Per Thomas Rundqvist (born 4 May 1960 in
Vimmerby
Vimmerby () is a city status in Sweden, city and the seat of Vimmerby Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 10,934 inhabitants in 2010.
Overview
Stångån is a small river running through the city.
Vimmerby had its charter as early as the f ...
,
Sweden
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) is a retired
Swedish
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professional
ice hockey
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player and now sporting director of
Färjestads BK.
Rundqvist started his senior ice hockey career in 1978 with the Swedish club
Färjestads BK. He played with the club until 1984, when he crossed the
Atlantic
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and signed with the
Montreal Canadiens
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(who had drafted him in
1983
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.
Events January
* January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...
(10th round, 198th pick overall)).
But Rundqvist played only two games with the Canadiens in the 1984–85 season, the rest of the year he played with
Sherbrooke Canadiens
The Sherbrooke Canadiens were a professional ice hockey team in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. They played their home games at the Palais des Sports. They were a member of the American Hockey League from 1984 to 1990, and were a farm team of the M ...
in the
AHL. So after only one year he went back to Sweden and Färjestad. He played six more season with them, but in 1993 he and his teammate in Färjestad
Bengt-Åke Gustafsson
Bengt-Åke Gustafsson (born 23 March 1958) is a Swedish ice hockey coach and former ice hockey player. Gustafsson is a former head coach of the Sweden men's national ice hockey team, a post he held from February 2005 to May 2010.
During his Nor ...
signed for the
Austria
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n team
Feldkirch VEU
VEU Feldkirch is a professional ice hockey team from Feldkirch, Austria. The team currently plays in the Ö Eishockey Liga. They Play Their Home Games At Vorarlberghalle. They formerly Play in the Austrian National League and Alps Hockey Leag ...
. Rundqvist played there for five years and ended his career in 1998. Now (2006) he is working in the Färjestads BK's organisation.
Färjestads BK has retired Rundqvist's jersey number, #9.
Rundqvist was inducted into the
IIHF Hall of Fame
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in 2007.
Achievements
* Swedish Championship winner: 3 (1981, 1986, 1988)
* Austrian Championship winner: 5 (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998)
*
World Championships
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winner: 2 (
1987
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,
1991
File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ...
)
*
World Championships
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second place: 3 (
1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal ente ...
,
1990
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,
1993
File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...
)
* Olympic bronze medal: 2 (
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...
,
1988
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)
*
Canada Cup
The Canada Cup (french: Coupe Canada) was an invitational international ice hockey tournament held on five occasions between 1976 and 1991. The brainchild of Toronto lawyer Alan Eagleson, the tournament was created to meet demand for a true world ...
third place: 2 (
1987
File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, k ...
,
1991
File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ...
)
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
References
External links
*
Swedish Olympic Committee Bio
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1960 births
Living people
Färjestad BK players
Ice hockey players at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey players at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey players at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey players with retired numbers
IIHF Hall of Fame inductees
Medalists at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Montreal Canadiens draft picks
Montreal Canadiens players
Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden
Olympic ice hockey players for Sweden
Olympic medalists in ice hockey
People from Vimmerby Municipality
Sherbrooke Canadiens players
Swedish ice hockey centres
Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from Kalmar County