Tommy Sjödin

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.

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

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
	1995	Sweden
	1994	Sweden
	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]}

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 Thomas Rundqvist	Golden Puck 1992	Succeeded by Peter Forsberg