Tommy Sjödin
Tommy Sjödin | |||
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![]() Tommy Sjödin playing an away game for Brynäs IF against Timrå IK in the Swedish Elite League in December 2006 | |||
Born | (1965-08-13) 13 August 1965 (age 59) Timrå, Sweden | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
Weight | 198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb) | ||
Position | Defence | ||
Shot | Right | ||
Played for | Brynäs IF Minnesota North Stars Dallas Stars Quebec Nordiques HC Lugano HC Bolzano EHC Kloten | ||
National team | ![]() | ||
NHL draft | 237th overall, 1985 Minnesota North Stars | ||
Playing career | 1983–2008 |
Tommy Sören Sjödin (born 13 August 1965) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman, who played 106 NHL games during two seasons, five years for clubs in the Swiss Nationalliga A and fifteen seasons with Brynäs IF in the Swedish Elitserien.
Playing career
Sjödin played in the Swedish Elitserien with Brynäs IF from 1986 to 1992, winning the Golden Puck as Sweden's top player in 1991-92. He went on to play in the National Hockey League for the Minnesota North Stars, Dallas Stars, and Quebec Nordiques between 1992 and 1994. He played in Switzerland with HC Lugano from 1994 to 1998, except for a brief period with HC Bolzano in Italy in 1996-97.
Before Sjödin returned to the Swedish Elite League, he played one season with Kloten. He then rejoined his former team, Brynäs IF, which was to become his last.
3 February 2007, in an away game against Frölunda, putting Brynäs up 2-1 he became the oldest player ever to score a goal in Elitserien; at the age of 41 years, 5 months and 21 days, breaking Börje Salming's record from 1992.[1]
Sjödin played for the Swedish national team in four IIHF World Championships from 1992 to 1996, and was on the 1992 Olympic team.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1983–84 | Timrå IK | SWE II | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
1984–85 | Timrå IK | SWE II | 23 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1985–86 | Timrå IK | SWE II | 32 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1986–87 | Brynäs IF | SEL | 29 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1987–88 | Brynäs IF | SEL | 40 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1988–89 | Brynäs IF | SEL | 40 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 52 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
1989–90 | Brynäs IF | SEL | 40 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
1990–91 | Brynäs IF | SEL | 38 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 77 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
1991–92 | Brynäs IF | SEL | 40 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
1992–93 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 77 | 7 | 29 | 36 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1993–94 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1993–94 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 22 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1993–94 | Kalamazoo Wings | IHL | 38 | 12 | 32 | 44 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1994–95 | HC Lugano | NDA | 36 | 17 | 27 | 44 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
1995–96 | HC Lugano | NDA | 30 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
1996–97 | HC Bolzano | Serie A | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1996–97 | HC Lugano | NDA | 45 | 23 | 28 | 51 | 55 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||
1997–98 | HC Lugano | NDA | 29 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
1998–99 | EHC Kloten | NDA | 33 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
1999–2000 | Brynäs IF | SEL | 50 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | ||
2000–01 | Brynäs IF | SEL | 50 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 69 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
2001–02 | Brynäs IF | SEL | 49 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33 | ||
2002–03 | Brynäs IF | SEL | 50 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2003–04 | Brynäs IF | SEL | 49 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2004–05 | Brynäs IF | SEL | 50 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2005–06 | Brynäs IF | SEL | 48 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
2006–07 | Brynäs IF | SEL | 50 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 66 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||
2007–08 | Brynäs IF | SEL | 52 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 92 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
SEL totals | 675 | 116 | 199 | 315 | 774 | 44 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 73 | ||||
NHL totals | 106 | 8 | 40 | 48 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
NDA/NLA totals | 173 | 61 | 114 | 175 | 175 | 32 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 12 |
International
Medal record | ||
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Men's ice hockey | ||
World Championships | ||
![]() | 1995 | Sweden |
![]() | 1994 | Sweden |
![]() | 1992 | Sweden |
Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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1992 | Sweden | OLY | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |
1992 | Sweden | WC | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
1994 | Sweden | WC | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
1995 | Sweden | WC | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | |
1996 | Sweden | WC | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
Senior totals | 38 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 20 |
References
- ^ "Äldsta målskyttar i Elitserien" (in Swedish). Hockeyligan.se. 3 February 2007. Retrieved 7 February 2007. [dead link]
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
Preceded by | Golden Puck 1992 | Succeeded by |