Alexander Reichenberg is dead – aged 31.
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Norwegian ice hockey has sadness. On Sunday, the news came that the former national team player and SHL player Alexander Reichenberg died at the age of 31. His club Lillehammer announces it on their website.
In the 2018/19 season, he played 27 games for Färjestad and the following season there were another 17 SHL games with IK Oskarshamn.
Now comes the tragic news that Norwegian Alexander Reichenberg has passed away at the age of 31.
It is on its website as his club Lillehammer goes out with the message:
“For the club and the team, Alexander was a big profile, a player with an x-factor in his game and an important contributor in the group. He also used his international experience to motivate the team’s young players who were at the beginning of their careers.
After the successful season, which has just ended, Alexander received well-deserved attention from several big clubs in Norway and abroad. Of course, there was also an offer from the parent club on the table and he wanted to take the time to consider a new professional offer abroad in exchange for a good life with work, club games and the community with friends and colleagues in Lillehammer.
It is unbelievably sad to think that he will never again hear the crowd sing in the Eidsiva Arena and that we who sat in the stands will no longer see the player with the big smile, the extra finesse or the razor sharp shot from the shot circle in power play.
Rest in peace, no. 61. You will always be remembered as an artist.”
Alexander Reichenberg was born in Leksand
What is behind the death has not been made public.
Alexander Reichenberg was born in Leksand in 1992 as the son of the Swedish, former Leksand player Ronny Reichenberg. He later moved to Lillehammer, where the son came to spend large parts of his own career.
In total, he played 384 A-team matches for Lillehammer during a total of eleven seasons at the club. He also had professional adventures in the Czech Republic and Austria in addition to the stays in Sweden and trips to Norwegian competitors such as Storhamar and Stjernen.
Internationally, Alexander Reichenberg won two WCs and one Olympics in the Norwegian national team jersey.
