Peter Forsberg

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SwedenSweden  Peter Forsberg Ice hockey player
IIHF Hall of Fame , 2013
Hockey Hall of Fame , 2014
Peter Forsberg
Date of birth 20th July 1973
place of birth Örnsköldsvik , Sweden
Nickname Foppa, Peter the Great
size 185 cm
Weight 93 kg
position center
number # 21
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1991 , 1st round, 6th position
Philadelphia Flyers
Career stations
1989-1995 MoDo hockey club
1995 Québec Nordiques
1995-2004 Colorado Avalanche
2004-2005 MODO hockey
2005-2007 Philadelphia Flyers
2007 Nashville Predators
2008 Colorado Avalanche
2009-2010 MODO hockey
2011 Colorado Avalanche

Peter Mattias Forsberg ( IPA : fɔʂbærj ? / I ; born July 20, 1973 in Örnsköldsvik ) is a former Swedish ice hockey player and current official . Between 1995 and 2011 he played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Québec Nordiques , Colorado Avalanche , the Philadelphia Flyers and the Nashville Predators on the position of the center . In his 14 seasons NHL career, he won with the Avalanche in 1996Audio file / audio sample and 2001 the Stanley Cup and 2003 the Hart Memorial Trophy as the most valuable player in the league and the Art Ross Trophy as the best scorer of the regular season. On an international level, Forsberg won the gold medal with the Swedish national team at the Winter Olympics in 1994 and 2006 and the ice hockey world championship in 1992 and 1998 . Forsberg is therefore a member of the Triple Gold Club as well as other honors and awards. His home club Colorado Avalanche honors the player with the fact that his shirt number 21 has not been awarded since he retired from active sport.

Career

Beginnings in Sweden (1973–1995)

Peter Forsberg was born on July 20, 1973 in the Swedish city of Örnsköldsvik and started playing ice hockey at the age of five. He had been a member of the MoDo hockey club since he was six and initially went through all of the club's children's and youth departments. His role model as a boy was Håkan Loob . At the age of 14 he was elected to a regional all-star team , and a year later he won the national junior championship with MoDo.

From the season 1989/90 he played for the first time for the junior team of the MoDo Hockeyklubb in the junior league J20 SuperElit , in addition he had an assignment for MoDo's men's team in the Allsvenskan , Sweden's second highest division. In the following season Forsberg scored 102 scorer points in 39 J20 SuperElit games , and he was also used regularly for the professional club that had been promoted to the Elitserien . He was then selected in the first round in sixth position by the Philadelphia Flyers in the Entry Draft of the National Hockey League (NHL), an annual event at which the teams of the National Hockey League can secure the rights to promising young players . This early choice was considered a surprise, as the Swede was rated 25th of the best young players before the Entry Draft and thus was rated as a good second-round choice.

After the draft, Forsberg stayed in Sweden for three more years. At the end of the 1992/93 season he received the Guldpucken (Golden Puck) as the best Swedish ice hockey player , and the offensive player was awarded the Guldhjälmen (Golden Helmet) as the most valuable player in the Elitserien . Forsberg received both awards at the end of the following season , after he had led the MoDo Hockeyklubb into the championship final, which his team lost in the fifth game of the Best-of-Five series against Malmö IF . At that time, Forsberg was considered the best non-NHL player in the world.

The Lindros transfer

Eric Lindros was selected in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft in first overall position by the Québec Nordiques . After the player had refused to enter into contract negotiations with the French-Canadian franchise , he was transferred to the Philadelphia Flyers on June 30, 1992 . In return, the Nordiques received five other players in addition to Forsberg, two first-round voting rights for 1993 and 1994, and $ 15 million. This transfer business is considered one of the most one-sided of all time, which manifested the franchise's successful ten years of success. This coincidence is also seen as the best thing that could have happened to Forsberg in terms of his NHL career.

Immediate success in North America (1995-2001)

Peter Forsberg during a pre-season game wearing the Colorado Avalanche (1997)

In October 1993 Forsberg signed a four-year contract with the Québec Nordiques that guaranteed him a salary of $ 6.5 million for that period. In addition, he received a signature bonus of $ 4.275 million. In the summer of 1994 Forsberg finally decided to move to North America in order to play for the Nordiques in the National Hockey League from the 1994/95 season . The start of the season was delayed by a few weeks due to a lockout , so that he started this season in the Elitserien and played eleven games for the MoDo Hockey Club. After the NHL had resumed play in January 1995, Forsberg completed his first NHL game on January 21, 1995 against the Philadelphia Flyers. He scored his first goal six days later against goalkeeper Grant Fuhr of the Buffalo Sabers . Forsberg played a total of 47 games for the Québec Nordiques in his rookie season, in which he scored 15 goals and a total of 50 points scorer. So he was behind team captain Joe Sakic, the second best point collector in Québec. The Nordiques finished the regular season as the second best team in the NHL, but were eliminated in the first play-off round against the reigning Stanley Cup winner New York Rangers . At the end of the season, Peter Forsberg received the Calder Memorial Trophy , which is awarded annually to the best new professional.

Despite the sporting success, the Nordiques plagued financial problems. The then team owner Marcel Aubut decided in 1995 to sell the team to COMSAT Corporation after financial aid from local authorities had been rejected. In the summer of 1995, the franchise was relocated to Denver , Colorado , and renamed the Colorado Avalanche .

In the first year in Denver Forsberg completed his most successful season with 116 points. Colorado Avalanche finished second in the Western Conference behind the Detroit Red Wings at the end of the preliminary round . In the subsequent play-offs, the Avalanche won the Conference quarter-finals against the Vancouver Canucks , the Conference semifinals against the Chicago Blackhawks and the Conference final against the Detroit Red Wings with 4-2 games. In the Stanley Cup final, Colorado played against the winning team of the Eastern Conference , the Florida Panthers . The Colorado Avalanche defeated the Miami team 4-0 wins, one sweep , and won their first Stanley Cup.

In the 1996/97 season , Forsberg played only 65 of 82 possible games due to a thigh injury. The Québec / Colorado franchise won a division title for the third year in a row and for the first time won the Presidents' Trophy as the team with the highest points of the regular season. In the subsequent play-offs, the Avalanche failed in the final of the Western Conference to the Detroit Red Wings. Forsberg set in the 1998/99 NHL season with 30 goals scored his previous career record. At the end of the main round of this season, his contract, which was running out at the end of the season, was extended by three years. The new contract was valued at $ 26.5 million, and Forsberg received a $ 3.5 million signing bonus. Thus he was one of the top earners in the National Hockey League at that time.

Second Stanley Cup success, lockout (2001-2005)

The 2000/01 season was extremely successful for Forsberg and the Colorado Avalanche. Colorado was the best team in the NHL at the end of the regular season with 118 points and consequently received the Presidents' Trophy again. In the play-offs, the Avalanche defeated the Vancouver Canucks in the conference quarter -finals, the Los Angeles Kings in the conference semifinals and the St. Louis Blues in the conference final . In the Stanley Cup final, Colorado won the best-of-seven series against the New Jersey Devils with 4-3 games. Forsberg suffered a ruptured spleen in the last game of the Conference semifinals . As a result, the organ was removed and the Swede was out for the remainder of the play-offs. At the time of his failure, Forsberg was the Avalanche's best point collector.

After an ankle injury, Forsberg had to suspend the entire regular season of the 2001/02 season from play. He returned in April 2002 in time for the play-off start in the squad of the Colorado Avalanche and reached with his team the Western Conference final, in which Colorado was defeated by the Detroit Red Wings. Despite the long break and the third-round elimination of the Avalanche Forsberg scored 27 points in 20 play-off games; more than any other NHL player this season. In the following season he won the Art Ross Trophy as the most successful scorer in the main round . In addition, Forsberg was awarded the Hart Memorial Trophy as the most valuable player in the National Hockey League at the end of this season .

Finally in Philadelphia, guest performance in Nashville (2005-2007)

Forsberg (# 21) in the dress of the Nashville Predators (2007).

The 2004/05 NHL season was completely canceled due to a lockout. Forsberg spent the season at his training club MODO Hockey , where his father Kent Forsberg was the head coach. At the start of the NHL season 2005/06 Colorado was forced to give more players to under the newly introduced salary cap ( salary cap to stay). While stars like team captain Joe Sakic and defender Rob Blake could be retained, long-time top performers like Forsberg and Adam Foote had to leave the team. On August 3, 2005, the Swede signed a two-year deal worth $ 11.5 million with the Philadelphia Flyers , the franchise Forsberg had drafted 14 years earlier .

Forsberg scored 75 scorer points in 60 games in his first season for the Philadelphia Flyers before his team lost to the Buffalo Sabers in the first play-off round . At the beginning of the 2006/07 season he was appointed team captain of the Flyers. This season was not sporty for the Flyers, the team was a few days before the end of the transfer period in the last place in the National Hockey League. Since Forsberg did not clearly admit to extending his contract with the Flyers, which was running out at the end of the season, and he could not completely rule out a career end, he was transferred to the Nashville Predators on February 20, 2007 . Philadelphia received in return the players Scottie Upshall , Ryan Parent , as well as first and third round voting rights for the NHL Entry Draft 2007 . By signing Forsberg, the Predators hoped not only for sporting success in the upcoming play-offs but also for more fans and higher audience numbers at the Sommet Center , their home ground in Nashville .

Forsberg played 57 games across teams this season and scored 55 points scorer. It was the first time in his NHL career that he had a points average of less than 1 per game. The Nashville Predators were eliminated in the first play-off round after five games of the best-of-seven series against the San Jose Sharks .

Time out, return to Colorado, end of career in Sweden (2008-2010)

Peter Forsberg (1997).

After Forsberg was able to play only 156 games from a possible 246 between 2003 and 2007 due to various injuries, he had surgery on his right ankle in the summer of 2007, which had repeatedly caused him problems since the 2003 play-offs. The player without a contract then stopped training for several weeks in order to focus solely on his physical healing. The multitude of injuries made Forsberg's commitment a great risk. In autumn 2007 Forsberg trained with the Swedish national team in order to take part in the Karjala Cup , which will take place in November this year . However, he stopped training after an hour because the foot injury recurred. He then canceled his participation in the tournament. According to his own statement, he was close to the end of his career at this point.

On February 25, 2008 Forsberg signed another contract with the Colorado Avalanche . The contract was valid until the end of the 2007/08 NHL season and was worth five million US dollars. Due to the season that has already been running for almost five months, Forsberg's actual earnings were around one million US dollars.

Forsberg then played nine games for the Avalanche, scoring 14 points. His point average of 1.56 per game was the highest in the league. He was also used in seven play-off games before Colorado lost to the Detroit Red Wings in the second round. Despite the ten-month hiatus and surgery in the summer of 2007, injuries to his ankle and groin limited his maximum possible number of missions during this brief return to the NHL.

After another operation followed by a break from competition, Forsberg signed a contract with MODO Hockey on January 30, 2009. As a result, however, he was only able to play three games for the team from his hometown Örnsköldsvik before he had to pause again due to injury. In the following season he played 23 games for MODO, scoring 30 points .

NHL comeback and end of career (2011)

In August 2010, Forsberg was pessimistic about continuing his career. He cited persistent foot problems as the reason. After another operation on his right foot, he started training with MODO's junior team in early December 2010.

From January 22, 2011 Forsberg took part in the team training of the Colorado Avalanche. A few days earlier, he had asked his agent to ask the Denver franchise about a training opportunity . His foot caused him fewer problems than it had long before, and he also wanted to compete with NHL players in order to be able to realistically assess his own workload. On February 6, 2011 Forsberg signed a contract with the Avalanche until the end of the 2010/11 NHL season . As a result, however, he only played two games and announced his retirement on February 14, 2011 after recurring problems with his right foot.

International career with the Swedish national team

Junior competitions

Forsberg leads the Swedish delegation as the flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics .

Peter Forsberg represented his home country with the Swedish national team in a total of 14 international competitions. He made his first appearance at the U18 European Junior Championship in 1991 , when his team finished fourth and consequently missed a medal. Forsberg scored five goals and a total of 17 scorer points in six games, making him the tournament's best scorer. His next assignment was at the U20 World Junior Championship in 1992 , when the Swedes won the silver medal after losing to the national team of the Commonwealth of Independent States in the final . In 1993 he set new tournament records at the U20 World Junior Championship with 24 assists and a total of 31 scorer points. Forsberg reached second place with his team.

A national team

Forsberg made his debut at the 1992 World Cup for Sweden's men's selection. He was used in all eight games and won the gold medal with his team after beating the Finnish team in the final . At the World Cup the following year , Forsberg and his team took second place. At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer , Norway , the Swedish team won the gold medal after a 3-2 win over the Canadian national team. The final game was decided in shootout mode; Forsberg scored the decisive goal. From that moment a stamp was specially made in Sweden. Forsberg was the first ice hockey player to receive this honor in Sweden.

At the 1998 Winter Olympics , the Swedish team was the fifth-placed team without winning a medal. A few months later Forsberg was named the best striker of the 1998 World Cup after scoring eleven points in seven games and taking first place with his team after beating Finland in the final series. At the 2003 and 2004 World Championships, the Swedes were defeated by the Canadian team in the final.

On February 26, 2006 Forsberg won his second Olympic gold medal when he and his team defeated the Finnish selection 3-2 in the final of the 2006 Winter Games . His next and last international assignment was at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada . Forsberg acted as the flag bearer for the Swedish delegation at the opening ceremony . The decision to choose him as the flag bearer was made shortly before the ceremony.

“I only found out last night that I can carry the flag. It's a huge honor. I didn't even dare dream of that as a small child. "

- Peter Forsberg

At the Olympic ice hockey tournament, the Swedish national team finished fifth and thus missed a medal.

Career statistics

National competitions

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM +/- Sp T V Pt SM +/-
1989/90 MoDo hockey club J20 SuperElit 30th 15th 12 27 42 - - - - - -
1989/90 MoDo hockey club Allsvenskan 1 0 1 1 4th - - - - - -
1990/91 MoDo hockey club J20 SuperElit 39 38 64 102 56 - - - - - -
1990/91 MoDo hockey club Elitserien 23 7th 10 17th 22nd - - - - - -
1991/92 MoDo hockey club Elitserien 39 9 18th 27 78 - - - - - -
1992/93 MoDo hockey club J20 SuperElit 2 0 3 3 4th - - - - - -
1992/93 MoDo hockey club Elitserien 39 23 24 47 92 3 4th 1 5 0
1993/94 MoDo hockey club Elitserien 39 18th 26th 44 82 11 9 7th 16 14th
1994/95 MoDo hockey club Elitserien 11 5 9 14th 20th - - - - - -
1994/95 Nordiques de Québec NHL 47 15th 35 50 16 +17 6th 2 4th 6th 4th +2
1995/96 Colorado Avalanche NHL 82 30th 86 116 47 +26 22nd 10 11 21st 18th +10
1996/97 Colorado Avalanche NHL 65 28 58 86 73 +31 14th 5 12 17th 10 –6
1997/98 Colorado Avalanche NHL 72 25th 66 91 94 +6 7th 6th 5 11 12 +3
1998/99 Colorado Avalanche NHL 78 30th 67 97 108 +27 19th 8th 16 24 31 +7
1999/00 Colorado Avalanche NHL 49 14th 37 51 52 +9 16 7th 8th 15th 12 +9
2000/01 Colorado Avalanche NHL 73 27 62 89 54 +23 11 4th 10 14th 6th +5
2001/02 Colorado Avalanche NHL no use due to ankle injury 20th 9 18th 27 20th +8
2002/03 Colorado Avalanche NHL 75 29 77 106 70 +52 7th 2 6th 8th 6th +3
2003/04 Colorado Avalanche NHL 39 18th 37 55 30th +16 11 4th 7th 11 12 +6
2004/05 MODO hockey Elitserien 33 13 26th 39 88 +14 1 0 0 0 2 ± 0
2005/06 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 60 19th 56 75 46 +21 6th 4th 4th 8th 6th +2
2006/07 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 40 11 29 40 72 +2 - - - - - -
2006/07 Nashville Predators NHL 17th 2 13 15th 16 +5 5 2 2 4th 12 +2
2007/08 Colorado Avalanche NHL 9 1 13 14th 8th +7 7th 1 4th 5 14th +3
2008/09 MODO hockey Elitserien 3 1 2 3 0 +4 - - - - - -
2009/10 MODO hockey Elitserien 23 11 19th 30th 66 +11 - - - - - -
2010/11 Colorado Avalanche NHL 2 0 0 0 4th -4 - - - - - -
J20 SuperElit overall 71 53 79 132 102 - - - - - -
Elitserien total 210 87 134 221 448 15th 13 8th 21st 16
NHL overall 708 249 636 885 690 +238 151 64 107 171 163 +54

NHL All-Star Game

year team Venue Sp T V Pt +/- SM
1996 Western Conference All-Stars Boston 1 0 0 0 0
1997 Western Conference All-Stars San Jose Cancellation due to a thigh injury
1998 World all stars Vancouver 1 0 1 1 0
1999 World all stars Tampa 1 0 1 1 0
2000 World all stars Toronto 1 0 0 0 0
2001 World all stars Denver 1 1 2 3 0
2003 Western Conference All-Stars Sunrise 1 1 0 1 0
Total all-star game 6th 2 4th 6th 0

International competitions

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM +/-
1991 Sweden U18 European Championship 4th Place 6th 5 12 17th 16
1992 Sweden U20 World Cup silver 7th 3 8th 11 30th
1992 Sweden WM gold 8th 4th 2 6th 6th +8
1993 Sweden U20 World Cup silver 7th 7th 24 31 8th
1993 Sweden WM silver 8th 1 1 2 12 +1
1994 Sweden Olympia gold 8th 2 6th 8th 6th +4
1996 Sweden World cup 3rd place 4th 1 4th 5 6th +6
1998 Sweden Olympia 5th place 4th 1 4th 5 6th
1998 Sweden WM gold 7th 6th 5 11 0
2003 Sweden WM silver 8th 4th 5 9 6th +5
2004 Sweden WM silver 2 0 1 1 2 ± 0
2004 Sweden World cup 5th place 4th 1 2 3 0 –6
2006 Sweden Olympia gold 6th 0 6th 6th 0 +1
2010 Sweden Olympia 5th place 4th 0 1 1 2 ± 0
Juniors overall 20th 15th 44 59 54
Men overall 61 20th 37 57 46

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

After the career

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Peter Forsberg's shirt number 21 is blocked by the Colorado Avalanche ...
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... and hung on the ceiling of the Pepsi Center .

At the time of his retirement from active sport, Peter Forsberg was fourth in National Hockey League history with an average of 0.898 assists per game, behind Wayne Gretzky (1.320), Mario Lemieux (1.129) and Bobby Orr (0.982). In the scorer points per game category , the center took tenth place in league history with a value of 1.25.

On April 20, 2011, Forsberg was appointed deputy managing director of MODO Hockey .

After Forsberg's retirement, his shirt with the number 21 was hung on October 8, 2011 before Colorado's opening game of the 2011/12 season against the Detroit Red Wings as part of a solemn ceremony by the Colorado Avalanche under the ceiling of the Pepsi Center . During the warm-up phase, all Avalanche players wore a jersey with the number 21 in honor of Forsberg, which will never be given to any Avalanche player again. Forsberg is the fourth Avalanche player to receive the honor, after defenseman Ray Bourque , goalkeeper Patrick Roy and center Joe Sakic .

“I would have gone and bought a ticket to see it. You never knew what he was going to do. He was someone very special. He had an unmistakable movement, skating behind the net with the puck, hitting the defender and holding the puck, things like that. I was lucky enough to have played with him for several years and it was a lot of fun. I always tried to find the free space and he always played the puck through 15 skates and clubs exactly on the stick of his teammate. "

- Milan Hejduk

“He's just a very nice guy, very modest, also very down-to-earth. He was very important for ice hockey in Sweden. For me personally, especially the way he dominated the game physically and technically. His will to win was enormous. "

- Gabriel Landeskog

Play style

Peter Forsberg was a playmaker whose passing game has been compared in effectiveness with that of Wayne Gretzky . The center was considered a tough player and a tireless worker. He was a very fast player who, in addition to good stick technique, also had a hard and very accurate shot. In addition, his creativity on the ice was positively mentioned. At the height of his career, Forsberg was considered the best player in the world. In addition, teammates and coaches confirmed that he had good leadership qualities. In addition to his offensive skills, his defensive work also stood out positively. Longtime teammate Joe Sakic said Forsberg was the most complete player in the National Hockey League; Claude Lemieux expressed himself similarly . Sports Illustrated named Forsberg the best two-way player in the world in 1998.

Forsberg's physical play resulted in numerous injuries. His high injury susceptibility towards the end of his career is justified by the fact that he maintained his tough pace for many years and made no concessions to his age in his style of play. Forsberg played because of several physical complaints between the end of the 2006/07 NHL season and the end of his career in February 2011, only 44 season and play-off games and four games at the 2010 Winter Olympics. His right foot in particular prepared him again and again Problems. According to his own statement, the number of operations that he had to undergo because of various complications on this foot is in the "double-digit range". These foot problems first appeared in the play-offs of the 2002/03 NHL season and ultimately led to the athlete's retirement.

Private matters and activities beyond ice hockey

Forsberg (right) next to the horse trainer Robert Bergh (2007).
Forsberg and Nicole Nordin, January 2014

Forsberg began playing ice hockey at the age of five to follow in the footsteps of his older brother Roger. In his youth, he and Markus Näslund attended a high school specially designed to promote ice hockey players. After finishing his playing career, he began to study economics .

Together with his father Kent , Peter Forsberg founded the development company Forspro Company . Forspro financed, among other things, the construction of the Fjällräven Center , a sports and events arena in his hometown Örnsköldsvik . In addition, Forsberg owned Pforce, a company that imported and marketed Crocs . In July 2010, Pforce had to file for bankruptcy after the company suffered heavy losses in 2008 and 2009.

Forsberg is a fan of trotting and takes part in competitions with his own racing horses. He is also a founding member of Icebreakers , an ice hockey team made up of active and former Swedish NHL players that plays charity games for children and young people from the province of Västernorrland .

His often used nickname Foppa has no special meaning in the Swedish language .

He was engaged to his girlfriend at the time, Nicole Nordin, from November 2010. In February 2012, Forsberg announced Nicole's pregnancy. The couple had a boy, two years later a daughter and in 2016 another son.

Achievements and Awards

Sweden

North America

International competitions

Forsberg in the jersey of the Swedish national team .

Others

Web links

Commons : Peter Forsberg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Forsberg, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Forsberg, Peter Mattias (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 20th July 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Örnsköldsvik , Sweden