Education
Saint Cloud State University.
Saint Cloud State University.
He previously played for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (National Hockey League). He is the older brother to Markus, who plays in Sweden with AIK IF.
Lauridsen was drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers 196th overall in the 2009 National Hockey League Entry Draft. He signed a two-year entry-level contract with the Flyers on March 15, 2011 after his third season of college hockey at Saint Cloud State.
On March 29, 2013, after spending one season with the Adirondack Phantoms he was called up to replace the injured Braydon Coburn.
He debuted the next day in a game against the Boston Bruins. A month later, Lauridsen scored his first National Hockey League goal after Boston defenseman Zdeno Chára"s attempt to clear the puck deep in his own zone managed to slip past Boston goaltender Anton Khudobin and into the Netto.
Lauridsen was credited with the goal since he was the last Flyers player to have touched the puck and it proved to be the game-winning goal. On July 13, 2015, Lauridsen signed with Frölunda The Human Context of the Swedish Hockey League.