Lukas Bengtsson (born 14 April 1994) is a

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. He is currently playing with

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in the

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(NL).

Playing career

At the youth level, Bengtsson played for

Huddinge IK Huddinge IK (or ''Huddinge Hockey''), is a Swedish ice hockey team from Huddinge, a southern suburb in Stockholm County. The team is currently playing in the third highest league in Sweden, Hockeyettan. In the middle of the 1990s, a women's floo ...

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, and

Mora IK Mora IK (or Mora Ishockeyklubb) is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Mora in northern Dalarna. After failing the 2019 SHL qualifiers, Mora has been relegated for play in the second-tier league, HockeyAllsvenskan. Mora has previously p ...

. He logged his first minutes in Sweden’s second-tier league

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with Mora’s men’s team during the 2011–12 season. In February 2015, he signed with

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of Sweden’s top-flight SHL. He made 42 appearances, recording nine goals as well as 12 assists, as Frölunda won the 2016 SHL title. Bengtsson was also influential in the team's success in the

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: He saw the ice in ten contests, scoring two goals and assisting on five more, helping Frölunda capture the CHL title. On 27 April 2016, he penned a two-year, entry-level contract with the

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of the

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(NHL). During the 2016 offseason, Bengtsson was diagnosed with

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and underwent antibiotic treatment. He began training camp with the Penguins, but soon the disease returned, and he was placed on injured reserve. He underwent another antibiotic treatment and played his first AHL game for the

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on 13 November 2016. After a 6 January 2017 game during which Bengtsson felt exhaustion and intense pain, he was shut down for the season. Further tests revealed he probably never had Lyme disease; instead, in March 2017, Bengtsson was diagnosed with

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. Bengtsson was able to return to play for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton before the 2017–18 season. At the conclusion of his entry-level contract with the Penguins, Bengtsson, an impending restricted free agent, opted to return to Sweden, signing a three-year contract with

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of the SHL on 18 May 2018. In the 2018–19 season, Bengtsson led the defense of Linköpings in scoring with seven goals and 24 points in 42 games. Opting for a release from his only season with Linköping HC, Bengtsson was signed to a lucrative two-year contract with Russian club SKA Saint Petersburg of the KHL on 21 May 2019. Following two seasons with SKA, Bengtsson was traded in the off-season to HC Dinamo Minsk in exchange for

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on 16 June 2021. At the end of the season, March 11 left the team. In May 2022, he signed a three-year contract with the

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of the SHL. In his lone season with the Lakers in

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, Bengstsson was a fixture on the blueline and helped the club claim SHL championship.

International play

Bengtsson represented

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at the

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and won a bronze medal.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards and honors

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bengtsson, Lukas 1994 births Living people HC Dinamo Minsk players Frölunda HC players Linköping HC players Mora IK players Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Sweden SKA Saint Petersburg players Ice hockey people from Stockholm Swedish ice hockey defencemen 21st-century Swedish sportsmen Växjö Lakers players Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins players EV Zug players