Johan Gustafsson
Johan Gustafsson (born 28 February 1992 Köpings ) is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender who stands since 2012 at the Minnesota Wild under contract and since 2013 playing for the Iowa game in the American Hockey League.
Career
Johan Gustafsson began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the junior department of the Köpings HC. From there he moved to IFK Arboga, for the first team he in the 2006/07 season his debut in the HockeyAllsvenskan, the Swedish second division, was. The following season spent the goalkeeper at his home club Köpings HC in the fourth division Division 2 From 2008 to 2010 he was standing by the Färjestad BK under contract for which he in his second year a total of three games in the Elitserien, the highest Swedish league, denied. The majority of the 2009/10 season he spent as though Players out on loan at Skåre BK from the third-tier Division 1
NHL Entry Draft 2010 Gustafsson was selected in the sixth round as a total 159 players from the Minnesota Wild. First, he remained in his native Sweden, where he regularly stood in the 2010/11 season in the goal of Västerås IK from the HockeyAllsvenskan. For the 2011/12 season, the Swede from Luleå HF of the Elitserien was committed. In May 2013 Gustafsson received a NHL One Stieg Treaty of the game and was borrowed for the 2012/13 season at the Luleå HF. A year later, he was taken from the wild in North America and participated in the Trainhslager of the franchise. He was then employed at the Iowa game in the American Hockey League.
Internationally
For Sweden, Gustafsson took part in the junior level at the U18 World Junior Championships in 2009 and 2010 and the U20 Junior World Championship 2012. At the 2010 U18 World Championships, he won the silver, at the 2012 U20 World Championship gold medal with his team. In the senior level, he stood for the first time in 2012 at the Euro Hockey Tour in the squad of his country.
At the World Championships in 2013 in Stockholm and Helsinki, he was again part of the national team and won the gold medal with this, but stuck with it even when not using.
Awards and achievements
- 2010 Silver medal at the U18 World Youth Championship
- 2012 Gold medal at the U20 World Junior Championships
- 2013 Gold Medal at the World Championships