Rolf Ridderwall
Encyclopedia
Rolf Lennart "Riddarn" Ridderwall (born 20 November 1958) is a retired Swedish ice hockey
goaltender
. He played for Djurgårdens IF
in the Swedish Elite League almost his entire career. Ridderwall won the Golden Puck as the top player in Sweden for the 1989-90 season.
His son Stefan Ridderwall
is also a hockey goaltender.
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...
goaltender
Goaltender
In ice hockey, the goaltender is the player who defends his team's goal net by stopping shots of the puck from entering his team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring...
. He played for Djurgårdens IF
Djurgårdens IF Hockey
Djurgårdens IF Hockey are a professional ice hockey team based in Stockholm, Sweden. They are the ice hockey department of the sports club Djurgårdens IF. The department was formed in 1922 with the help of Wilhelm Arwe and have since then become Sweden's most successful team, having won the Swedish...
in the Swedish Elite League almost his entire career. Ridderwall won the Golden Puck as the top player in Sweden for the 1989-90 season.
His son Stefan Ridderwall
Stefan Ridderwall
Carl Stefan Ridderwall is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender. He is currently playing with Timrå IK in the Elitserien....
is also a hockey goaltender.