Peter "Pekka" Lindmark (born 8 November 1956) is a Swedish former
ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...
goaltender
In ice hockey, the goaltender (commonly referred to as the goalie) is the player responsible for preventing the hockey puck from entering their team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring. The goaltender mostly plays in or near t ...
.
During his career he represented three teams in
Elitserien
Elitserien (literally, "the Elite League") is the name of several Swedish nationwide sport leagues. In many sports, Elitserien is the highest league, with the second highest named Allsvenskan.
Elitserien leagues at present:
* Elitserien (badmint ...
:
Timrå IK
Timrå IK is a professional Swedish ice hockey team based in Timrå, north of Sundsvall. It competes in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), which is the top-tier league in Sweden, since being promoted by winning 2021 SHL qualifiers. Previous seaso ...
,
Färjestads BK and
Malmö Redhawks.
He also had a successful international career, representing the
Swedish National Team in several international tournaments, including the
World Championships (where he won a gold medal in 1987), and the
Canada Cup in 1981, 1984 and 1987. He was also awarded the IIHF (International Ice Hockey Federation) award for best goaltender in the world twice (1981 and 1986).
Awards
* Caps: 174
* Two time World champion: 1987 and 1991
* 1984 Canada Cup runner up
* 1992 European club champion with
Malmö IF
Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal popu ...
* Four time Swedish champion (1986 & 1988 with
Färjestads BK and 1992 & 1994 with Malmö IF)
References
External links
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1956 births
Living people
People from Kiruna Municipality
Färjestad BK players
Ice hockey players at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Malmö Redhawks players
Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden
Olympic ice hockey players of Sweden
Swedish ice hockey goaltenders
Timrå IK players
Olympic medalists in ice hockey
Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from Norrbotten County