Lauridsen hails from
Gentofte, Denmark, where he started playing ice hockey in the youth ranks of
IC Gentofte. He moved to Sweden in 2005 to join
Rögle BK before heading to
Linköping HC one year later. He played for both clubs at the youth level. In 2008, Lauridsen enrolled at
St. Cloud State University. He was drafted by the
Philadelphia Flyers 196th overall in the
2009 NHL Entry Draft and signed a two-year entry-level contract with the Flyers on 15 March 2011 after his third season of college hockey at
St. Cloud State. On 29 March 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 NHL 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 net. 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. During his time in North America, he played a total of 16 NHL contests for the Flyers and 264 games in the
American Hockey League for the
Adirondack Phantoms and
Lehigh Valley Phantoms. On 13 July 2015, Lauridsen signed with
Frölunda HC of the
Swedish Hockey League and helped the team win the Swedish national championship and the
Champions Hockey League in the 2015–16 season. In April 2016, he penned a deal with
Helsinki based
KHL team
Jokerit. After four seasons in the KHL with Jokerit, Lauridsen opted to return to the SHL, agreeing to a three-year contract with the Malmö Redhawks on 29 April 2020. ==Career statistics==