Thomas Rundqvist
Encyclopedia
Thomas Per Rundqvist (born 4 May 1960 in Vimmerby
, Sweden
) is a retired Swedish
professional ice hockey
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
and signed with the Montreal Canadiens
(who had drafted him in 1983
(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
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
signed for the Austria
n team Feldkirch VEU. 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.
Vimmerby
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, Sweden
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....
) is a retired 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....
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...
player and now sporting director of Färjestads BK
Färjestads BK
Färjestads Bollklubb is a Swedish professional ice hockey team based in Karlstad. Färjestad has had 18 Swedish Championship final appearances, winning nine times since Elitserien was started in 1975. The team plays in the highest Swedish league, and have done so since 1965...
.
Rundqvist started his senior ice hockey career in 1978 with the Swedish club Färjestads BK
Färjestads BK
Färjestads Bollklubb is a Swedish professional ice hockey team based in Karlstad. Färjestad has had 18 Swedish Championship final appearances, winning nine times since Elitserien was started in 1975. The team plays in the highest Swedish league, and have done so since 1965...
. He played with the club until 1984, when he crossed the Atlantic
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
and signed with the Montreal Canadiens
Montreal Canadiens
The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...
(who had drafted him in 1983
1983 NHL Entry Draft
The 1983 NHL Entry Draft was held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec, on June 8, 1983. The NHL Entry Draft is the primary means by which players arrive in the National Hockey League. The St. Louis Blues did not participate in this draft, shortly after the league blocked the franchise's...
(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
Sherbrooke Canadiens
The Sherbrooke Canadiens were a professional ice hockey team in Sherbrooke, Quebec. 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 Montreal Canadiens....
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
Bengt-Åke Gustafsson is a retired Swedish 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 American career he was often called Bengt Gustafsson or Gus.Gustafsson spent nine seasons in the...
signed for the Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n team Feldkirch VEU. 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.
Achievements
- Swedish Championship winner: 3 (1981, 1986, 1988)
- World ChampionshipsIce Hockey World ChampionshipsThe Ice Hockey World Championships are an annual ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation . First officially held at the 1920 Summer Olympics, it is the sport's highest profile annual international tournament. The IIHF was created in 1908 while the European...
winner: 2 (19871987 World Ice Hockey ChampionshipsThe 1987 Ice Hockey World Championships was the 52nd such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was also the 63rd ice hockey European Championships. Teams representing 28 countries participated in four levels of competition....
, 19911991 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships-Final Round:-Consolation Round:No team was relegated because of the expansion to twelve teams.-World Championship Group B :...
) - World ChampionshipsIce Hockey World ChampionshipsThe Ice Hockey World Championships are an annual ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation . First officially held at the 1920 Summer Olympics, it is the sport's highest profile annual international tournament. The IIHF was created in 1908 while the European...
second place: 3 (19861986 World Ice Hockey ChampionshipsThe 1986 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in the Soviet Union from 12 April to 28 April. The games were played at the Palace of Sports of the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow, and eight teams took part. Each team played each other once, and then the four best teams played each other again....
, 19901990 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships-Final Round:-Consolation Round:Norway needing to keep their final game within four goals, lost four to nothing to the Germans, and were relegated....
, 19931993 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships- Group 2 :- Quarterfinals :- Consolation Round 9-12 Place :- Semifinals :- Consolation Round 11-12 Place :Switzerland was relegated to Group B.- Match for third place :- Final :-World Championship Group B :...
) - Olympic bronze medal: 2 (1984Ice hockey at the 1984 Winter OlympicsAt the 1984 Winter Olympics held in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, one ice hockey event was held: men's ice hockey. Most of the games were held at the Olympic Hall Zetra and some of the games in Skenderija II olympic hall.-Medalists:Source:* Gold -...
, 1988Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter OlympicsAt the 1988 Winter Olympics one ice hockey event was held, men's ice hockey. Games were played at the Olympic Saddledome, the Stampede Corral, and Father David Bauer Olympic Arena in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.Source:* Gold - * Silver -...
) - Canada CupCanada Cup (ice hockey)The Canada Cup was an invitational international ice hockey tournament held on five occasions between 1976 and 1991. The tournament was created to meet demand for a true world championship that allowed the best players from participating nations to compete regardless of their status as professional...
third place: 2 (19871987 Canada CupThe 1987 Canada Cup was a professional international ice hockey tournament held from August 28 to September 15, 1987. The finals took place in Montreal on September 11 and Hamilton, Ontario, on September 13 and September 15, and were won by Team Canada....
, 19911991 Canada CupThe 1991 Canada Cup was a professional international ice hockey tournament played in September 1991. The finals took place in Montreal on September 14 and Hamilton, Ontario on September 16, and were won by Canada. The Canadians defeated the USA in a two game sweep, to win the fifth and final Canada...
)
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... |
A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... |
Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1978–79 | Färjestads BK Färjestads BK Färjestads Bollklubb is a Swedish professional ice hockey team based in Karlstad. Färjestad has had 18 Swedish Championship final appearances, winning nine times since Elitserien was started in 1975. The team plays in the highest Swedish league, and have done so since 1965... |
Elitserien Elitserien Elitserien, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden... |
15 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1979–80 | Färjestads BK | Elitserien | 36 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1980–81 | Färjestads BK | Elitserien | 36 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1981–82 | Färjestads BK | Elitserien | 36 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1982–83 | Färjestads BK | Elitserien | 36 | 23 | 21 | 44 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | ||
| 1983–84 | Färjestads BK | Elitserien | 36 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1984–85 1984–85 AHL season The 1984–85 AHL season was the 49th season of the American Hockey League. Thirteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Binghamton Whalers finished first overall in the regular season... |
Sherbrooke Canadiens Sherbrooke Canadiens The Sherbrooke Canadiens were a professional ice hockey team in Sherbrooke, Quebec. 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 Montreal Canadiens.... |
AHL American Hockey League The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League... |
73 | 19 | 39 | 58 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 0 | ||
| 1984–85 | Montreal Canadiens Montreal Canadiens The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ... |
NHL National Hockey League The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States... |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1985–86 | Färjestads BK | Elitserien | 32 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 1986–87 | Färjestads BK | Elitserien | 35 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 1987–88 | Färjestads BK | Elitserien | 40 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | ||
| 1988–89 | Färjestads BK | Elitserien | 37 | 15 | 26 | 41 | 44 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 1989–90 | Färjestads BK | Elitserien | 40 | 16 | 29 | 45 | 30 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 1990–91 | Färjestads BK | Elitserien | 39 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | ||
| 1991–92 | Färjestads BK | Elitserien | 39 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 54 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 1992–93 | Färjestads BK | Elitserien | 36 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1993–94 | Feldkirch VEU | Austria | 53 | 20 | 37 | 57 | 0 | |||||||
| 1994–95 | Feldkirch VEU | Austria | 36 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 0 | |||||||
| 1995–96 | Feldkirch VEU | Austria | 34 | 13 | 29 | 42 | 33 | |||||||
| 1996–97 | Feldkirch VEU | Austria | 52 | 11 | 34 | 45 | 61 | |||||||
| 1997–98 | Feldkirch VEU | Austria | 48 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 14 | |||||||
| Elitserien totals | 494 | 173 | 269 | 342 | 349 | |||||||||
| Austria totals | ||||||||||||||
| AHL totals | 73 | 19 | 39 | 58 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 0 | ||||
| NHL totals | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||