AS A SENIOR IN 2018-19
Skated in all 39 games during his lone season in Hockey Valley registering a career-high 25 points on nine goals and 16 assists...Tallied two assists in the first game of the season with a 4-3 victory over No. 17 Clarkson (Oct. 11)...Recorded two assists during an 8-2 victory over Niagara (Oct. 19)...Notched a goal against No.13 Princeton (Oct. 26)...Registered one assist in an overtime loss to Arizona State (Nov. 3)...Recorded one goal in a 6-4 loss against No. 16 Michigan (Nov. 16)...Tallied two assists during game one of a weekend split against Notre Dame (Dec. 7)...Registered one assist in a tie against Princeton (Dec. 15)...Tied a career high with two assists during a 4-2 victory over Minnesota (Jan. 4)...Scored one goal in game one before tallying his first career shorthanded goal in game two of a weekend series against No. 4 Ohio State (Jan. 18-19)...Scored one goal during a 5-1 loss against Michigan (Jan. 24)...Recorded one assist during a 6-2 victory over Minnesota (Feb. 9)...Scored a goal in each game during a weekend split against MSU (Feb. 15-16)...Tallied two assists during an 8-2 victory over Wisconsin (Feb. 22)...Collected a pair of assists during a 5-4 defeat against Notre Dame (Mar. 1)...Tallied an assist in games two and three of the Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinals series against Wisconsin (Mar. 9-10)...Marked his third straight game with one assist during a 5-1 victory over No. 1 OSU in the Big Ten Tournament Semifinals (Mar. 17).
BEFORE PENN STATE
Larsson, the program’s first swede, is using the graduate transfer rule to enroll at Penn State and be eligible to play right away after spending the past three seasons at Merrimack College (Hockey East)…During his time with the Warriors, Larsson appeared in 91 games scoring 24 goals and adding 21 assists for 45 points including a career-high 13 goals and 21 points during the 2017-18 campaign…Along with scoring, Larsson also adds depth at the faceoff dot after ranking second in Hockey East and 14th in the nation last season winning 58.3 percent of his draws…Prior to his time with the Warriors, Larsson spent the 2014-15 season with the Lone Star Brahmas of the North American Hockey League scoring 21 goals while adding 34 assists for 55 points in 51 games played…Larsson becomes Penn State’s first-ever grad transfer and will only be eligible to play during the 2018-19 season.
PERSONAL
Ludvig Larsson was born on October 2, 1995 to Anna-Karin and Karl-Erik Larsson in Malmo, Sweden...Has an older brother Alfred who also played hockey at Merrimack College and graduated in 2018...Grandfather Pev-Erik Larsson earned an Olympic Bronze Medal in cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympic Games and became World Champion in 1958...Mother was a track and field athlete while his father played hockey in the SHL for seven years...Currently earning his masters degree in International Affairs with a concentration in International Business and Economics after earning his bachelors degree in Business Finance at Merrimack College.
LARSSON ON PENN STATE
“I chose Penn State because it offers me everything I ever wanted, it’s a great hockey program, the academics are amazing and the university as a whole will be a great experience.”
GADOWSKY ON LARSSON
“Ludvig has three years of playing experience at Merrimack in Hockey East and as an older player will bring added leadership on and off the ice. He is great on face-offs and will be able to play in a lot of different situations for us.”