Thomas Rundqvist

Thomas Rundqvist
IIHF Hall of Fame , 2007
Date of birth	May 4th 1960
place of birth	Vimmerby , Sweden
size	192 cm
Weight	95 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1983 , 10th lap, 198th position Montréal Canadiens
Career stations
1978-1984	Färjestad BK
1984-1985	Sherbrooke Canadiens Montréal Canadiens
1985-1993	Färjestad BK
1993-1998	VEU Feldkirch

Thomas Rundqvist (born May 4, 1960 in Vimmerby ) is a former Swedish ice hockey player , and now head of sport at Färjestad BK .

Career

Rundqvist started his career in 1978 at Färjestad BK in Sweden. During his successful time there until 1993, he was on the ice in 494 national games (173 goals / 441 points) and won the Swedish championship three times (1981, 1986 and 1988). In the 1983 NHL Entry Draft , he was selected in the 10th round in 198th place by the Montreal Canadiens . He then went to the NHL for one season , but only got two missions there. In 1991 he was awarded the guldpucken of the Elitserien .

Internationally, he took part in eight ice hockey world championships with the Swedish national ice hockey team and won two gold and three silver medals. He took part in the Olympic Games three times with the "Tre Kronor" and won two bronze medals here ( 1984 and 1988 ). When he ended his international career, he had made 267 international appearances.

He ended his playing career at VEU Feldkirch in Austria, with whom he won the championship title in each of his five years there (1993 to 1998) and also in 1998 the European Hockey League .

In 2007 he was honored with induction into the IIHF Hall of Fame .

Achievements and Awards

1981 Swedish champion with Färjestad BK 1985 Calder Cup win with the Sherbrooke Canadiens 1986 Swedish champion with Färjestad BK 1988 Swedish champion with Färjestad BK 1991 guldpucken 1994 Austrian champion with VEU Feldkirch

1995 Austrian champion with VEU Feldkirch 1996 Austrian champion with VEU Feldkirch 1997 Austrian champion with VEU Feldkirch 1998 Austrian champion with VEU Feldkirch 2007 induction into the IIHF Hall of Fame

International

1978 bronze medal at the U18 European Junior Championship 1980 bronze medal at the Junior World Championship 1984 bronze medal at the Olympic Winter Games 1986 silver medal at the world championship 1987 gold medal at the world championship

1988 bronze medal at the Olympic Winter Games 1990 silver medal at the world championship 1991 gold medal at the world championship 1991 World Championship All-Star Team 1993 silver medal at the world championship 1998 victory of the European Hockey League

Web links

• Thomas Rundqvist at hockeydb.com (English)
• Thomas Rundqvist at eurohockey.com
• Thomas Rundqvist in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Thomas Rundqvist at eliteprospects.com (English)