Carl Söderberg nominated for Guldpucken

12 Oct 2011 | Fredrik Pålsson

With a new format for Sweden's most prestigious hockey award Linköping's Carl Söderberg is the first of nine candidates to this player of the year award.

Guldpucken ("The golden puck") has been awarded by the newspaper Expressen and the Swedish Ice Hockey Association since 1979. The award is given to the player that has been best and most valuable during the season in Elitserien, Allsvenskan and Team Sweden. From this season nine players are nominated to the award and the winner is selected during the World Championships 2012.

The first candiate is Carl Söderberg. After staying several years in Malmö despite them being relegated in 2007 he is now back in Elitserien with Elitserien. He has been one of best players in Elitserien so far with eight points in seven games. Three of his four goals were game winning goals.

Commenting on his nomination Carl said "It was nice, really nice, Guldpucken is a fine award and I remember when Viktor Fasth got it on TV last year. That was cool. I'm very glad to be a candidate. I'm pleased with my season so far. I knew that I had to be better now when I'm back in Elitserien. And a mix of good practice and good team mates have made things work well for me"

Previous winners:

2011: Victor Fasth, AIK
2010: Magnus Johansson, Linköping
2009: Jonas Gustavsson, Färjestad
2008: Stefan Liv, HV 71
2007: Per Svartvadet, Modo
2006: Kenny Jönsson, Rögle
2005: Henrik Lundqvist, Frölunda
2004: Johan Davidsson, HV 71
2003: Niklas Andersson, Frölunda
2002: Henrik Zetterberg, Timrå
2001: Mikael Renberg, Luleå
2000: Mikael Johansson, Djurgården
1999: Daniel & Henrik Sedin, Modo
1998: Ulf Dahlén, HV 71
1997: Jörgen Jönsson, Färjestad
1996: Jonas Bergqvist, Leksand
1995: Tomas Jonsson, Leksand
1994: Peter Forsberg, Modo
1993: Peter Forsberg, Modo
1992: Tommy Sjödin, Brynäs
1991: Thomas Rundqvist, Färjestad
1990: Rolf Ridderwall, Djurgården
1989: Kent Nilsson, Djurgården
1988: Bo Berglund, AIK
1987: Håkan Södergren, Djurgården
1986: Tommy Samuelsson, Färjestad
1985: Anders Eldebrink, Södertälje
1984: Per-Erik Eklund, AIK
1983: Håkan Loob, Färjestad
1982: Patrik Sundström, Björklöven
1981: Peter Lindmark, Timrå
1980: Mats Näslund, Brynäs
1979: Anders Kallur, Djurgården