Gustaf Wesslau (born February 5, 1985) is a Swedish professional

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who is currently an

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. He most recently played for

Kölner Haie The Kölner Haie (English: ''Cologne Sharks'') are an ice hockey club based in Cologne, Germany that plays in the professional Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). The team was one of the founding members of the DEL. The ''Kölner Haie'' play their hom ...

in the

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(DEL).

Playing career

Wesslau is a product of

AIK AIK Fotboll (), more commonly known simply as AIK (), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning ''the public'' or ''general sports club''), is a Swedish football club competing in Allsvenskan, the top flight of Swedish football. The ...

, 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 The IF Malmö Redhawks (colloquially referred to simply as Malmö or by past abbreviation MIF) is a Swedish professional ice hockey team based in Malmö which plays in the SHL, with Malmö Arena as the venue for home games. The history of the ...

Almtuna IS Almtuna IS is a Swedish ice hockey club based in Uppsala and is currently playing in HockeyAllsvenskan, the second highest league of ice hockey in Sweden. The team maintained its place in the Allsvenskan despite suffering relegation in the 2018� ...

Borås HC Borås HC is a Swedish professional ice hockey club, based in Borås, currently playing in Swedish division 2. The club played constantly in the second-tier league HockeyAllsvenskan between 2007 and 2012, but due to economical problems the Board ...

and

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Name The club is named ...

. He was signed by the

Columbus Blue Jackets The Columbus Blue Jackets (often simply referred to as the Jackets) are a professional ice hockey team based in Columbus, Ohio. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference, ...

of the

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(NHL) on May 5, 2010 to a one-year, two-way NHL-American Hockey League contract and played 31 games in the

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for the

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, then the affiliate of the Blue Jackets. Wesslau returned to Djurgården on May 2, 2011 and later signed a three-year deal with

HV71 HV71 (), often referred to as just HV, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Jönköping, playing in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), the first tier of Swedish ice hockey. The team played in the 2008–09 Champions Hockey League s ...

in 2012. 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

of the

(DEL) on March 26, 2015. In December 2015, he was handed a contract extension through 2018. He received 2016-17 DEL Regular Season Goaltender of the Year honors.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wesslau, Gustaf 1985 births Living people AIK IF players Almtuna IS players Borås HC players People from Upplands Väsby Municipality Djurgårdens IF Hockey players HV71 players Kölner Haie players Malmö Redhawks players Springfield Falcons players Swedish ice hockey goaltenders Swedish expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Swedish people of German descent Ice hockey people from Stockholm County