Gustaf Wesslau Explained

Team:Free Agent
Former Teams:Malmö Redhawks
Djurgårdens IF
Springfield Falcons
HV71
Kölner Haie
Position:Goaltender
Catches:Left
Height Ft:6
Height In:4
Weight Lb:194
Birth Date:5 February 1985
Birth Place:Upplands Väsby, Sweden
Draft:Undrafted
Career Start:2008

Gustaf Wesslau (born February 5, 1985) is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for Kölner Haie in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).

Playing 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Blue Jackets Sign Goaltender Gustaf Wesslau . 5 May 2010 . bluejackets.nhl.com . . 7 May 2010.
  2. Web site: TheAHL.com The American Hockey League. theahl.com. 2016-03-12.
  3. Web site: Gustaf Wesslau återvänder till Djurgården. 2 May 2011. difhockey.se. Djurgårdens IF Hockey. Swedish. May 2, 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110822160655/http://www.difhockey.se/nyhet.php?news=8257. August 22, 2011. mdy-all.
  4. Web site: Gustaf Wesslau . Elite Prospects . 2012-04-12.
  5. Web site: KEC verpflichtet Gustaf Wesslau Kölner Haie. www.haie.de. 2016-03-12.
  6. Web site: Kölner Haie: KEC verlängert Verträge von Gustaf Wesslau und Daniar Dshunussow. Kölnische Rundschau. de-DE. 2016-05-28.
  7. Web site: DEL-Spieler des Jahres: Patrick Reimers 3. Streich. www.telekomeishockey.de. de. 2017-03-05.