Christian Eklund (born July 24, 1977) is a

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former professional

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player. He played a total of 429

Elitserien Elitserien (literally, "the Elite League") is the name of several Swedish nationwide sport leagues. In many sports, Elitserien is the highest league, with the second highest named Allsvenskan. Elitserien leagues at present: * Elitserien (badmin ...

games as a

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for

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Name The club is nam ...

. Eklund retired in 2013 after suffering a neck injury. He was awarded player of the season for the 2010–11 season by

Järnkaminerna Järnkaminerna (lit. The Iron Stoves) is the largest official supporter club of the sports club Djurgårdens IF. Järnkaminerna is also a nickname for the sports club itself. A common shortened form of the supporters club Järnkaminerna is JK. ...

, the official supporter club of Djurgården. He is father to

William Eklund William Eklund (born 12 October 2002) is a Swedish ice hockey forward who is currently playing with the San Jose Barracuda in the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect to the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Eklund is th ...

, who also played for Djurgården. William currently plays for the

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in the

NHL The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...

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* 1977 births Living people People from Haninge Municipality Djurgårdens IF Hockey players Huddinge IK players IK Oskarshamn players Swedish ice hockey left wingers Swedish expatriate ice hockey players in Germany Tingsryds AIF players Ice hockey people from Stockholm County {{Sweden-icehockey-winger-stub