Carl Stefan Ridderwall (born 5 March 1988) is a Swedish former professional

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. He last played with

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of the

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(AlpsHL).

Playing career

He began his career in the 2003–04 season with Huddinge IK in the J18 Allsvenskan. The following season he joined league rival

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 ...

. During the winter 2005 he was promoted to Djurgården's J20 team in

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. Ridderwall made his Elitserien debut the following season, but only played one game during the 2005–06 season. Ridderwall was drafted in the sixth round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft, 173rd overall, by the

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. Ridderwall did not play in Elitserien during the 2006–07 season, and spent the season playing in Djurgården's J20 team. The following season, Ridderwall was Djurgården's second goaltender behind Daniel Larsson, and played 11 games in Elitserien. He also spent some time on loan to

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teams IK Nyköpings NH 90 and

Almtuna IS Almtuna Idrottssällskap, commonly known as Almtuna IS, is a Swedish ice hockey club based in Uppsala and is currently playing in HockeyAllsvenskan, the second highest league of ice hockey in Sweden. The team maintained its place in the Allsvensk ...

. During the 2008–09 season, Ridderwall became the first choice goaltender in the senior team, and played 27 games out of 55 during the regular season. For the 2009–10 season, Ridderwall shares the first choice position with Gustaf Wesslau. In the 2013–14 season, Ridderwall signed for his first venture abroad, agreeing to a one-year deal with

Düsseldorfer EG Düsseldorfer Eislauf-Gemeinschaft or Düsseldorfer EG (short DEG) is a German professional ice hockey team in Düsseldorf. It was Germany's most successful hockey club for a long time and had many international players. The famous Eisstadion at th ...

in the

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. He is the son of former goaltender Rolf Ridderwall. Ridderwall has been awarded "goaltender of the tournament" twice on the national junior tournament

TV-pucken TV-pucken () is a Swedish national under-16 ice hockey tournament for district teams. The boys' TV-pucken was established in 1959, created on the initiative of Swedish ice hockey player Sven "Tumba" Johansson. The tournament is named "TV-pucken ...

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* 1988 births Living people Almtuna IS players Djurgårdens IF (men's hockey) players Düsseldorfer EG players EC Kitzbühel players Heilbronner Falken players Huddinge IK players New York Islanders draft picks Nyköpings Hockey players Örebro HK players IK Oskarshamn players Ice hockey people from Stockholm Rødovre Mighty Bulls players Rögle BK players Swedish ice hockey goaltenders Timrå IK players {{Sweden-icehockey-goaltender-stub