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
- 2007 Swedish runner-up with Linköpings HC
- 2008 Swedish runner-up with Linköpings HC
- 2019 Stanley Cup win with the St. Louis Blues
International
- 2009 bronze medal at the world championship
- 2010 bronze medal at the world championship
- 2011 silver medal at the world championship
Career statistics
Status: end of the 2018/19 season
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||
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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 | |
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2009 | Sweden | WM | 6th | 2 | 0 | 2 | –6 | 4th | ||
2010 | Sweden | WM | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | ||
2011 | Sweden | WM | 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
Individual evidence
- ↑ mapleleafs.nhl.com, Maple Leafs Ink Three Players
- ↑ cbssports.com: "Blues trade Roman Polak to Maple Leafs for Carl Gunnarsson, pick" (English, June 28, 2014, accessed September 15, 2014)
Goalkeeper:
Jake Allen |
Jordan Binnington
Defenders:
Robert Bortuzzo |
Jay Bouwmeester |
Vince Dunn |
Justin Faulk |
Carl Gunnarsson |
Colton Parayko |
Alex Pietrangelo ( C ) |
Marco Scandella
Attacker:
Iwan Barbaschow |
Samuel Blais |
Tyler Bozak |
Troy Brouwer |
Jacob de la Rose |
Mackenzie MacEachern |
Ryan O'Reilly |
David Perron |
Zach Sanford |
Brayden Schenn |
Jaden Schwartz |
Alexander Steen ( A ) |
Oskar Sundqvist |
Wladimir Tarassenko ( A ) |
Robert Thomas
Head Coach: Craig Berube Assistant Coach : Steve Ott | Marc Savard | Mike Van Ryn General Manager: Doug Armstrong
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Gunnarsson, Carl |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 9, 1986 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Örebro , Sweden |