Carl-Göran "Lill-Stöveln" Öberg (born 24 December 1938) is a retired

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player who won silver medals at the

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and 1963 and 1967 world championships. He was nicknamed Lill-Stöveln (Little Stöveln) after his elder brother, the Olympic ice hockey player Hans "Stöveln" Öberg. Öberg won the national title in 1957 with Gävle Godtemplares IK and in 1961–63 with

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. In 1963 he was selected to the Swedish all-star team.Carl-Göran Öberg
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, Öberg broke his stick and tossed it aside. The broken end of the stick went towards the Canadian players' bench, where it struck their coach Father David Bauer in the face and opened a bleeding wound. Bauer demanded for his players to remain on the bench and not retaliate. Bauer forgave Öberg and extended an invitation to sit together at the game between the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia. Öberg played bandy with

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1961–62.

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* 1938 births Living people Djurgårdens IF (men's hockey) players Djurgårdens IF Bandy players Gävle GIK players Ice hockey people from Gävleborg County Ice hockey players at the 1960 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1964 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1968 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in ice hockey Olympic silver medalists for Sweden People from Gävle Municipality Södertälje SK players Swedish ice hockey left wingers Swedish bandy players {{Sweden-icehockey-winger-stub