Bengt-Åke Gustafsson
Swedish ice hockey player and coach / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bengt-Åke Gustafsson (born 23 March 1958) is a Swedish ice hockey coach and former ice hockey player. Gustafsson is a former head coach of the Sweden men's national ice hockey team, a post he held from February 2005 to May 2010.
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Bengt-Åke Gustafsson | |||
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Gustafsson in 2008 | |||
Born |
(1958-03-23) 23 March 1958 (age 66) Karlskoga, Sweden | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | ||
Position | Centre | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for |
Division I KB Karlskoga Division 1 Bofors IK Swedish Elite League Färjestads BK National Hockey League Washington Capitals World Hockey Association Edmonton Oilers Austrian Hockey League VEU Feldkirch | ||
National team |
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NHL draft |
55th overall, 1978 Washington Capitals | ||
Playing career | 1973–1999 |
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During his North American career, including two games in the World Hockey Association then nine seasons in the National Hockey League with the Washington Capitals, he was often called Bengt Gustafsson or Gus.
The Capitals also selected Gustafsson's son, Anton Gustafsson, with the first of their two first-round picks in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.
In 2003, Gustafsson was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame as a player.