Gustav Forsling awarded Guldpucken

– "It is a tremendous honor, and it feels surreal to hear 'Sweden's best hockey player.' It's incredibly prestigious, especially when you look at those who have won the award before," says Gustav Forsling to Swehockey.

In just two years, he has gone from being a relatively unknown player to a star in the NHL. Gustav Forsling demonstrated world-class performance during the 2023-24 season when the Florida Panthers won the Stanley Cup.

The 28-year-old Swede was the team's top-scoring defenseman in both the regular season and the playoffs. Gustav Forsling led the entire NHL in plus-minus during the regular season with a +56 rating.

Now he is awarded the Guldpucken as Sweden's best hockey player of the past season.

Guldpucken (The golden puck) is awarded by the newspaper Expressen and the Swedish Ice Hockey Association to the best Swedish player of the season. The Guldpucken has been awarded since 1956.

This year's jury included Expressen's sports editor Linus Sunnervik and the newspaper's hockey reporters Adam Johansson and Gunnar Nordström. The Swedish Ice Hockey Association was represented by chairman Anders Larsson and Secretary-General Christer Plars.

Past winners:

(until 2014-15 only players in Swedish leagues could win the award)

1955-56 Åke Lassas, Leksands IF

1956-57 Hans Öberg, Gävle GIK

1957-58 Hans Svedberg, Skellefteå AIK

1958-59 Roland Stoltz, Djurgårdens IF

1959-60 Ronald Pettersson, Södertälje SK

1960-61 Anders Andersson, Skellefteå AIK

1961-62 Anders Andersson, Skellefteå AIK

1962-63 Ulf Sterner, Västra Frölunda IF

1963-64 Nils Johansson, MoDo AIK

1964-65 Gert Blomé, Västra Frölunda IF

1965-66 Nils Nilsson, Leksands IF

1966-67 Bert-Ola Nordlander, AIK

1967-68 Leif Holmqvist, AIK

1968-69 Lars-Erik Sjöberg, Leksands IF

1969-70 Leif Holmqvist, AIK

1970-71 Håkan Wickberg, Brynäs IF

1971-72 William Löfqvist, Brynäs IF

1972-73 Thommy Abrahamsson, Leksands I

1973-74 Christer Abrahamsson, Leksands IF

1974-75 Stig Östling, Brynäs IF

1975-76 Mats Waltin, Södertälje SK

1976-77 Kent-Erik Andersson, Färjestads BK

1977-78 Rolf Edberg, AIK 

1978-79 Anders Kallur, Djurgårdens IF

1979-80 Mats Näslund, Brynäs IF

1980-81 Peter Lindmark, Timrå IK

1981-82 Patrik Sundström, IF Björklöven

1982-83 Håkan Loob, Färjestads BK

1983-84 Per-Erik Eklund, AIK

1984-85 Anders Eldebrink, Södertälje SK

1985-86 Tommy Samuelsson, Färjestads BK

1986-87 Håkan Södergren, Djurgårdens IF

1987-88 Bo Berglund, AIK

1988-89 Kent Nilsson, Djurgårdens IF

1989-90 Rolf Ridderwall, Djurgårdens IF

1990-91 Thomas Rundqvist, Färjestads BK

1991-92 Tommy Sjödin, Brynäs IF

1992-93 Peter Forsberg, MoDo Hockey

1993-94 Peter Forsberg, MoDo Hockey

1994-95 Tomas Jonsson, Leksands IF

1995-96 Jonas Bergqvist, Leksands IF

1996-97 Jörgen Jönsson, Färjestads BK

1997-98 Ulf Dahlén, HV 71

1998-99 Daniel och Henrik Sedin, MoDo Hockey

1999-00 Mikael Johansson, Djurgårdens IF

2000-01 Mikael Renberg, Luleå HF

2001-02 Henrik Zetterberg, Timrå IK

2002-03 Niklas Andersson, Västra Frölunda HC

2003-04 Johan Davidsson, HV 71

2004-05 Henrik Lundqvist, Frölunda HC

2005-06 Kenny Jönsson, Rögle BK

2006-07 Per Svartvadet, MODO Hockey

2007-08 Stefan Liv, HV 71

2008-09 Jonas Gustavsson, Färjestads BK

2009-10 Magnus Johansson, Linköpings HC

2010-11 Viktor Fasth, AIK

2011-12 Jakob Silfverberg, Brynäs IF

2012-13 Jimmie Ericsson, Skellefteå AIK

2013-14 Joakim Lindström, Skellefteå AIK

2014-15 Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay Lightning

2015-16 Erik Karlsson, Ottawa Senators

2016-17 Erik Karlsson, Ottawa Senators

2017-18 William Karlsson, Vegas Golden Knights

2018-19 Robin Lehner, New York Islanders

2019-20 No winner (corona)

2020-21 Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay Lightning

2021-22 Gabriel Landeskog, Colorado Avalanche

2022-23 Erik Karlsson, San Jose Sharks

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