Ice hockey player
Rolf Ridderwall | |||
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Born |
(1958-11-20) 20 November 1958 (age 66) Stockholm, Sweden | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
Weight | 172 lb (78 kg; 12 st 4 lb) | ||
Position | Goaltender | ||
Caught | Left | ||
Played for | Djurgårdens IF (Elitserien) | ||
National team | Sweden | ||
NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
Playing career | 1981–1994 |
Olympic medal record | ||
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Men's Ice hockey | ||
1984 Sarajevo | Team Competition |
Rolf Lennart "Riddarn" ("the Knight") 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.
Family
His son, Stefan Ridderwall, is also a hockey goaltender, and his nephew, Calle Ridderwall, is currently playing professional ice hockey in Germany with the Düsseldorfer EG of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.
References
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Rolf Ridderwall Biography and Statistics - Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
Preceded byKent Nilsson | Golden Puck 1990 |
Succeeded byThomas Rundqvist |
- 1958 births
- Living people
- AIK IF players
- Djurgårdens IF (men's hockey) players
- Ice hockey players at the 1984 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1984 Winter Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden
- Olympic ice hockey players for Sweden
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Ice hockey people from Stockholm
- Swedish ice hockey goaltenders