Helge Grans (born 10 May 2002) is a Swedish professional

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for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms of the

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(AHL) while under contract to the

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of the

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(NHL). Grans was drafted 35th overall by the Kings in the 2020 NHL entry draft.

Playing career

Grans was the most effective defenceman of the IF Troja-Ljungby U16 Juniors in 2016–17, scoring 12 points. In the 2017–18 season, he was the team's best scorer at U16 level, with 26 points. In the middle of the 2017–18 season, he moved to the Malmö Redhawks. At only 16 years old Grans played his first men's league match with the Malmö Redhawks in the Champions Hockey League (CHL) on 16 October 2018 against the EHC Red Bull München. Grans scored his first

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(SHL) goal on 30 December 2019 against Brynäs IF. On 4 June 2021, Grans was signed by the

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to a three-year, entry-level contract. On 6 June 2023, the Kings traded Grans to the

as part of a three-team trade also involving the

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. On 18 November 2024, Grans was called up from the Lehigh Valley Phantoms and made his NHL debut against the

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Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Grans, Helge 2002 births Living people Lehigh Valley Phantoms players Los Angeles Kings draft picks Malmö Redhawks players Ontario Reign (AHL) players People from Ljungby Philadelphia Flyers players Ice hockey people from Kronoberg County Swedish expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Swedish ice hockey defencemen 21st-century Swedish sportsmen