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Highlights
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
|---|
| World Championship |
| 1 | Men | 2013 | Sweden/Finland |
| 6 | Men | 2012 | Sweden/Finland |
| World Championship Under 20 |
| 4 | Men | 2011 | United States |
- Nickname: Landy, Gabe (milehighskating.com, 07 Aug 2013)
- Languages Spoken: English, Swedish
- Coach: Patrick Roy [club], CAN; Par Marts [national], SWE (thehockeynews.com, 23 May 2013; iihf.com, 30 Apr 2013)
- Hand: Shoots left (yahoo.com, 27 Apr 2013 )
- Occupation: Athlete
- Club Name: Colorado Avalanche , Denver, CO, USA
- Position Style: Forward (yahoo.com, 27 Apr 2013 )
- Debut: 2012 for Sweden, against Norway, World Championships (Sweden) (hockeysfuture.com, 08 May 2012)
Additional Information
National LeagueNational Hockey League [NHL] (NOC Media Guide, 29 Jan 2014)
Most memorable sporting achievementWinning the Calder Memorial Trophy in 2012 and being named captain of the Colorado Avalanche the same year. (milehighsports.com, 2 Oct 2012)
HeroCanadian ice hockey player Jarome Iginla. (kitchenerrangers.com, 25 Apr 2012)
AwardsHe won the 2012 Calder Memorial Trophy as the National Hockey League's [NHL] top rookie. (nhl.com, 15 Aug 2013)
GeneralNHL FIRSTS
He was named captain of the Colorado Avalanche on 04 September 2012 at 19 years, 286 days, becoming the youngest captain in National Hockey League [NHL] history. At 18 years, 324 days, he was also the youngest Swedish-born ice hockey player to score an NHL goal. (ufvcascarade.ca, 16 Nov 2011; nhl.com, 15 Aug 2013)
MAKING THE JUMP INTO THE NHL
Having previously competed in the Ontario Hockey League [OHL] in Canada, he had to learn quickly when he began playing in the National Hockey League [NHL] for the Colorado Avalanche. "The speed of the game is so much faster and you have to know what to do when you get the puck. It's something you learn as you go along; it's not anything you can prepare for. The quickness of the game, I've got to get quicker. I've got to get stronger, and get a better shot. That's stuff we work on everyday together at practice." (milehighhockey.com, 23 Dec 2011)
CLUB CAPTAIN
In September 2012 he was named as captain of the Colorado Avalanches at age 19. "I thought it was a regular team meeting but then I got there and it was just the coach and [former captain] Milan Hejduk. Milan started talking about how it was time to hand over the captaincy and that he was getting older. I realised what was going on and he asked if I thought I was ready. It felt a bit like a movie. I started laughing and got a big smile on that didn't really want to go away." (hockeyswede.tumblr.com, 04 September 2012)
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