Born	May 8, 1989 (1989-05-08) (age 20), Rødovre, Denmark
Height Weight	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb)
Position	Centre
Shoots	Left
NHL team (P) Cur. team	St. Louis Blues Peoria Rivermen (AHL)
Ntl. team	Denmark
NHL Draft	13th overall, 2007 St. Louis Blues
Pro career	2007 – present

Lars Fosgaard Eller (born May 8, 1989) is a Danish professional ice hockey player, currently playing for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Contents 1 Early life 2 Playing career 3 Career statistics 3.1 Regular season and playoffs 3.2 International 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Early life

His father Olaf Eller is the current coach of the Danish Under-20 national team; a former Danish international ice hockey player and former coach of several teams in the Superisligaen as well as IF Troja/Ljungby in Sweden.

[edit] Playing career

In the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, he was drafted 13th overall by the St. Louis Blues.^[1] He was the highest ever drafted Danish born and trained player in NHL history until friend and former team mate Mikkel Bødker was selected as number 8 overall by the Phoenix Coyotes in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. Jan Popiel was drafted 10th overall in the 1964 NHL Amateur Draft, however he learned to play hockey in Canada. Furthermore he changed nationality before making his debut.

He spent part of the 2007–08 season with Borås HC in HockeyAllsvenskan, on loan from Frölunda HC.

He made his NHL debut on November 5, 2009 in a game against the Calgary Flames in which the Blues lost, 2-1. He scored the only Blues goal, beating Miikka Kiprusoff, off of a deflection and had 3 shots on goal in 9:42 on ice.

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2004–05	Rødovre SIK	U19		28	21	26	47	20		–	–	–	–	–
2004–05	Rødovre SIK	DEN-2		1	3	1	4	0		–	–	–	–	–
2005–06	Frölunda HC	J18		8	2	4	6	10		2	0	0	0	0
2005–06	Frölunda HC	J20		36	7	7	14	6		2	0	0	0	0
2006–07	Frölunda HC	J18		3	1	4	5	6		6	3	2	5	8
2006–07	Frölunda HC	J20		39	18	37	55	58		8	4	1	5	24
2007–08	Frölunda HC	J20		9	4	4	8	10		7	5	6	11	14
2007–08	Borås HC	SEL-2		19	2	6	8	8		–	–	–	–	–
2007–08	Frölunda HC	SEL		14	0	2	2	4		7	0	1	1	2
2008–09	Frölunda HC	SEL		48	12	17	29	28		10	3	1	4	12

[edit] International

Year	Team	Event	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2006	Denmark	WJC U18 (Div I)	5	5	5	10	8
2007	Denmark	WJC U20 (Div I)	5	2	5	7	16
2007	Denmark	WJC U18 (Div I)	5	3	7	10	6
2008	Denmark	WJC U20	6	3	3	6	37
2008	Denmark	WC	6	0	2	2	0
2009	Denmark	WJC U20 (Div I)	5	3	3	6	20

[edit] References

• Meltzer, Bill "Eller aims to reward Blues' faith" at NHL.com Retrieved 06-25-07.
• Meltzer, Bill NHL.com article on Eller & Frölunda Retrieved 06-13-07.

[edit] External links

• Lars Eller's career stats at Eliteprospects.com
• Lars Eller's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Lars Eller – player profile and career stats at European Hockey.Net

Preceded by Patrik Berglund

St. Louis Blues first round draft pick 2007

Succeeded by Ian Cole