Jonas Gunnarsson | |
Birth Date: | 31 March 1992 |
Birth Place: | Eksjö, Sweden |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 1 |
Weight Lb: | 192 |
Position: | Goaltender |
Catches: | Left |
League: | SHL |
Team: | HV71 |
Former Teams: | Malmö Redhawks |
Draft: | Undrafted |
Career Start: | 2009 |
Jonas Gunnarsson (born March 31, 1992) is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender. He currently plays for HV71 in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He has previously played with the Malmö Redhawks and the Milwaukee Admirals.
Gunnarsson logged his first minutes in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) with HV71 during the 2011–12 season.[1] To gain more playing time, he moved to second-division side Malmö Redhawks in 2014[2] and helped the team earn promotion to the SHL. In the 2015–16 SHL campaign, he made 44 SHL appearances with a goals against average of 2.47 and a save percentage of .913.
On June 1, 2016, he was handed a one-year entry-level contract by the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (NHL).[3]