Roger Åkerström (born 5 April 1967) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player, currently employed as an assistant coach with Luleå HF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL, formerly named Elitserien).
Åkerström is perhaps best known for being a former record holder as the player with the most Elitserien games—regulation and playoff games included—with 911 games, 792 of these with Luleå HF. This record, however, was beaten on 22 September 2011 when Linköpings HC forward Mikael Håkanson played his 912th Elitserien game.[2]
roger, Åkerström, born, april, 1967, swedish, former, professional, hockey, player, currently, employed, assistant, coach, with, luleå, swedish, hockey, league, formerly, named, elitserien, born, 1967, april, 1967, överkalix, swedenheight6, weight181, position. Roger Akerstrom born 5 April 1967 is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player currently employed as an assistant coach with Lulea HF of the Swedish Hockey League SHL formerly named Elitserien Roger AkerstromBorn 1967 04 05 5 April 1967 age 56 Overkalix SwedenHeight6 ft 0 in 183 cm Weight181 lb 82 kg 12 st 13 lb PositionDefencemanShotLeftPlayed forLulea HFVIK Vasteras HKHC BolzanoNational team SwedenNHL Draft170th overall 1988Vancouver CanucksPlaying career1985 2007Playing career EditBorn in Overkalix Norrbotten Akerstrom grew up in Lulea He was drafted in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft in the ninth round as 170th overall by the Vancouver Canucks but he never played a single National Hockey League NHL game Akerstrom played for Lulea HF in 19 of his professional seasons and won the Swedish Championship with the team in 1996 scoring the Championship clinching goal 1 Akerstrom is perhaps best known for being a former record holder as the player with the most Elitserien games regulation and playoff games included with 911 games 792 of these with Lulea HF This record however was beaten on 22 September 2011 when Linkopings HC forward Mikael Hakanson played his 912th Elitserien game 2 Apart from Lulea HF Akerstrom also played three seasons for Vasteras IK in the same league He also spent one season in Italy with the Bolzano Bozen Foxes of the Serie A league Internationally Akerstrom participated at the 1993 and 1994 World Ice Hockey Championships as a member of Sweden s national team winning silver and bronze medals He retired from ice hockey as a player after the 2006 07 season which he played with Lulea HF References Edit Roger Akerstrom s profile at Eliteprospects com Retrieved 2014 06 13 Frank Eriksson 2011 09 23 Mikael Hakanson skrev historia in Swedish Hockeyligan Retrieved 2011 09 23 External links EditRoger Akerstrom career statistics at EliteProspects com nbsp Roger Akerstrom career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database nbsp This biographical article relating to a Swedish ice hockey player is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roger Akerstrom amp oldid 1163746810, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
