers, for left winger Chris Higgins.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=554530|title=Canucks acquire Chris Higgins from the Florida Panthers|date=2011-02-28|publisher=Vancouver Canucks|accessdate=2011-02-28}}</ref>

On December 2, 2011, Oberg was traded by the Panthers, along with Mike Kostka, to the Tampa Bay Lightning for James Wright and Mike Vernace.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.tsn.ca/tradecentre/story/?id=381830 | title = Lightning trade Wright, Vernace to Panthers for Kostka, Oberg | publisher = The Sports Network | date = 2011-12-02 | accessdate = 2011-12-02 | archive-date = 2014-07-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140715002104/http://www.tsn.ca/tradecentre/story/?id=381830 | url-status = dead }}</ref> Oberg was recalled by the Lightning several times throughout the season, but would be sent back to the AHL without playing a game. He finally played his first game with the Lightning on January 24, 2012, against the Columbus Blue Jackets.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/capitals/lightning-recall-d-evan-oberg-and-lw-mike-angelidis-from-norfolk-of-ahl/2012/01/24/gIQAf5wbOQ_story.html|title=Lightning recall D Evan Oberg and LW Mike Angelidis from Norfolk of AHL|agency=Associated Press|date=2012-01-24|newspaper=The Washington Post|location=Washington, DC|accessdate=2012-01-24}}{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

At the conclusion of his contract with the Lightning, Oberg was released as a free agent and signed a one-year AHL deal with the Chicago Wolves on August 19, 2013.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.chicagowolves.com/news/releases/item/3698-wolves-add-evan-oberg-to-the-pack | title = Wolves add Evan Oberg to the pack | publisher = Chicago Wolves | date = 2013-08-19 | accessdate = 2013-08-19}}</ref>

On July 31, 2014, Oberg signed as a free agent with his seventh AHL club, agreeing to a one-year contract with the Portland Pirates.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.portlandpirates.com/news/feature/index.html?article_id=582 | title = Pirates sign Oberg, Southorn | publisher = Portland Pirates | date = 2014-07-31 | accessdate = 2014-07-31 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140810152606/http://www.portlandpirates.com/news/feature/index.html?article_id=582 | archivedate = 2014-08-10 }}</ref>

Oberg signed his first professional contract abroad on July 3, 2015, agreeing to a one-year deal with German club, Augsburger Panther of the DEL.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.aev-panther.de/panther/news_news,-Evan-Oberg-verstaerkt-Defensive-_naid,1562.html | title = Evan Oberg bolsters the defense | publisher = Augsburger Panther | date = 2015-07-03 | accessdate = 2015-07-03 | language = German}}</ref>

==Career statistics== ===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |   ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |   ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |   ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 2005–06 | Camrose Kodiaks | AJHL | 44 || 4 || 9 || 13 || 56 | 14 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 14 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2006–07 | Camrose Kodiaks | AJHL | 52 || 9 || 14 || 23 || 86 | 16 || 3 || 11 || 14 || 24 |- | 2007–08 | Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs | WCHA | 24 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 10 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2008–09 | Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs | WCHA | 43 || 7 || 20 || 27 || 50 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2009–10 | Manitoba Moose | AHL | 70 || 3 || 23 || 26 || 64 | 5 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 4 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2009–10 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2010–11 | Manitoba Moose | AHL | 38 || 7 || 4 || 11 || 28 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2010–11 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2010–11 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 5 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2011–12 | San Antonio Rampage | AHL | 12 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 14 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2011–12 | Norfolk Admirals | AHL | 42 || 7 || 16 || 23 || 32 | 18 || 2 || 8 || 10 || 14 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2011–12 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2012–13 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 56 || 0 || 9 || 9 || 20 | 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2013–14 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 60 || 6 || 19 || 25 || 62 | 7 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 |- | 2014–15 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 48 || 7 || 11 || 18 || 47 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2015–16 | Augsburger Panther | DEL | 46 || 2 || 11 || 13 || 102 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2016–17 | Lacombe Generals | ChHL | 16 || 4 || 7 || 11 || 6 | 7 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 4 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2017–18 | Lacombe Generals | ACH | 11 || 1 || 6 || 7 || 6 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 7 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |}

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