Christian Kåsastul
Born (1997-04-09) 9 April 1997
Skien, Norway
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb)
Position Defense
Shoots Left
Liiga team
Former teams
HIFK
Frisk Asker
HC Vita Hästen
AIK IF
Ontario Reign
National team  Norway
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2014present

Christian Kåsastul (born 9 April 1997) is a Norwegian professional ice hockey defenseman who currently plays for the HIFK Hockey in the Liiga and the Norwegian national team.

Playing career

Kåsastul played as a youth in his homeland with Frisk Asker Ishockey of the then GET-ligaen. He has also played in the Swedish HockeyAllsvenskan with HC Vita Hästen and AIK IF.

Following the 2020–21 season with AIK IF, Kåsastul opted to pursue a career in North America, agreeing to a contract with the Greenville Swamp Rabbits of the ECHL on 23 August 2021.[1]

Returning for a second season with the Swamp Rabbits, Kåsastul made 7 appearances to start the 2022-23 season, before opting to return to his original Norwegian club, Frisk Asker, on 22 November 2022. He made just 3 further appearances with Frisk before securing a contract with top flight Finnish club, HIFK of the Liiga, on 4 December 2022.[2]

International play

He represented Norway at the 2019 IIHF World Championship.[3]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2014–15 Frisk Asker GET 33 0 4 4 48 6 0 0 0 8
2015–16 Frisk Asker GET 41 2 5 7 46 6 1 1 2 16
2016–17 Frisk Asker GET 43 0 6 6 72 17 2 3 5 16
2017–18 HC Vita Hästen Allsv 33 0 6 6 32
2017–18 Frisk Asker GET 2 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 2
2018–19 Frisk Asker GET 46 3 2 5 114 19 2 4 6 55
2019–20 Frisk Asker GET 42 3 9 12 110
2020–21 AIK IF Allsv 49 2 4 6 36 6 0 0 0 0
2021–22 Greenville Swamp Rabbits ECHL 13 0 4 4 10 4 1 1 2 4
2021–22 Ontario Reign AHL 25 1 7 8 12
2022–23 Greenville Swamp Rabbits ECHL 7 0 1 1 2
2022–23 Frisk Asker Norway 3 0 1 1 2
NOR totals 292 10 37 47 426 57 5 8 13 97

References

  1. "Kasastul joins Swamp Rabbits". ECHL. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  2. "Christian Kasastul joins HIFK" (in Finnish). HIFK Hockey. 4 December 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  3. "A-landslaget menn: VM 2019 – Uttatte spillere". hockey.no. 2 May 2019. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
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