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Boo Ahl

Swedish ice hockey goaltender (1969-2024)

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Boo Ahl (5 October 1969, 8 August 2024) was a Swedish ice hockey goaltender.

01Career

A goaltender for the club HV71, Ahl won national titles in 1995 and 2004. With the Sweden men's national ice hockey team, he won a silver medal at the 1995 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships.

02Personal life and death

Born in Jönköping on 5 October 1969, Boo Ahl was the father of Filip Ahl.

He died from cardiac arrest on the mountain of Reinebringen in Moskenes, Norway, on 8 August 2024. He was 54.

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