It was not until the age of 28 that Viktor Fasth’s career really took off.
After taking steps from division 2 to the hockey allsvenskan, he made it to the Swedish top league in 2010 together with AIK.
Then it went away.
The same year he was named the league’s best player and was selected for the World Cup where he became the championship’s most valuable player.
He then moved to the NHL before returning to Europe and the KHL. During his second season in CSKA Moscow, he led Tre Kronor to World Cup gold and then came home to Växjö where he won Swedish Championship gold twice.
– It’s like two different chapters in my active career. One before Växjö Lakers and one after. One from when I played in Vänersborg and Tingsryd, where I managed to find a part-time job and trained in the evenings. The turning point was my last year in Tingsryd. Then I thought about whether it was worth it, whether I should continue to bet or not. But it went so well that I had to sign a contract with Växjö Lakers. And from there and up it went very well. During my last year in Växjö, I could more or less make a living from hockey, he says in an interview with Smålandsposten.
The time in Växjö has been injured and now he says that the body can no longer cope.
– I have come to the conclusion that the decision I have made now is the right one. I do not have the energy and strength left to mobilize for a new season, he says.
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