David Rundblad

David Rundblad has built a reputation as an offensively skilled defencemanArticle in HockeynewsRead the sourceArticle in SportbladetRead the sourceArticle in SportbladetRead the sourceClose. David RundbladArticle in Sveriges RadioRead the sourceClose learned his hockey in Lycksele and refined it in Skellefteå, as he described it to Sveriges Radio in August 2015. Skellefteå’s hockeygymnasiumA Swedish hockeygymnasium combines upper-secondary (high school) studies with scheduled ice hockey training.Article in AftonbladetRead the sourceClose, an upper secondary programme combining school studies with a hockey focus, also features in the documented background: a 2011 Aftonbladet report named him as an example of its recruitment. On 26 August 2015, he brought the Stanley CupArticle in Sveriges RadioRead the sourceClose to Lycksele for a public viewing.

When RundbladArticle in SHLRead the sourceClose returned to Swedish hockey in September 2023, he told SHLSHLSHL, the Swedish Hockey League, is Sweden’s top men’s domestic ice hockey league.Close that he was more mature than during his earlier years in Skellefteå. He also felt that he was no longer as uninhibited in his playArticle in SHLRead the sourceClose.

Rundblad captained MoDo from the 2023/24Article in MoDo HockeyRead the sourceClose season and continued in the role in 2025/26. In MayArticle in MoDo HockeyRead the sourceClose 2025, Henrik Gradin described him as a captain who listened and represented the group, and highlighted the development of his play in both attack and defence.

After MoDo’sArticle in MoDo HockeyRead the sourceClose relegation in 2025, Rundblad chose to stay for another season. In the club’s May interview, he said that he enjoyed both the club and the city and wanted a chance to make amendsArticle in MoDo HockeyRead the sourceClose.