Greger Artursson (born 6 February 1972 in Västerås, Sweden) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey Defenseman who played predominantly in the Elitserien with Färjestads BK.

Greger Artursson
Born (1972-02-06) 6 February 1972 (age 52)
Västerås, Sweden
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Färjestads BK
EC Red Bull Salzburg
Mora IK
National team  Sweden
Playing career 1989–2010

Artursson began his professional career in 1988 with Färjestads, which he played with from 1988–1992 and 1995–2004. Between 1992 and 1995 did he represented Vita Hästen and Troja-Ljungby in the second highest league in Sweden. During his second stint with Färjestad did he won the Swedish Championship three times, 1997, 1998 and 2002. In the 1998 final-series Färjestad play against arch-rival Djurgårdens IF and the fifth and last game of series went to overtime and Artursson became big hero when he scored in overtime shooting the puck past Djurgården-goalie Tommy Söderström and ended the game.

After four years with EC Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Hockey League, Greger returned to Sweden in 2008 to play with Mora IK in the HockeyAllsvenskan. After captaining his second year with Mora, Artursson retired from professional hockey on 13 March 2010 after his final game against Almtuna IS to take up a post as a vendor in a sports company.[1]

Career statistics

edit
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1987–88 Färjestad BK J18 J18 Elit
1988–89 Färjestad BK J20 Juniorserien
1988–89 Färjestad BK Elitserien 2 0 0 0 0
1989–90 Färjestad BK J20 Juniorserien
1989–90 Färjestad BK Elitserien 3 0 0 0 2
1990–91 Färjestad BK J20 Juniorserien
1990–91 Färjestad BK Elitserien 24 0 1 1 4 7 0 0 0 0
1991–92 Färjestad BK Elitserien 15 2 2 4 4
1991–92 Grums IK Division 1 15 4 4 8 30
1992–93 HC Vita Hästen Division 1 35 7 10 17 24 2 0 0 0 4
1993–94 HC Vita Hästen Division 1 34 8 7 15 28 10 2 4 6 14
1994–95 IF Troja-Ljungby Division 1 35 9 18 27 20 8 1 1 2 2
1995–96 Färjestad BK Elitserien 39 4 7 11 18 4 1 0 1 2
1996–97 Färjestad BK Elitserien 50 6 10 16 32 12 2 3 5 12
1997–98 Färjestad BK Elitserien 44 6 8 14 12 12 1 1 2 10
1998–99 Färjestad BK Elitserien 49 3 10 13 28 4 0 3 3 2
1999–00 Färjestad BK Elitserien 49 10 11 21 40 7 3 1 4 16
2000–01 Färjestad BK Elitserien 47 9 19 28 30 16 6 5 11 18
2001–02 Färjestad BK Elitserien 50 11 6 17 22 10 3 4 7 6
2002–03 Färjestad BK Elitserien 50 7 15 22 22 14 1 2 3 8
2003–04 Färjestad BK Elitserien 50 6 11 17 34 16 0 3 3 6
2004–05 EC Salzburg EBEL 44 12 20 32 38
2005–06 EC Salzburg EBEL 46 10 30 40 34 11 1 6 7 12
2006–07 EC Salzburg EBEL 36 5 23 28 48 5 0 2 2 6
2007–08 EC Salzburg EBEL 23 3 11 14 12 14 1 3 4 8
2008–09 Mora IK HockeyAllsvenskan 39 4 27 31 20
2009–10 Mora IK HockeyAllsvenskan 50 13 29 42 28 2 0 2 2 4
Elitserien totals 472 64 100 164 248 102 17 22 39 80

References

edit
  1. ^ "Gregor's last game" (in Swedish). dt.se/sport. 2010-03-13. Retrieved 2010-09-22.
edit