Evan Oberg | |||
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Born |
Forestburg, AB, Canada |
February 16, 1988 ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
Weight | 191 lb (87 kg; 13 st 9 lb) | ||
Position | Defence | ||
Shoots | Left | ||
team Former teams |
Free agent Vancouver Canucks Tampa Bay Lightning Augsburger Panther |
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NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
Playing career | 2009–present |
Medal record | ||
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Ice hockey | ||
Representing Canada West | ||
World Junior A Challenge | ||
2006 Yorkton |
Evan Oberg (born February 16, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently an unrestricted free agent who most recently played with the Augsburger Panther of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Oberg played two seasons of college hockey for the University of Minnesota-Duluth, after spending his junior career with the Camrose Kodiaks of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL). Unselected in the NHL Entry Draft, Oberg was signed by the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL as a free agent in April 2009. He played two seasons with the Canucks AHL affiliate, the Manitoba Moose, with a total of four games for the Canucks over that time. Oberg was then traded to the Florida Panthers in February 2011, and spent the remainder of the season with their AHL affiliate, the Rochester Americans. Oberg changed teams in the off-season as Florida switched affiliations to partner with the San Antonio Rampage. Florida then traded Oberg to the Tampa Bay Lightning in December 2011 and he then joined the Admirals.
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.