Position: | Defence |
Shoots: | Right |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 0 |
Weight Lb: | 190 |
Team: | Free Agent |
Former Teams: | Bakersfield Condors IF Sundsvall HK SKP Poprad Eispiraten Crimmitschau HK Gomel Almtuna IS Arystan Temirtau Beibarys Atyrau HC Fassa |
Birth Date: | 1 October 1986 |
Birth Place: | Sollentuna, Sweden |
Draft: | Undrafted |
Career Start: | 2005 |
Filip Björk (born 1 October 1986) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman currently an unrestricted free agent who played college hockey in the NCAA for four years then signed with Bakersfield Condors, which at the time, was the NHL team Anaheim Ducks affiliate. Bjork was known for his tough playing style and mobile skating.
He signed a one-year ECHL contract with the Rapid City Rush as a free agent on 26 August 2015.[1] However, he failed to secure a position with the Rush after attending training camp on 13 October 2015. He played professional hockey in America, Europe, Belarus and Kazakhstan before retiring due to a facial injury that occurred during an ice hockey game.