Andreas Pihl is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 retired professional ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 defenceman

Defenceman (ice hockey)

Defence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring...

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Playing career

Pihl began his career in 92/93, playing for Almtuna IS

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. Almtuna IS fan club is called "Red Lions"....

 in his hometown of Uppsala. He stayed there for five seasons and then made a two-season-stint in Mora. Thereafter he made his debut in Elitserien

Elitserien

Elitserien, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden...

 with Modo Hockey

MODO Hockey

Modo Hockey is a professional ice hockey club in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The club plays in Sweden's premier ice hockey league, the Elitserien. They were founded in 1921 and have won two Elitserien championships; in 1979 and 2007. The team's home arena is the Fjällräven Center since 2006...

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After three years in Örnsköldsvik

Örnsköldsvik

Örnsköldsvik is a locality and the seat of Örnsköldsvik Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 28,617 inhabitants in 2005.Its natural harbour and archipelago is in the Gulf of Bothnia and the northern boundaries of the High Coast area. It is well known as an exporter of paper products...

 he joined the club Linköpings HC

Linköpings HC

Linköpings Hockey Club, often known by its acronym LHC or, colloquially among its fans, Cluben, is an ice hockey team from Linköping, Sweden....

 (LHC). He spent four seasons in LHC before leaving for play in Red Bull Salzburg EC

Red Bull Salzburg EC

EC Red Bull Salzburg are a member of the Erste Bank Hockey League. They play their games in Salzburg, Austria, at the Eisarena Salzburg. They are the current 2011 champions of the Austrian Hockey League.-History:...

 in the Austrian Hockey League

Austrian Hockey League

The Austrian Hockey League , called the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga for sponsorship reasons, is the highest-level ice hockey league in Austria.-History:...

, however this lasted for only one, though highly successful, season. He decided to return to Linköping for the season of 07/08. On July 7, 2011, Pihl officially retired as a player.

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