Patrik Carnbäck

Patrik Carnbäck ( born 1 February 1968 in Gothenburg ) is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player ( striker ).

• 2.1 International

• 3.1 International

Career

Patrik Carnbäcks first career stop was at the age of eight years IFK Bäcken, a suburb club from Gothenburg. In 1986 he moved to Västra Frölunda. There was playing the left shooting winger to 1992 in the first class or the Elitserien HockeyAllsvenskan, the second highest Swedish league. In his first year in the Elitserien 1989/90 Carnbäck finished second in the scorers score the second place (54 points) and was voted best newcomer of the league ahead of Mats Sundin. In 1988 NHL Entry Draft, he was selected to 125th place out of the Montreal Canadiens. In 1992, he decided a change to North America and took an offer from the Canadiens. For a year he was playing, however, almost exclusively for their farm team in Fredericton Canadiens of the American Hockey League. For the season 1993/94 he was transferred to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, for the Carnbäck played for nearly three years in the National Hockey League. Shortly before the end of the 1995/96 season he moved to Germany at the Cologne Sharks, where he played the following season. In 1997 he returned to his hometown club Västra Frölunda and played there until he finished his career after the championship win in 2003.

Internationally

Especially at the beginning of his career was Carnbäck to the permanent staff of the Swedish national team. After he had in his youth denied some tournaments for the juniors team selection, he took part for the first time in 1992 with the A- team at major tournaments. At the Olympic Winter Games, he finished with the Tre Kronors only fifth place, but shortly thereafter won the world title. In the final against Finland, he was voted best player. In 1994 he won the championships with the team the bronze medal before he is no longer included in the sequence.

Awards and achievements

Internationally

Career Stats

Internationally

Represented Sweden at:

• World Youth Championship 1988
• Winter Olympics 1992
• World Cup 1992
• World Cup 1994

( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )