height_ft weight_lb birth_place position height_in birth_date article_title
5 143 irkutsk , rus forward 6 19 june 1991 pontus ekhem

pontus ekhem

pontus ekhem -lrb- born june 19 , 1991 -rrb- is a swedish ice hockey player , also known as ` ponty ' and also coined the phrase `` it 's ponty ! '' .
he is 169 cm tall he started his career at skåre bk in 2001 and was drafted to nor ik for the 2002 -- 2003 season .
he made a comeback to skåre bk for the 2004 -- 2005 season after the 2005 -- 2006 season he moved to the netherlands where he joined the hijs hokij wolves under 17 team and they won the 2007 dutch championship .
in the season 2007 -- 2008 he moved to den bosch red eagles under 17 team and finished third in the championships after several years without any under 17 team .
with the red eagles team , he has had big successes in belgium and the netherlands .
during his time in the netherlands he has played in two different allstar teams , dutch alligators and the pirates .
during the season 2010/2011 he joined the regulators in salt lake city , ut , playing for the rocky mountain renegades 18u .
since the fall 2011 he is playing for bradford sabres in the british universities ice hockey association
