Göran Högosta

	Göran Högosta
Position	goaltender
Caught	left
Height; Weight	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m); 179 lb (81 kg)
Teams	IF Tunabro (SWE-1); Leksands IF (Elitserien); Fort Worth Texans (CHL); New York Islanders (NHL); Quebec Nordiques (NHL); Västra Frölunda HC (Elitserien); Falu IF (SWE-1)
World Championships	1975 WC; 1976 WC; 1977 WC; 1978 WC
Nationality	Swedish
Born	March 29th 1954,; Äppelbo, Sweden
Pro Career	1974 – 1987

Göran Högosta (b. April 15th 1954 in Äppelbo, Dalarna, Sweden) is a former professional goaltender who played in the Elitserien for Leksands IF and Västra Frölunda HC and in the National Hockey League for the New York Islanders and the Quebec Nordiques.

Born in 1954
Swedish ice hockey players
IF Tunabro players
8 more
Leksands IF players
Fort Worth Texans players
New York Islanders players
Quebec Nordiques players
Frölunda HC players
Falu IF players
Member of the Swedish National Team
Retired in 1987

Högosta holds the distinction of being the first ever European born and trained goaltender to play in the NHL when, on November 1st 1977, he played nine minutes in replacement of Billy Smith in a 9-0 shutout of the Atlanta Flames^[1].

External links and references[]

↑ http://hockeygoalies.org/bio/hogosta.html

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[1] ttp://hockeygoalies.org/bio/hogosta.html

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