Tommy Sjödin

Tommy Sjödin
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  Sweden
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
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

Tommy Sjödin
Medal record
Men's ice hockey
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1995 Sweden
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Sweden
Gold medal – first place 1992 Sweden
Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
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

  1. ^ "Äldsta målskyttar i Elitserien" (in Swedish). Hockeyligan.se. 3 February 2007. Retrieved 7 February 2007. [dead link‍]
Preceded by Golden Puck
1992 		Succeeded by