Carl Gunnarsson

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Carl Gunnarsson
Date of birth November 9, 1986
place of birth Örebro , Sweden
size 188 cm
Weight 86 kg
position defender
number # 4
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2007 , 7th round, 194th position
Toronto Maple Leafs
Career stations
until 2004 Örebro HK
2004-2009 Linköpings HC
2009-2014 Toronto Maple Leafs
since 2014 St. Louis Blues

Carl Gunnarsson (born November 9, 1986 in Örebro ) is a Swedish ice hockey player who has been under contract with the St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League since June 2014 . With the team, the defender won the Stanley Cup in the 2019 playoffs . Prior to that, he spent five years with the Toronto Maple Leafs .

Career

Carl Gunnarsson began his career in his hometown in the youth of Örebro HK , for whose professional team he made his debut in the HockeyAllsvenskan in the 2003/04 season , where he had four assists in 43 games in his rookie year . Then the defender moved to Linköpings HC , for which he was only used in the youth field in the following season. In the 2005/06 season Gunnarsson played for the first time in the Elitserien , where he remained point and penalty in 14 games. He also played in 12 games for the second division IFK Arboga this season .

In 2007 and 2008 Gunnarsson was runner-up with Linköpings, where he also ran 15 times for VIK Västerås HK in the HockeyAllsvenskan in the 2006/07 season. In the 2008/09 season, the left shooter was on the ice in all four group games for his team in the newly founded Champions Hockey League .

On June 3, 2009, the Swede was signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs from the National Hockey League , who had previously selected him in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in the seventh round as a total of 194th player.

After four years in Toronto, the Maple Leafs gave him in June 2014, including a four-round vote for the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, to the St. Louis Blues , who in return transferred Roman Polák to Toronto.

With the Blues, Gunnarsson won the Stanley Cup in the 2019 playoffs .

International

For Sweden , Gunnarsson took part in the U18 World Junior Championship in 2004 , as well as the World Championships in 2009 and 2010 .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2003/04 HC Örebro 90 Allsvenskan 43 0 4th 4th -25 16 8 1 0 1 4 1 4 1 -3 1 0 1
2004/05 Linköpings HC J20 J20 SuperElit 22nd 2 5 7th +1 24 - - - - - -
2005/06 Linköpings HC J20 J20 SuperElit 30th 7th 6th 13 +13 26th 4th 1 0 1 +4 4th
2005/06 IFK Arboga IK Allsvenskan 12 1 5 6th +2 8th - - - - - -
2005/06 Linköpings HC Elitserien 14th 0 0 0 ± 0 0 - - - - - -
2006/07 Linköpings HC J20 J20 SuperElit 6th 0 5 5 +6 6th - - - - - -
2006/07 VIK Västerås HK Allsvenskan 15th 2 3 5 +7 14th - - - - - -
2006/07 Linköpings HC Elitserien 30th 2 2 4th +3 8th 15th 0 4th 4th +3 4th
2007/08 Linköpings HC Elitserien 53 2 7th 9 +5 26th 16 0 4th 4th +3 10
2008/09 Linköpings HC Elitserien 53 6th 10 16 +6 26th 7th 0 1 1 +5 2
2009/10 Toronto Marlies AHL 12 0 2 2 -2 2 - - - - - -
2009/10 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 43 3 12 15th +8 10 - - - - - -
2010/11 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 68 4th 16 20th -2 14th - - - - - -
2011/12 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 76 4th 15th 19th –9 20th - - - - - -
2012/13 Örebro HK Allsvenskan 10 0 4th 4th -1 2 - - - - - -
2012/13 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 37 1 14th 15th +5 14th 7th 0 1 1 –7 0
2013/14 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 80 3 14th 17th +12 34 - - - - - -
2014/15 St. Louis Blues NHL 61 2 10 12 +10 22nd 6th 0 0 0 +1 0
2015/16 St. Louis Blues NHL 72 3 6th 9 +7 31 19th 0 2 2 +5 7th
2016/17 St. Louis Blues NHL 56 0 6th 6th -5 4th 11 0 0 0 -1 2
2017/18 St. Louis Blues NHL 63 5 4th 9 +15 22nd - - - - - -
2018/19 St. Louis Blues NHL 25th 3 4th 7th +8 6th 19th 1 2 3 +6 4th
2018/19 San Antonio Rampage AHL 2 0 0 0 +1 2 - - - - - -
J20 SuperElit overall 58 9 16 25th +20 56 4th 1 0 1 +4 4th
Allsvenskan total 80 3 16 19th -17 40 8th 0 4th 4th -3 0
Elitserien total 150 10 19th 29 +14 60 38 0 9 9 +11 16
AHL total 14th 0 2 2 -1 4th - - - - - -
NHL overall 581 28 101 1129 +49 157 62 1 5 6th +4 13

International

Represented Sweden at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2009 Sweden WM Bronze medal 6th 2 0 2 –6 4th
2010 Sweden WM Bronze medal 9 1 1 2 +2 2
2011 Sweden WM Silver medal 9 0 2 2 +5 2
Men overall 24 3 3 6th +1 8th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Commons : Carl Gunnarsson  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ mapleleafs.nhl.com, Maple Leafs Ink Three Players
  2. ↑ cbssports.com: "Blues trade Roman Polak to Maple Leafs for Carl Gunnarsson, pick" (English, June 28, 2014, accessed September 15, 2014)
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Squad of the St. Louis Blues in the 2019/20 season
personal data
SURNAME Gunnarsson, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Örebro , Sweden