Gusten Törnqvist
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Gusten Axel Stefansson Törnqvist (born June 27, 1982) is a retired
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professional
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.


Playing career

Törnqvist played
junior hockey Junior ice hockey is amateur-level ice hockey for 16 to 20 year-old players. National Junior teams compete annually for the IIHF World Junior Championship. The United States men's national junior ice hockey team are the defending champions from t ...
for his hometown team
Luleå HF Luleå Hockeyförening, also known as Luleå Hockey, is a professional ice hockey club from Luleå, Sweden. The club has been playing in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), the top tier of ice hockey in Sweden, since the 1984–85 season. They are ...
. For the 2002–03 season Törnqvist was brought up to Luleå's
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 ...
team where he served as backup to
Daniel Henriksson Daniel Henriksson (born September 4, 1978) is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender. During his career he played for Luleå HF, Färjestads BK, and Linköpings HC in Elitserien, for Sibir Novosibirsk in the Russian Super League ...
. He made his debut in Elitserien the following season on October 9, 2003, when Luleå defeated
Modo Hockey Modo Hockey (or MoDo with uppercase letters) is a professional ice hockey club in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The team currently plays in Sweden's second-tier league HockeyAllsvenskan after losing to HV71 after the play out following the 2024/25 se ...
3–2 in a
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. Due to recurring problems with knees and hips Törnqvist retired from ice hockey after the 2011–12 season. His last team was
Asplöven HC Asplöven HC was an ice hockey club from Haparanda, Sweden, they last played in Sweden's third tier league Hockeyettan. They played their home games at the Arena Polarica, which seats 1500 spectators. Asplöven used to play in the Swedish 2nd le ...
who advanced to the Swedish second league the following season.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tornqvist, Gusten 1982 births Frölunda HC players Living people Luleå HF players People from Luleå Municipality Swedish ice hockey goaltenders Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Frisk Asker Ishockey players Ice hockey people from Norrbotten County