Timo Blomqvist

Timo Blomqvist
Date of birth	January 23, 1961
place of birth	Helsinki , Finland
size	181 cm
Weight	91 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1980 , 5th lap, 89th position Washington Capitals
Career stations
until 1980	Jokerit Helsinki
1980-1981	Reipas Lahti
1981-1985	Washington Capitals
1985-1986	Binghamton Whalers
1986-1987	New Jersey Devils
1987-1990	MoDo Hockey Örnsköldsvik
1990-1993	Malmö IF
1993-1994	Sparta Sarpsborg
1994-1996	Espoo Blues
1996-1997	Viennese EV
1997-1998	ES white water EPS Espoo Ahmat Hyvinkää

Timo Pauli Blomqvist (born January 23, 1961 in Helsinki ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player who from 1977 to 1998 played for the Washington Capitals and New Jersey Devils in the National Hockey League as well as Jokerit Helsinki , Reipas Lahti and the Espoo Blues in the SM-liiga has played. His son Sami is also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Timo Blomqvist began his career as a hockey player in 1977 with Jokerit Helsinki , for which he was active in the SM-liiga for the following three seasons . He was then selected in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft in the fifth round as the 89th player of the Washington Capitals . Initially, however, the defender played another year in the SM-liiga at Reipas Lahti . Before the 1981/82 season Blomqvist finally moved to the Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League , where he was regularly used in the following four seasons. After he was on the ice in the 1985/86 season exclusively for their farm team , the Binghamton Whalers from the American Hockey League , he received a contract as a free agent with the New Jersey Devils in 1986 , for which he was in the 1986/87 season scored an assist in 20 games.

After six years in North America, Blomqvist returned to Europe in 1987, where he played for three years at MoDo Hockey Örnsköldsvik and Malmö IF in the Swedish Elitserien in the following six seasons . With Malmö he became Swedish champion in 1992 . Blomqvist then signed for a year in the Norwegian Eliteserien with Sparta Sarpsborg before returning to Finland for two seasons with the Espoo Blues . This was followed by one season each in other European countries at Wiener EV in the Alpine League and ES Weißwasser in the second-class 1st German league , before Blomqvist ended his career in 1998 with the lower-class Finnish clubs EPS Espoo and Ahmat Hyvinkää.

International

For Finland , Blomqvist took part in the U20 Junior World Championships in 1979 , 1980 and 1981 , and the A World Championships in 1985 and 1989 . In addition, he was in the squad of Finland at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary and 1992 in Albertville .

Achievements and Awards

• 1992 Swedish champion with Malmö IF
• 1992 European Cup win with Malmö IF

International

• 1980 silver medal at the U20 World Junior Championship
• 1981 Best Defender in Finland at the U20 World Youth Championship
• 1988 silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games in Calgary

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	5	243	4th	53	57	293
Playoffs	3	13	0	0	0	8th

Web links

• Timo Blomqvist at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Timo Blomqvist at hockeydb.com (English)
• Timo Blomqvist in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )