| Helge Grans | |
| Birth Date: | 10 May 2002 |
| Birth Place: | Ljungby, Sweden |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 3 |
| Weight Lbs: | 192 |
| Position: | Defence |
| Shoots: | Right |
| League: | NHL |
| Team: | Philadelphia Flyers |
| Prospect Team: | Lehigh Valley Phantoms |
| Prospect League: | AHL |
| Former Teams: | Malmö Redhawks |
| Draft: | 35th overall |
| Draft Year: | 2020 |
| Draft Team: | Los Angeles Kings |
| Career Start: | 2019 |
Helge Grans (born 10 May 2002) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms of the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Grans was drafted 35th overall by the Kings in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft.[1] [2]
Grans was the most effective defenceman of the IF Troja-Ljungby U16 Juniors in 2016–17, scoring 12 points. In the 2017–18 season, he was the team's best scorer at U16 level, with 26 points. In the middle of the 2017–18 season, he moved to the Malmö Redhawks.
At only 16 years old Grans played his first men's league match with the Malmö Redhawks in the Champions Hockey League (CHL) on 16 October 2018 against the EHC Red Bull München. Grans scored his first Swedish Hockey League (SHL) goal on 30 December 2019 against Brynäs IF.
On 4 June 2021, Grans was signed by the Los Angeles Kings to a three-year, entry-level contract.[3]
On 6 June 2023, the Kings traded Grans to the Philadelphia Flyers as part of a three-team trade also involving the Columbus Blue Jackets.[4]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||||||
| 2018–19 | Malmö Redhawks | J20 | 34 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Malmö Redhawks | SHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | Malmö Redhawks | J20 | 27 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | Malmö Redhawks | SHL | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Malmö Redhawks | SHL | 43 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | Ontario Reign | AHL | 56 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2022–23 | Ontario Reign | AHL | 59 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2023–24 | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | AHL | 56 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| SHL totals | 69 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Sweden | U17 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | Sweden | HG18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2022 | Sweden | WJC | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Junior totals | 18 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 8 | ||||