Lawrence Pilut

Lawrence Pilut (born 30 December 1995) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently playing for the Rochester Americans in the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Lawrence Pilut
Born (1995-12-30) 30 December 1995
Tingsryd, Sweden
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 179 lb (81 kg; 12 st 11 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
NHL team (P)
Cur. team
Former teams		 Buffalo Sabres
Rochester Americans (AHL)
HV71
Traktor Chelyabinsk
National team  Sweden
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2013–present

Playing career

Pilut began playing hockey as a youth in his hometown of Tingsryd and played at the under-18 level with Tingsryds AIF before transferring to HV71. Pilut made his Swedish Hockey League debut playing with HV71 during the 2013–14 season.[1]

Pilut continued in the SHL with HV71 and in the 2017–18 season, he elevated his development to have a dominant season in contributing with 8 goals and 38 points in 52 games to be selected as the league's Defenceman of the Year.

In gaining NHL interest from his breakout season, Pilut left the SHL and signed as an undrafted free agent to a two-year, entry-level contract with the Buffalo Sabres on May 15, 2018.[2] Pilut made his NHL debut on 30 November 2018, in a game against the Florida Panthers.[3] On 8 January 2019, Pilut scored his first career NHL goal in a 5–1 win over the New Jersey Devils.[4]

Pilut became a restricted free agent following the 2019–20 season. On 9 June 2020, he signed a two-year contract with Traktor Chelyabinsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).[5]

After two successful seasons in the KHL with Chelyabinsk, Pilut returned to North America and the Sabres organization in agreeing to a one-year, two-way contract on 15 July 2022.[6]

Personal life

Pilut lives in Jönköping with his girlfriend Linnéa Sjöbring.

Lawrence's father, Larry Pilut, is from the United States but spent most of his playing career in Sweden, including 14 seasons with Tingsryds AIF.[7]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2010–11 Tingsryds AIF J18 28 1 6 7 4 3 0 1 1 0
2011–12 HV71 J18 22 3 5 8 8 — — — — —
2011–12 HV71 J18 Allsv 12 3 4 7 14 3 0 1 1 0
2011–12 HV71 J20 3 0 1 1 0 — — — — —
2012–13 HV71 J18 8 1 4 5 2 — — — — —
2012–13 HV71 J18 Allsv 1 0 2 2 0 — — — — —
2012–13 HV71 J20 42 3 18 21 28 7 1 3 4 4
2013–14 HV71 J20 30 3 15 18 26 4 1 1 2 6
2013–14 HV71 SHL 22 0 4 4 18 6 0 0 0 0
2014–15 HV71 J20 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2014–15 HV71 SHL 48 3 8 11 10 4 0 0 0 0
2014–15 Timrå IK Allsv 4 0 2 2 0 — — — — —
2015–16 HV71 SHL 21 1 5 6 4 6 1 1 2 0
2016–17 HV71 SHL 48 3 9 12 20 16 2 3 5 8
2017–18 HV71 SHL 52 8 30 38 22 2 0 0 0 0
2018–19 Rochester Americans AHL 30 4 22 26 14 3 0 0 0 0
2018–19 Buffalo Sabres NHL 33 1 5 6 20 — — — — —
2019–20 Rochester Americans AHL 37 6 17 23 20 — — — — —
2019–20 Buffalo Sabres NHL 13 0 0 0 4 — — — — —
2020–21 Traktor Chelyabinsk KHL 57 7 21 28 34 5 0 2 2 4
2021–22 Traktor Chelyabinsk KHL 40 0 11 11 28 15 1 7 8 8
SHL totals 191 15 56 71 74 34 3 4 7 8
NHL totals 46 1 5 6 24 — — — — —
KHL totals 97 7 32 39 62 20 1 9 10 12

International
Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2012 Sweden U17 4th 6 0 1 1 0
2021 Sweden WC 9th 7 0 2 2 4
Junior totals 6 0 1 1 0
Senior totals 7 0 2 2 4

Awards and honors
Award Year
SHL
Le Mat Trophy (HV71) 2017 [8]
Salming Trophy 2018

References
  1. "HV71 2013–14 player statistics". eliteprospects.com. 6 May 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  2. "Sabres, Pilut agree to entry-level deal". Buffalo Sabres. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  3. "Lawrence Pilut Stats and News NHL.com". National Hockey League. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  4. Jourdon LaBarber (8 January 2019). "Pilut, Smith help fuel 5-goal 2nd period in win over Devils". NHL.com. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  5. "Traktor sign contract with Lawrence Pilut" (in Russian). Traktor Chelyabinsk. 9 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  6. "Pilut returns to Sabres on a one-year contract". Buffalo Sabres. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  7. "Larry Pilut player profile - Elite Prospects". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  8. "HV71 wins championship" (in Swedish). aftonbladet.se. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
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