It was S44. Ola Wagstrom was just drafted 2nd overall by the Winnipeg Jets in the previous season. After the Detroit Falcons were eliminated, he found out that his new parent club had advanced to the finals. He was called up to play a shift or two on line 4 in the Challenge Cup finals. What a dream for a young player! The Jets defeated the Edmonton Blizzard to claim the S44 Challenge Cup. Getting to be there and be a small part of that victory is still the highlight of his career. He has been chasing another Cup ever since, with no success.

The other fondest memory he has is winning the S48 gold medal as the new Fed Head of Team Sweden. Against all odds, it was a true Cinderella tale. Wagstrom had to move himself to defense to fill the team’s needs, but deploying the unconventional strategy of playing the best players lower in the lineup worked out. Facing the powerhouse Canada in the quarterfinals, Sweden shocked the world and knocked them out. It was a one goal win, but it was enough. Underdogs again squaring up against Ireland, a team that had won the tournament multiple times in the past 10 years. They just barely won again, in an even closer game, a game that went to OT. But they came through when they needed to. Now they had to face the strongest team in the IIHF, the mighty USA. But that ended up being their most convincing win; a 4-2 commanding victory. Sweden celebrated their unexpected success for awhile to come, and the gold medal is a treasure to them all, most especially Wagstrom.