Calle Ridderwall

Calle Ridderwall
Born May 28, 1988
Stockholm, Sweden
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Winger
Shoots Left
SHL team
Former teams 		HV71
Providence Bruins
Düsseldorfer EG
HC Lev Praha
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2011–present

Calle Ridderwall (born May 28, 1988) is a Swedish professional ice hockey Winger currently playing for HV71 in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).

Playing career

Undrafted, Ridderwall played amateur hockey in the United States, before attending and participating in collegiate hockey with the University of Notre Dame in the ECAC. Upon graduation with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ridderwall made his professional debut in the American Hockey League with the Providence Bruins.

After a single season within the AHL and without securing a NHL contract, Ridderwall returned to Europe and made his Deutsche Eishockey Liga debut playing with Düsseldorfer EG during the 2012–13 season.[1] Ridderwall enjoyed a largely successful season with DEG, finishing the year with an impressive 22 goals and 58 points in only 51 games to lead the entire DEL in scoring. He was then signed to a lucrative Kontinental Hockey League contract with Czech club, HC Lev Praha on April 15, 2013.

On July 8, 2014, after only signing a two-year contract extension a month earlier but with HC Lev Praha announcing financial bankruptcy, Ridderwall announced his return to Sweden in sigining a two-year contract with HV71.[2]

Awards and honors

Award Year
CCHA All-Tournament Team 2009 [3]

References

  1. ↑ "2012–13 Düsseldorfer EG player statistics". Eliteprospects.com. 2013-04-15. Retrieved 2013-04-15.
  2. ↑ "HV71 recruits Calle Ridderwall" (in Swedish). HV71. 2014-07-08. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
  3. ↑ "2012-13 CCHA Media Guide". ISSUU.com. Retrieved 2014-04-23.

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