Ted Brithén (born November 25, 1990) is a

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former professional

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. He last played with

Rögle BK Rögle BK (Rögle Bandyklubb) is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Ängelholm that has been playing in the SHL since the 2015–16 season. Rögle has previously played in the SHL (previously named Elitserien) in 1992–1996, 2008–20 ...

of the

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(SHL).

Playing career

He made his Elitserien (now the SHL) debut playing with Rögle BK during the

2009–10 Elitserien season The 2009–10 Elitserien season was the 35th season of Elitserien. It started on September 21, 2009, and ended on March 13, 2010. The playoffs started on March 18, 2010, and ended on April 24, 2010. HV71 won the playoffs, beating Timrå IK 4–1 ...

. In April 2014 he played his first 2 games with the Swedish National Team. In August 2014, he was promoted to be the

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of HV71, after the legendary

Johan Davidsson Johan Markus Davidsson (born 6 January 1976) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player, who played last with HV71 in the Swedish Hockey League, SHL. He was a long-time Elitserien/SHL player and captain of HV71 for eleven seasons, with ...

, in which he served in the role for two seasons. On March 23, 2020, Brithén agreed to a two-year deal with

SC Bern Schlittschuh Club Bern ('' Ice-skating Club Bern'' in English) is a professional ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rin ...

of the

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through the 2021–22 season. Brithén was released by SC Bern on 13 February 2021, because of family reasons. He then immediately signed a five-year contract to return to Rögle BK.

Awards and honors

References

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* 1990 births Living people SC Bern players HV71 players Rögle BK players Sarnia Sting players Swedish ice hockey forwards 21st-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-icehockey-player-stub