Gustav Possler (born November 11, 1994) is a

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player. He is currently playing with

IF Björklöven IF Björklöven (often simply referred to as Löven) is a Swedish professional ice hockey club in Umeå, Västerbotten, in northern Sweden. The club is currently playing in the second-tier league HockeyAllsvenskan as of the 2024-25 season, but h ...

of the

HockeyAllsvenskan HockeyAllsvenskan (previously Allsvenskan and SuperAllsvenskan) is a professional ice hockey sports league, league, and the second-highest league in the Swedish ice hockey system, after the Swedish Hockey League, SHL. Since the 2009–10 season, t ...

(Allsv). Possler was selected by the

Buffalo Sabres The Buffalo Sabres are a professional ice hockey team based in Buffalo, New York. The Sabres compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NHL), Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern Con ...

in the 5th round (130th overall) of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career

Possler made his Elitserien (now the SHL) debut playing with

Modo Hockey Modo Hockey (or MoDo with uppercase letters) is a professional ice hockey club in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The team currently plays in Sweden's second-tier league HockeyAllsvenskan after losing to HV71 after the play out following the 2024/25 se ...

during the

2011–12 Elitserien season The 2011–12 Elitserien season was the 37th season of Elitserien. The regular season began on 13 September 2011 and ended on 6 March 2012. The following playoffs began on 10 March 2012 and ended on 19 April. Färjestad BK were the defending Swe ...

. After the 2015–16 season, having contributed with 24 points in 52 games but unable to prevent Modo from suffering relegation, Possler opted to remain in the SHL, signing a two-year contract with

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. Djurgårdens IF is an s ...

on April 7, 2016.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

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* 1994 births Living people IF Björklöven players Buffalo Sabres draft picks Djurgårdens IF (men's hockey) players Lukko players Modo Hockey players Mora IK players Swedish ice hockey forwards 21st-century Swedish sportsmen Ice hockey people from Södertälje {{Sweden-icehockey-player-stub