Career
A native of Jönköping, the capital of Jönköping County in southern Sweden"s Småland province, Örnskog enjoyed a 14-season career, playing 12 of them for his home town club HV71 in the country"s top elite league, Elitserien. The 1994-1995 season and part of the 1999–2000 season was spent in Finland playing for JYP in the Master of Science-liiga. On 26 December 2001, Örnskogs"s jersey, northern
15, along with Fredrik Stillman"s northern
14, was retired during a ceremony before a match against Frölunda The Human Context in Kinnarps Arena. Örnskog has played for Sweden in the following competitions:
1994 Winter Olympics (gold medal)
1994 World Championships (bronze medal)
1995 World Championships (silver medal).