Ole - Kristian Tollefsen Ole - Kristian Tollefsen ( born March 29 , 1984 in Oslo , Norway ) is a Norwegian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for Modo in Elitserien . Tollefsen was selected to play for the Norway men ' s national ice hockey team at the 2010 Winter Olympics . Playing career . Early career . Ole - Kristian Tollefsen started his ice hockey career playing for Nes IK ' s youth teams , after one of his friends had talked him into it . He played for teams in the club until he turned 16 , when he moved to Lillehammer , to attend the Norwegian College of Elite Sport . In Lillehammer , he is known as " Læfsa " . Tollefsen played with Lillehammer Ishockeyklubb for two seasons , spending most of that time on the senior team , instead of any of the club ' s two junior teams where a player his age should have spent that stage of their career . During the 2001 – 02 season , he was a regular in the team ' s starting lineup as they reached fourth place in the Norwegian Elite League , and reached the playoff semi - finals for a bronze medal . He also played for both the junior teams in their playoffs , getting a silver medal with the Elder Junior ( Under - 20 ) team , and the gold medal with the Younger Junior ( U - 18 ) team . The medals were the last thing he accomplished in the Norwegian league system thus far in his career . Draft and major junior hockey . After that impressive season , Tollefsen was drafted by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the third round , 65th overall , in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft , something that made him one of the highest - drafted Norwegians ever ( incidentally , the highest - drafted Norwegian ever , Dallas Stars prospect Marius Holtet , went in the second round , as the 42nd overall pick in the same draft ) . The next stop for Tollefsen was the Western Hockey League ( WHL ) , where he played the next two seasons for the Brandon Wheat Kings . During his time in the WHL , he showed that he could adapt to the North American style of play . His physical style of play showed on the 2003 – 04 Blue Jackets training camp , when one of his hits put star player Geoff Sanderson out of play for a couple of weeks with an injury . During the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout season , Tollefsen had signed for the Blue Jackets , but spent most of the season with the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League ( AHL ) , but also had a short trip to the East Coast Hockey League where he played for the Dayton Bombers . NHL career . For the 2005 – 06 season he started the season in the AHL , but on November 23 , he got his NHL debut in a 4 – 2 loss against the Phoenix Coyotes . He played an additional four games for the Blue Jackets , with two penalty minutes , before he was sent down to Syracuse again , where he spent the rest of the season . He played in 70 of the Blue Jackets ' games in the 2006 – 07 season . On November 10 , he , and fellow Norwegian NHL player Patrick Thoresen played in the first NHL game ever to have two Norwegian players facing each other , when the Blue Jackets hosted Thoresen ' s Edmonton Oilers . In Ken Hitchcock ' s debut as the coach for the Blue Jackets , a November 24 away game against the Philadelphia Flyers , Tollefsen had his first career NHL point when he assisted on Jason Chimera ' s second period goal , he scored his first goal against the Chicago Blackhawks on March 20 , 2007 . He started a scoring streak when he forced overtime against Detroit Red Wings in the next game , tying Espen Knutsen ' s Norwegian NHL record . He accumulated 123 penalty minutes during the season , including fights against Mark Smith , Joffrey Lupul , Jordin Tootoo , and Bill Guerin . On July 30 , 2009 , Tollefsen signed a one - year contract with the Philadelphia Flyers . On February 6 , 2010 , Tollefsen , along with a 5th round pick in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft , was traded to the Detroit Red Wings for Finnish forward Ville Leino . International . Tollefsen played in three matches for Norway during the 2010 Winter Olympics , with no points . He received a 25 - minute penalty after checking Slovakia ’ s Ľuboš Bartečko in the head during the quarterfinal play - in game on February 23 , 2010 . Personal . Tollefsen is one of only seven Norwegians to ever play in the NHL , the others being Bjørn Skaare , Anders Myrvold , Espen Knutsen , Patrick Thoresen , Jonas Holøs and Mats Zuccarello Aasen .