| Position: | Right Wing |
| Shoots: | Right |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 0 |
| Weight Lb: | 176 |
| Birth Date: | 3 March 1991 |
| Birth Place: | Gävle, Sweden |
| Career Start: | 2009 |
| Team: | Free agent |
| Former Teams: | Brynäs IF Chicago Wolves Rögle BK HV71 Leksands IF Ässät Dinamo Riga HC Ajoie Augsburger Panther |
| Draft: | 44th overall |
| Draft Year: | 2010 |
| Draft Team: | St. Louis Blues |
Sebastian Wännström (born March 3, 1991) is a Swedish ice hockey player, currently playing with Vaasan Sport in the Finnish Liiga.[1] Before that, he played with Augsburger Panther of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).
Wännström made his professional debut with his original club, Brynäs IF of the Swedish Hockey League.[2] He was drafted in the second round, 44th overall by the St. Louis Blues of the NHL in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.[3]
Wännström's first Elitserien goal was a game winning penalty shot on October 20, 2011 against Johan Gustafsson of Luleå HF.[4]
After completing the final year of his entry-level contract with the St. Louis Blues, failing to establish himself in American Hockey League with Blues affiliate, the Chicago Wolves, Wännström returned to his native Sweden in signing a two-year contract with Rögle BK of the SHL on May 19, 2015.[5]
Wännström left the club as a free agent following the 2016–17 season, agreeing to a two-year contract with current champions, HV71, on May 10, 2017.[6]
At the conclusion of the 2018–19 season, having fulfilled his contract with HV71, Wännström left to sign a two-year SHL contract with the newly promoted Leksands IF on April 11, 2019.[7]
In the 2020–21 season, he played with Ässät of the Finnish Liiga and was noted as the player of the month in February 2021. He also was the league leading goal scorer for season with 33 goals through 58 regular season games.
On 23 April 2021, Wännström signed his first contract in the KHL, agreeing to a one-year deal with Latvian based club, Dinamo Riga.[8]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2007–08 | Brynäs IF | J20 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Brynäs IF | J20 | 32 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 | Brynäs IF | J20 | 35 | 30 | 27 | 57 | 55 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 | Brynäs IF | SEL | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | Brynäs IF | J20 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| 2010–11 | Brynäs IF | SEL | 45 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | Leksands IF | Allsv | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Brynäs IF | J20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Brynäs IF | SEL | 43 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 2012–13 | Peoria Rivermen | AHL | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Evansville IceMen | ECHL | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Brynäs IF | SEL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2013–14 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 37 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2013–14 | Kalamazoo Wings | ECHL | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 36 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Rögle BK | SHL | 50 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | Rögle BK | SHL | 20 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | HV71 | SHL | 26 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | HV71 | SHL | 48 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | Leksands IF | SHL | 49 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Ässät | Liiga | 58 | 33 | 13 | 46 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | Dinamo Riga | KHL | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | HC Ajoie | NL | 19 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | Augsburger Panther | DEL | 56 | 18 | 13 | 31 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| SHL totals | 308 | 58 | 46 | 104 | 100 | 35 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | ||||