Bengt Lundholm
Bengt Johan Lundholm (* August 4, 1955 in Falun ) is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player who has played in its active period from 1971 to 1987, including for the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League.
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Career
Bengt Lundholm began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the junior department of Falu IF, for the seniors team, he made his debut in the then second-rate Division 2 in the 1971/72 season. Subsequently, the winger moved to the U20 juniors from Leksand IF, for the first team, he was active from 1973 to 1977 - first in Division 1 and from the 1975/76 season in its successor league Elitserien. With Leksand, he won the Swedish championship in season 1974/75. From 1977 to 1981 he ran for Leksand league rivals AIK Solna and in 1978 was elected to the Swedish All-Star Team.
The following five years were spent Lundholm at the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League. This had already been chosen him as members of the World Hockey Association in the WHA Amateur Draft in 1975 in the 13th round as the 166th overall player. In the 1985/86 season the links Sagittarius ran parallel on the game mode with the Winnipeg Jets for his former club AIK Solna in the Elitserien. With the team he joined as Table cut off from the now second-class Division 1. In the 1986/87 season with AIK he managed to direct re-emergence, after which he finished his career at the age of 32 years.
Internationally
For Sweden Lundholm took at junior level at the Under-19 European Junior Championships in 1974 and the U20 World Junior Championships in 1974 and 1975 in part. In the U19 European Championship in 1974, he won with his team the gold, at the 1975 U20 World Championships bronze medal.
In the senior level, he stood in his country's squad at the World Championships in 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979. Moreover, he argued for Sweden at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid and 1981 the Canada Cup at. At the World Championships 1977 he won the silver at the World Championships in 1976 and 1979 and at the 1980 Winter Olympics bronze medals with his team.