Gustaf Wesslau
{{Short description|Swedish ice hockey player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2014}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = Gustaf Wesslau.JPG
| caption = Gustaf Wesslau playing for Djurgårdens IF during the 2009 Nordic Trophy tournament
| image_size = 230px
| team = Free Agent
| league =
| former_teams = Malmö Redhawks
Djurgårdens IF
Springfield Falcons
HV71
Kölner Haie
| position = Goaltender
| catches = Left
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 4
| weight_lb = 194
| ntl_team =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|02|05}}
| 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{{cite web |url=http://bluejackets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=528193 |title=Blue Jackets Sign Goaltender Gustaf Wesslau |date=5 May 2010 |work=bluejackets.nhl.com |publisher=Columbus Blue Jackets |accessdate=7 May 2010}} and played 31 games in the American Hockey League for the Springfield Falcons,{{Cite web|url=http://theahl.com/stats/player.php?id=3713|title=TheAHL.com {{!}} The American Hockey League|website=theahl.com|access-date=2016-03-12}} then the affiliate of the Blue Jackets.
Wesslau returned to Djurgården on May 2, 2011 {{cite web|url=http://difhockey.se/nyhet.php?news=8257|title=Gustaf Wesslau återvänder till Djurgården|date=2 May 2011|work=difhockey.se|publisher=Djurgårdens IF Hockey|language=Swedish|accessdate=May 2, 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110822160655/http://www.difhockey.se/nyhet.php?news=8257|archivedate=August 22, 2011|df=mdy-all}} and later signed a three-year deal with HV71 in 2012.{{cite web |title=Gustaf Wesslau |url=http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=605 |publisher=Elite Prospects |accessdate=2012-04-12}}
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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.haie.de/news/kec-verpflichtet-gustaf-wesslau|title=KEC verpflichtet Gustaf Wesslau {{!}} Kölner Haie|website=www.haie.de|date=March 26, 2015 |access-date=2016-03-12}} In December 2015, he was handed a contract extension through 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rundschau-online.de/sport/koelner-haie-kec-verlaengert-vertraege-von-gustaf-wesslau-und-daniar-dshunussow-23396434|title=Kölner Haie: KEC verlängert Verträge von Gustaf Wesslau und Daniar Dshunussow|website=Kölnische Rundschau|language=de-DE|access-date=2016-05-28}} He received 2016-17 DEL Regular Season Goaltender of the Year honors.{{Cite web|url=https://www.telekomeishockey.de/news/del-spieler-des-jahres-patrick-reimers-3-streich/6654|title=DEL-Spieler des Jahres: Patrick Reimers 3. Streich|website=www.telekomeishockey.de|language=de|access-date=2017-03-05}}
References
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External links
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Category:People from Upplands Väsby Municipality
Category:Djurgårdens IF (men's hockey) players
Category:Malmö Redhawks players
Category:Springfield Falcons players
Category:Swedish ice hockey goaltenders
Category:Swedish expatriate ice hockey players in the United States