{{Short description|Danish ice hockey player (born 1989)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Oliver Lauridsen.jpg | image_size = 230px | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|3|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Gentofte, Denmark | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 6 | weight_lb = 229 | position = Defence | shoots = Left | league = Liiga | team = HC TPS | former_teams = Philadelphia Flyers<br>Frölunda HC<br>Jokerit<br>Malmö Redhawks | ntl_team = Denmark | draft = 196th overall | draft_year = 2009 | draft_team = Philadelphia Flyers | career_start = 2011 }} '''Oliver Holton Lauridsen''' (born 24 March 1989) is a Danish professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman for HC TPS of the Liiga. He previously played for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is the older brother to fellow international, Markus.

==Playing career== Lauridsen hails from Gentofte, Denmark, where he started playing ice hockey in the youth ranks of IC Gentofte. He moved to Sweden in 2005 to join Rögle BK before heading to Linköping HC one year later. He played for both clubs at the youth level. In 2008, Lauridsen enrolled at St. Cloud State University.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.uscho.com/stats/player/mid,15680/oliver-lauridsen/|title=Statistics|website=USCHO.com|language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-01}}</ref>

He was drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers 196th overall in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft and signed a two-year entry-level contract with the Flyers on 15 March 2011 after his third season of college hockey at St. Cloud State.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=556129 | title = Flyers Sign Lauridsen | publisher = Philadelphia Flyers | date = 15 March 2011 | accessdate = 7 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stcloudstate.edu/news/success/story.aspx|title=Success Stories|website=St. Cloud State University|access-date=2016-05-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609112321/http://www.stcloudstate.edu/news/success/story.aspx|archive-date=9 June 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 29 March 2013, after spending one season with the Adirondack Phantoms he was called up to replace the injured Braydon Coburn.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=662833#&navid=nhl-search | title = Flyers' Coburn out with separated shoulder | publisher = NHL | date = 29 March 2013 | accessdate = 29 March 2013}}</ref> He debuted the next day in a game against the Boston Bruins.<ref name="debut">{{cite news | url = http://www.nhl.com/ice/boxscore.htm?id=2012020506 | title = Bruins @ Flyers game recap | publisher = NHL | date = 30 March 2013 | accessdate = 30 March 2013}}</ref> A month later, Lauridsen scored his first NHL goal after Boston defenseman Zdeno Chára's attempt to clear the puck deep in his own zone managed to slip past Boston goaltender Anton Khudobin and into the net.<ref name="firstgoal">{{cite news | url = http://flyers.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2012020684 | title = Bruins vs. Flyers – 04/23/2013 – Philadelphia Flyers – Recap | publisher =Philadelphia Flyers | date = 23 April 2013 | accessdate = 23 April 2013}}</ref> Lauridsen was credited with the goal since he was the last Flyers player to have touched the puck and it proved to be the game-winning goal.<ref name="firstgoal" /> Two days later he scored the game-winner again, this time via a slapshot that eluded New York Islanders goaltender Kevin Poulin.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://flyers.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2012020694 | title = Islanders vs. Flyers – 04/25/2013 – Philadelphia Flyers – Recap | publisher =Philadelphia Flyers | date = 25 April 2013 | accessdate = 25 April 2013}}</ref> During his time in North America, he played a total of 16 NHL contests for the Flyers<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://flyers.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8475342|title=Oliver Lauridsen|website=NHL.com|access-date=2016-05-01}}</ref> and 264 games in the American Hockey League for the Adirondack Phantoms and Lehigh Valley Phantoms.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theahl.com/stats/player.php?id=4020|title=TheAHL.com {{!}} The American Hockey League|website=theahl.com|access-date=2016-05-01}}</ref>

On 13 July 2015, Lauridsen signed with Frölunda HC of the Swedish Hockey League<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.frolundaindians.com/artikel/67618/ |title=Tungt nyförvärv |date=13 July 2015 |accessdate=13 July 2015 |publisher=Frölunda Indians |language=Swedish |archive-date=14 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714023511/http://www.frolundaindians.com/artikel/67618/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and helped the team win the Swedish national championship and the Champions Hockey League in the 2015–16 season. In April 2016, he penned a deal with Helsinki based KHL team Jokerit.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.faceoff.dk/khl-oliver-lauridsen-skifter-til-jokerit/|title=KHL: Oliver Lauridsen skifter til Jokerit – Faceoff.dk|website=www.faceoff.dk|access-date=2016-05-01|archive-date=4 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604104400/http://www.faceoff.dk/khl-oliver-lauridsen-skifter-til-jokerit/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

After four seasons in the KHL with Jokerit, Lauridsen opted to return to the SHL, agreeing to a three-year contract with the Malmö Redhawks on 29 April 2020.<ref>{{cite web| publisher = Malmö Redhawks | url = https://www.malmoredhawks.com/artikel/jmmwak9l5-33nad/oliver-lauridsen-forstarker-redhawks | title = Oliver Lauridsen reinforces the Redhawks | date = 29 April 2020 | accessdate = 29 April 2020 | language = Swedish}}</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&nbsp;season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 2004–05 | IC Gentofte | DEN U20 | 24 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2004–05 | IC Gentofte | DEN.2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2005–06 | Rögle BK | J20 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2006–07 | Linköpings HC | J20 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 95 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |- | 2007–08 | Linköpings HC | J18 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2007–08 | Linköpings HC | J20 | 35 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 159 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |- | 2007–08 | Tranås AIF | Div.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2008–09 | St. Cloud State Huskies | WCHA | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2009–10 | St. Cloud State Huskies | WCHA | 43 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2010–11 | St. Cloud State Huskies | WCHA | 37 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2010–11 | Adirondack Phantoms | AHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2011–12 | Adirondack Phantoms | AHL | 65 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 85 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2012–13 | Adirondack Phantoms | AHL | 59 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 77 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2012–13 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2013–14 | Adirondack Phantoms | AHL | 63 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 167 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2014–15 | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | AHL | 75 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 152 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2014–15 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2015–16 | Frölunda HC | SHL | 42 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 67 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 |- | 2016–17 | Jokerit | KHL | 48 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2017–18 | Jokerit | KHL | 54 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 |- | 2018–19 | Jokerit | KHL | 55 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 93 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2019–20 | Jokerit | KHL | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |- | 2020–21 | Malmö Redhawks | SHL | 48 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2021–22 | Malmö Redhawks | SHL | 42 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2022–23 | Malmö Redhawks | SHL | 49 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2023–24 | TPS | Liiga | 57 || 3 || 6 || 9 || 70 | 8 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 |- | 2024–25 | TPS | Liiga | 56 || 2 || 11 || 13 || 72 | 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 16 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 16 !! 2 !! 1 !! 3 !! 44 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | SHL totals ! 181 !! 11 !! 15 !! 26 !! 189 ! 18 !! 1 !! 3 !! 4 !! 16 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | KHL totals ! 181 !! 7 !! 20 !! 27 !! 181 ! 25 !! 1 !! 1 !! 2 !! 31 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | Liiga totals ! 155 !! 6 !! 23 !! 29 !! 170 ! 13 !! 1 !! 0 !! 1 !! 18

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===International=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:40em" |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 2006 | Denmark | U18 D1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2007 | Denmark | WJC D1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |- | 2007 | Denmark | U18 D1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2008 | Denmark | WJC | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 |- | 2009 | Denmark | WJC D1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2013 | Denmark | WC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |- | 2014 | Denmark | WC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2015 | Denmark | WC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |- | 2016 | Denmark | WC | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2016 | Denmark | OGQ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |- | 2017 | Denmark | WC | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2018 | Denmark | WC | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |- | 2019 | Denmark | WC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2021 | Denmark | WC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |- | 2021 | Denmark | OGQ | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2022 | Denmark | OG | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |- | 2022 | Denmark | WC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2023 | Denmark | WC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |- | 2024 | Denmark | WC | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2024 | Denmark | OGQ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |- | 2025 | Denmark | WC | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2026 | Denmark | OG | 4 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 4 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan=3 | Junior totals ! 26 !! 1 !! 5 !! 6 !! 46 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan=3 | Senior totals ! 98 !! 0 !! 12 !! 12 !! 70 |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{Ice hockey stats}} * [https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026/results/athlete-details/23040 Oliver Lauridsen] at Milano Cortina 2026 * {{Olympics.com}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Instagram}}<!-- per WP:ELMINOFFICIAL, choose one official website only -->

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lauridsen, Oliver}} Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:Adirondack Phantoms players Category:Danish ice hockey defencemen Category:Frölunda HC players Category:Gentofte Stars players Category:Jokerit players Category:Lehigh Valley Phantoms players Category:Malmö Redhawks players Category:Sportspeople from Gentofte Municipality Category:Philadelphia Flyers draft picks Category:Philadelphia Flyers players Category:St. Cloud State Huskies men's ice hockey players Category:HC TPS players Category:Tranås AIF players Category:Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics Category:Ice hockey players at the 2026 Winter Olympics Category:Olympic ice hockey players for Denmark Category:Ice hockey people from the Capital Region of Denmark