Stefan Örnskog

Stefan Bror Karl Örnskog (born 4 April 1969) is a Swedish ice hockey player whose professional career as a left wing/centre lasted from 1987 to 2001 and was capped with a gold medal at the Lillehammer 1994 Winter Olympics in neighboring Norway, as well as with a silver and a bronze medal at the World Championships.

Playing career A native of Jönköping, the capital of Jönköping County in southern Sweden's Småland province, Örnskog enjoyed a 14-season career, playing 12 of them for his home town club HV71 in the country's top elite league, Elitserien. The 1994–95 season and part of the 1999–2000 season was spent in Finland playing for JYP in the SM-liiga. On 26 December 2001, Örnskogs's jersey, no. 15, along with Fredrik Stillman's no. 14, was retired during a ceremony before a match against Frölunda HC in Kinnarps Arena.

Awards Gold medal at the Winter Olympics in 1994. Bronze medal at the World Championships in 1994. Silver medal at the World Championships in 1995. Elitserien champion with HV71 in 1995.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1987–88 HV71 SEL 13 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1988–89 HV71 SEL 19 1 6 7 2 3 0 0 0 0 1989–90 HV71 SEL 39 12 15 27 8 — — — — — 1990–91 HV71 SEL 39 15 9 24 10 2 1 1 2 0 1991–92 HV71 SEL 40 12 15 27 10 3 1 0 1 2 1992–93 HV71 SEL 36 8 15 23 20 — — — — — 1993–94 HV71 SEL 38 15 16 31 28 — — — — — 1994–95 HV71 SEL 32 5 11 16 6 13 4 8 12 4 1995–96 HV71 SEL 32 5 9 14 8 — — — — — 1996–97 HV71 SEL 45 14 27 41 20 5 2 1 3 0 1997–98 HV71 SEL 43 9 10 19 16 5 0 4 4 6 1998–99 JYP SM-l 32 5 11 16 8 — — — — — 1999–2000 JYP SM-l 17 4 5 9 0 — — — — — 1999–2000 HV71 SEL 25 2 9 11 8 3 1 0 1 2 2000–01 HV71 SEL 41 7 6 13 16 — — — — — SEL totals 442 106 150 256 152 36 9 14 23 14 SM-l totals 49 9 16 25 8 — — — — —

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1989 Sweden WJC 7 2 1 3 0 1994 Sweden OG 8 2 0 2 2 1994 Sweden WC 8 1 2 3 2 1995 Sweden WC 8 1 3 4 2 Senior totals 24 4 5 9 6