Arto Blomsten

Arto Blomsten
Date of birth	March 16, 1965
place of birth	Vaasa , Finland
size	190 cm
Weight	93 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1986 , 12th lap, 239th position Winnipeg Jets
Career stations
1983-1993	Djurgårdens IF
1993-1995	Winnipeg Jets
1995-1996	Los Angeles Kings
1996-1998	Västra Frölunda HC
1998-2000	Västerås IK

Arto Blomsten (born March 16, 1965 in Vaasa , Finland ) is a former Swedish ice hockey player who played for the Winnipeg Jets and Los Angeles Kings in the National Hockey League from 1983 to 2000 .

Career

Arto Blomsten began his career as an ice hockey player at Djurgårdens IF , for whose professional team he was active from 1983 to 1993 in the Elitserien , the highest Swedish division. With Djurgården he won the Swedish championship in the seasons 1988/89 , 1989/90 and 1990/91 . At European level, he and his team also won the European Ice Hockey Cup in 1990 and 1991 . For the 1993/94 season , the defender joined the Winnipeg Jets , who had selected him in the NHL Entry Draft 1986 in the twelfth round as a total of 239th player. In the Jets, however, he was just as unable to prevail in the National Hockey League as in their league rivals Los Angeles Kings . Instead, he played from 1993 to 1996 mainly for their farm teams Moncton Hawks and Springfield Falcons from the American Hockey League and Phoenix Roadrunners from the International Hockey League . Most recently, the left-shot ended his career in the Swedish Elitserien, in which he played for Västra Frölunda HC and Västerås IK for two years before ending his career in 2000 at the age of 35.

International

For Sweden , Blomsten took part in the 1985 U20 World Junior Championship . He was also in his country's squad at the 1992 and 1993 World Championships . At the 1992 World Cup he and his team won the gold medal and the silver medal at the 1993 World Cup.

Achievements and Awards

• 1989 Swedish champion with Djurgårdens IF
• 1990 Swedish champion with Djurgårdens IF
• 1990 European Ice Hockey Cup with Djurgårdens IF
• 1991 Swedish champion with Djurgårdens IF
• 1991 European Ice Hockey Cup with Djurgårdens IF

International

• 1992 gold medal at the world championship
• 1993 silver medal at the world championship

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
NHL Regular Season	3	25th	0	4th	4th	8th
NHL playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-
Elitserien main round	14th	425	51	90	141	368
Elitserien Playoffs	9	55	9	3	12	52
Kvalserien ES	1	9	0	1	1	6th

Web links

• Arto Blomsten at hockeydb.com (English)
• Arto Blomsten at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Arto Blomsten at eliteprospects.com (English)