Per Gustafsson

Per Gustafsson
Date of birth	4th June 1970
place of birth	Oskarshamn , Sweden
size	188 cm
Weight	90 kg
position	defender
number	# 7
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1994 , 11th round, 261st position Florida Panthers
Career stations
1988-1996	HV71
1996-1997	Florida panthers
1997-1998	Toronto Maple Leafs
1998	Ottawa Senators
1998-2010	HV71

Per Gustafsson (born June 4, 1970 in Oskarshamn ) is a former Swedish ice hockey player who played during his active career mainly for the HV71 in the Swedish Elitserien .

Career

Gustafsson began his career with HV71 , for which he initially played until 1996. After the Florida Panthers had pulled him in the NHL Entry Draft in 1994 in the eleventh round in a total of 261st place, he moved to the Panthers in the 1996/97 season in the National Hockey League . There, the left-handed shooter completed 58 games and immediately became the second best defender in terms of scorer points. After the season, the Swede completed games for the Toronto Maple Leafs and their farm team , the St. John's Maple Leafs . In addition, he came to work with the Ottawa Senators .

In 1998 Gustafsson returned to his hometown club HV71, who played for until the end of the 2009/10 season. With 20 seasons in the HV71 jersey, he is the club's record holder for most games. In addition, the assistant captain scored a goal after six seconds in a game against Luleå HF in 1991 , which is considered to be the fastest shot of the Elitserien .

International

For the Swedish national ice hockey team Gustafsson was on the ice at the 1996 World Cup and reached sixth place with his team. His greatest international success came when he won the silver medal at the 2003 World Cup .

Achievements and Awards

1995 Swedish champion with the HV71 1996 Swedish All-Star Team 2000 Elitserien All-Star-Game 2001 Elitserien All-Star-Game 2004 Swedish champion with the HV71

2004 Swedish All-Star Team 2008 Swedish champion with the HV71 2009 Swedish runner-up with the HV71 2010 Swedish champion with the HV71

International

• 2003 silver medal at the world championship

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1988/89	HV71	SEL		14th	1	4th	5	8th		3	0	0	0	2
1989/90	HV71	SEL		27	4th	3	7th	16		-	-	-	-	-
1990/91	HV71	SEL		31	3	5	8th	16		2	0	0	0	4th
1991/92	HV71	SEL		39	9	7th	16	22nd		3	0	0	0	0
1992/93	HV71	SEL		40	6th	3	9	28		-	-	-	-	-
1993/94	HV71	SEL		34	9	7th	16	10		-	-	-	-	-
1994/95	HV71	SEL		38	8th	6th	14th	14th		13	7th	5	12	8th
1995/96	HV71	SEL		34	8th	13	21st	12		4th	3	1	4th	2
1996/97	Florida panthers	NHL		58	7th	22nd	29	22nd		-	-	-	-	-
1997/98	St. John's Maple Leafs	AHL		25th	7th	18th	25th	10		-	-	-	-	-
1997/98	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		22nd	1	4th	5	10		-	-	-	-	-
1997/98	Ottawa Senators	NHL		9	0	1	1	6th		1	0	0	0	0
1998/99	HV71	SEL		50	12	16	28	52		-	-	-	-	-
1999/00	HV71	SEL		40	6th	15th	21st	47		6th	1	4th	5	10
2000/01	HV71	SEL		48	9	18th	27	46		-	-	-	-	-
2001/02	HV71	SEL		46	6th	9	15th	20th		8th	1	2	3	12
2002/03	HV71	SEL		15th	2	6th	8th	6th		7th	0	3	3	0
2003/04	HV71	SEL		32	4th	23	27	32		14th	0	5	5	8th
2004/05	HV71	SEL		46	9	15th	24	44		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	HV71	SEL		48	6th	25th	31	48		12	1	5	6th	16
2006/07	HV71	SEL		52	7th	18th	25th	56		14th	4th	3	7th	20th
2007/08	HV71	SEL		38	3	7th	10	28		14th	1	1	2	6th
2008/09	HV71	SEL		49	9	18th	27	42		15th	0	2	2	16
2009/10	HV71	SEL		12	0	1	1	16		5	0	0	0	2
SEL total				737	120	218	338	567		120	18th	31	49	106
AHL total				25th	7th	18th	25th	10		-	-	-	-	-
NHL overall				89	8th	27	35	38		1	0	0	0	0

( 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

• Per Gustafsson at eurohockey.com
• Per Gustafsson at hockeydb.com (English)
• Per Gustafsson at eliteprospects.com (English)