Johan Gustafsson

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Johan Gustafsson

| image = Johan Gustafsson.png

| caption =

| image_size = 230px

| position = Goaltender

| catches = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 196

| team = Free Agent

| league =

| prospect_team =

| prospect_league =

| former_teams = Lahti Pelicans
Västerås IK
Färjestad BK
Luleå HF
Frölunda HC
Adler Mannheim
Rögle BK

| ntl_team = Sweden

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|02|28}}

| birth_place = Köping, Sweden

| draft = 159th overall

| draft_year = 2010

| draft_team = Minnesota Wild

| career_start = 2009

}}

Johan Gustafsson (born 28 February 1992) is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently an unrestricted free agent.

Playing career

Johan played for Västerås HK in the 2010–11 season,{{cite web|url=http://www.vik.se/index.php/laget/nyheter/21-nyheter/757-vik-vaervar-malvakt |title=VIK värvar målvakt |publisher=Västerås IK |date=2010-05-29 |language=Swedish |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706081149/http://www.vik.se/index.php/laget/nyheter/21-nyheter/757-vik-vaervar-malvakt |archivedate=2010-07-06 }} with Luleå HF for the next two seasons{{cite web|url=http://www.luleahockey.se/Nyheter/Landslagsmalvakt-till-Norrbotten/ |title=Landslagsmålvakt till Norrbotten |publisher=Luleå Hockey |date=2011-04-22 |language=Swedish |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727145235/http://www.luleahockey.se/Nyheter/Landslagsmalvakt-till-Norrbotten/ |archivedate=2011-07-27 }} and has also played 3 SHL games with Färjestad BK. He was drafted 159th overall by the Minnesota Wild in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.

After an SHL rookie season where Gustafsson had five shutouts in his first 20 games with Luleå, he was nominated for the 2011–12 SHL Rookie of the Year award.{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeyligan.se/artikel/17523/|title=Årets Rookie: Johan Gustafsson kandidat tre|date=20 January 2012|work=Hockeyligan.se|language=Swedish}}

Approaching the deadline to retain Gustafsson's rights, the Wild signed Gustafsson to a three-year, entry-level contract in May 2012.{{cite web| url = https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/7995016/minnesota-wild-sign-goaltender-johan-gustafsson-three-years | title = Minnesota Wild sign Goaltender Johan Gustafsson | publisher = ESPN | date = 2012-05-26 | access-date = 2012-05-26}} He was returned on loan to Luleå for the first year of his contract. In his first North American season, Gustafsson was assigned to American Hockey League affiliate, the Iowa Wild.

Over the duration of his tenure with the Wild, Gustafsson was recalled to the NHL; however, he never appeared in a game.

On May 4, 2015, as an impending restricted free agent, Gustafsson opted to return to his native Sweden and played for Frölunda HC of the SHL.{{cite web|url=http://www.expressen.se/gt/sport/frolunda-vantas-att-presentera-malvakt/|title=Johan Gustafsson är nu klar för Frölunda|work=Expressen.se|accessdate=May 4, 2015|date=May 4, 2015}}{{cite web| url = http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2015/05/04/wild-goalie-gustafsson-joins-swedish-league-team/ | title = Wild goalie Gustafsson joins Swedish League team | publisher = NBC Sports | date = 2015-05-04 | accessdate = 2015-05-04}}

After claiming his second Le Mat Trophy in his four year tenure with Frölunda HC, Gustafsson left the club at the conclusion of his contract upon the end of the 2018–19 Championship-winning season.

As a free agent, Gustafsson left Sweden, signing a one-year deal with newly crowned DEL champions, Adler Mannheim, on May 7, 2019.{{cite web| url = https://www.adler-mannheim.de/aktuelles/gustafsson-wird-ein-adler/ | title = Gustafsson becomes an Eagle | publisher = Adler Mannheim | date = 2019-05-07 | accessdate = 2019-05-07 | language = German}}

In 2020-21, he signed with Rögle BK of the SHL, splitting starts with Christoffer Rifalk as they won a SHL Silver Medal.

For the next two seasons, Gustafsson started for Västerås IK of HockeyAllsvenskan.

In December 2023, Gustafsson was signed to Pelicans of Liiga to serve as the backup for Jasper Patrikainen after the transfer of Jussi Olkinuora before the arrival of Niklas Kokko bumped him to 3rd string goaltender.{{Cite web |title=Johan Gustafsson vahvistamaan loppukauden mittaisella sopimuksell |url=https://pelicans.fi/fi-fi/article/uutinen/johan-gustafsson-vahvistamaan-loppukauden-mittaisella-sopimuksell/6202/ |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=pelicans.fi |language=en}}

International play

{{MedalCountry|{{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden}}

Gustafsson was Sweden's starting goalie in the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships where the team won the silver medal. Gustafsson was part of the Gold medal winning Swedish 2013 World Championship team; however, he was unable to feature in any game.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! align="center" colspan="9" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | Regular season

! rowspan="101" align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! align="center" colspan="8" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | Playoffs

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! W

! L

! T/OT

! MIN

! GA

! SO

! GAA

! SV%

! GP

! W

! L

! MIN

! GA

! SO

! GAA

! SV%

ALIGN="center"

| 2009–10

| Färjestad BK

| SEL

| 3

| —

| 136

| 9

| 0

| 3.96

| .868

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2009–10

| Skåre BK

| Div.1

| 26

| —

| 2.86

| .894

| —

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| 2010–11

| Västerås HK

| Allsv

| 26

| —

| 1510

| 58

| 2

| 2.30

| .911

| —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2011–12

| Luleå HF

| SEL

| 29

| 18

| 9

| 0

| 1754

| 51

| 6

| 1.74

| .929

| 3

| 1

| 2

| 179

| 10

| 0

| 3.36

| .884

ALIGN="center"

| 2012–13

| Luleå HF

| SEL

| 33

| 20

| 13

| 0

| 2016

| 57

| 4

| 1.70

| .932

| 15

| 8

| 7

| 946

| 32

| 0

| 2.03

| .925

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| 2013–14

| Iowa Wild

| AHL

| 40

| 12

| 20

| 4

| 2253

| 112

| 1

| 2.98

| .903

| —

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| 2014–15

| Iowa Wild

| AHL

| 35

| 8

| 22

| 1

| 1842

| 107

| 0

| 3.48

| .893

| —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2014–15

| Alaska Aces

| ECHL

| 5

| 4

| 1

| 0

| 304

| 15

| 0

| 2.96

| .899

| —

ALIGN="center"

| 2015–16

| Frölunda HC

| SHL

| 22

| 10

| 9

| 0

| 1157

| 51

| 1

| 2.65

| .883

| 9

| 6

| 2

| 506

| 19

| 0

| 2.25

| .920

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2016–17

| Frölunda HC

| SHL

| 38

| 22

| 13

| 0

| 2074

| 73

| 2

| 2.11

| .917

| 14

| 7

| 804

| 34

| 2

| 2.54

| .904

ALIGN="center"

| 2017–18

| Frölunda HC

| SHL

| 32

| 20

| 9

| 0

| 1845

| 84

| 3

| 2.73

| .891

| 6

| 2

| 4

| 353

| 15

| 0

| 2.55

| .888

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2018–19

| Frölunda HC

| SHL

| 27

| 14

| 12

| 0

| 1530

| 69

| 2

| 2.71

| .897

| 5

| 3

| 1

| 226

| 8

| 0

| 2.12

| .916

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| 2019–20

| Adler Mannheim

| DEL

| 21

| 13

| 4

| 0

| 1159

| 51

| 3

| 2.64

| .887

| —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2020–21

| Rögle BK

| SHL

| 20

| 13

| 7

| 0

| 1196

| 49

| 2

| 2.46

| .901

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 59

| 4

| 0

| 4.03

| .833

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| 2021–22

| Västerås IK

| Allsv

| 35

| 22

| 13

| 0

| 2063

| 73

| 7

| 2.12

| .920

| 2

| 0

| 2

| 146

| 5

| 0

| 2.05

| .933

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! colspan="3" align="center" | AHL totals

! 75

! 20

! 42

! 5

! 4095

! 219

! 1

! 3.23

! .899

! —

=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

! Result

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! GP

! W

! L

! T

! MIN

! GA

! SO

! GAA

! SV%

ALIGN="center"

| 2009

| Sweden

| WJC18

| 5th

| 2

| 0

| 120

| 2

| 1

| 1.00

| .964

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2010

| Sweden

| WJC18

| {{silver2}}

| 4

| 3

| 1

| 0

| 238

| 8

| 0

| 2.02

| .918

ALIGN="center"

| 2012

| Sweden

| WJC

| {{gold1}}

| 5

| 0

| 327

| 12

| 1

| 2.20

| .888

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! colspan="4" align="center" | Junior totals

! 11

! 10

! 1

! 0

! 685

! 22

! 2

! 1.92

! .916

Awards and honors

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! Award

! Year

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| colspan="3" | SHL

Rookie of the Year nominee

| 2012

Le Mat Trophy (Frölunda HC)

| 2016, 2019

| {{cite web | url = http://norran.se/hockeybloggen/frolunda-ar-svenska-mastare-201516-576164 | title = Frolunda Swedish champions for 2015/16 | publisher = norran.se | date = 2016-04-24 | accessdate = 2016-05-04 | language = Swedish | archive-date = 2017-09-20 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170920091146/http://norran.se/hockeybloggen/frolunda-ar-svenska-mastare-201516-576164 | url-status = dead }}

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

| colspan="3" | CHL

Champions (Frölunda HC)

| 2016, 2017, 2019

| {{cite web|url=http://www.svt.se/sport/ishockey/folj-chl-finalen-har/|title=Frölunda win CHL for second year running |publisher= SVTSport.se |language=Swedish|author=Gustav Orbring|date= 2017-02-07 | accessdate = 2017-02-07 }}

References

External links

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Category:Alaska Aces (ECHL) players

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Category:Iowa Wild players

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Category:Minnesota Wild draft picks

Category:People from Köping, Sweden

Category:Rögle BK players

Category:Swedish ice hockey goaltenders

Category:VIK Västerås HK players

Category:Ice hockey people from Västmanland County