Gus Forslund
  Gus Forslund 
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| Date of birth | April 25, 1906 |
| place of birth | Umeå , Sweden |
| date of death | July 29, 1962 |
| Place of death | Geraldton , Ontario , Canada |
| size | 170 cm |
| Weight | 68 kg |
| position | Right wing |
| Shot hand | Right |
| Career stations | |
| 1926-1927 | Port Arthur Ports |
| 1927-1929 | Fort William forts |
| 1929-1932 | Duluth Hornets |
| 1932-1933 | Ottawa Senators |
| 1933-1934 |
Syracuse Stars Windsor Bulldogs |
| 1934-1935 | Philadelphia Arrows |
| 1935-1936 | New Haven Eagles |
| 1936-1938 | Fort William Wanderers |
| 1938-1939 | Duluth Zephyrs |
| 1939-1941 | Geraldton Gold Miners |
Gustav Oliver "Gus" Forslund (born April 25, 1906 in Umeå ; † July 29, 1962 in Geraldton , Ontario , Canada ) was a Swedish - Canadian ice hockey player who worked for the Ottawa Senators in 1926-1941, among others played the National Hockey League .
Career
Gustav Forslund emigrated to Canada with his family as a child. There he began his career in the Thunder Bay Senior Hockey League, in which he was active from 1926 to 1929 for the Port Arthur Ports and Fort William Forts, where he was sidelined due to injury throughout the 1928/29 season. Then he succeeded with the Duluth Hornets from the American Hockey Association , for which he was active from 1929 to 1932, the leap into professional ice hockey. For the 1932/33 season , the winger was signed by the Ottawa Senators , for which he scored four goals in 48 games in the National Hockey League and gave nine assists. The following season he began with the Syracuse Stars in the International Hockey League , but he was given in December 1933 together with Sparky Vail in exchange for Andy Bellemer to the league rivals Windsor Bulldogs .
From 1934 to 1936 Forslund was each a year with the Philadelphia Arrows and New Haven Eagles in the Canadian-American Hockey League under contract. Then the Swede returned to the amateur league Thunder Bay Senior Hockey League, in which he ran up to the end of his career in 1941 for the Fort William Wanderers, Duluth Zephyrs and Geraldton Gold Miners. He finally settled in Geraldton and died there in 1962 at the age of 56 of complications from a cerebral haemorrhage .
NHL statistics
| Seasons | Games | Gates | Assists | Points | Penalty minutes | |
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| Regular season | 1 | 48 | 4th | 9 | 13 | 2 |
| Playoffs | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Web links
- Gus Forslund at hockeydb.com (English)
- Gus Forslund at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Gus Forslund at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Gus Forslund at findagrave.com
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Forslund, Gus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Forslund, Gustav Oliver (full name); Forslund, Gustaf; Forstlund, Gus (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish ice hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 25, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Umeå , Sweden |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 29, 1962 |
| Place of death | Geraldton , Ontario , Canada |