Gustaf Wesslau

Gustaf Wesslau
Born (1985-02-05) February 5, 1985
Upplands Väsby, Sweden
Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
DEL team
Former teams		 Kölner Haie
Malmö Redhawks
Djurgårdens IF
Springfield Falcons
HV71
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2008–present

Gustaf Wesslau (born February 5, 1985) is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for Kölner Haie in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).

Career

Wesslau is a product of AIK, a club near the capital city of Stockholm. He represented his country at all youth team levels from U16 to U20 and made his debut on AIK's men's team during the 2003-04 season. He later played for other teams of the first and second division in Sweden, including the Malmö Redhawks, Almtuna IS, Borås HC and Djurgårdens IF.

He was signed by the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL) on May 5, 2010 to a one-year, two-way NHL-American Hockey League contract[1] and played 31 games in the American Hockey League for the Springfield Falcons,[2] then the affiliate of the Blue Jackets.

Wesslau returned to Djurgården on May 2, 2011 [3] and later signed a three-year deal with HV71 in 2012.[4]

At the conclusion of his contract with HV71, having appeared in 132 regular season games as the club's starting goaltender, Wesslau left as a free agent to sign a one-year contract in Germany with Kölner Haie of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) on March 26, 2015.[5] In December 2015, he was handed a contract extension through 2018.[6] He received 2016-17 DEL Regular Season Goaltender of the Year honors.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Blue Jackets Sign Goaltender Gustaf Wesslau". bluejackets.nhl.com. Columbus Blue Jackets. 5 May 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  2. ↑ "TheAHL.com | The American Hockey League". theahl.com. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  3. ↑ "Gustaf Wesslau återvänder till Djurgården". difhockey.se (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF Hockey. May 2, 2011. Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. Retrieved May 2, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Gustaf Wesslau". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
  5. ↑ "KEC verpflichtet Gustaf Wesslau | Kölner Haie". www.haie.de. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  6. ↑ "Kölner Haie: KEC verlängert Verträge von Gustaf Wesslau und Daniar Dshunussow". Kölnische Rundschau (in German). Retrieved 2016-05-28.
  7. ↑ "DEL-Spieler des Jahres: Patrick Reimers 3. Streich". www.telekomeishockey.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-03-05.
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