Göran Högosta

Göran Högosta became one of Sweden's World Championship heroesArticle in SportbladetRead the sourceArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose through his goaltending against the Soviet Union in Vienna in 1977. Göran HögostaArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose grew up in Alderbäcken in Borlänge and skated on homemade ice before he began practising with Tunabro. In a 2018Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose interview with Hockeysverige, he recalled his brother Bengt-Olov taking him to the club when he was about 10.

In the same interview, Högosta recalled playing childhood hockey at Gyllerinken with his friendsArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose Roland Eriksson, Ivan Hansen and Jan-Ove Wiberg. In an article published by Leksands IFArticle in Leksands IFRead the sourceClose in 2011, Hansen remembered starting at Gylleskolan at age 7 alongside Högosta and their hockey friends. In autumn 1970, Högosta represented Tunabro on Dalarna’s TV-puckenTV-pucken is a Swedish youth hockey tournament played between regional representative teams.Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceArticle in Sportmagasinet DalarnaRead the sourceClose team.

In the 2018 interview, Högosta also recalled the promise that preceded his comeback: after working at Bengt Ohlson’sArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose hockey school, he promised Ohlson in the sauna that he would play again. When he returned to Leksand, he told junior goalie Bengt-Åke PersArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose that he was there to support him.

After the comeback, Högosta gave priority to his sales work at Pripps, he told Hockeysverige in 2018Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose. The summer 2011 issue of Sportmagasinet DalarnaArticle in Sportmagasinet DalarnaRead the sourceClose described him as sales manager at Herdins Färgverk.