Thomas Steen

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SwedenSweden  Thomas Steen Ice hockey player
Date of birth June 8, 1960
place of birth Grums , Sweden
size 177 cm
Weight 83 kg
position center
number # 25
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1979 , 5th lap, 103rd position
Winnipeg Jets
Career stations
until 1976 Grums IK
1976-1980 Leksands IF
1980-1981 Färjestad BK
1981-1995 Winnipeg Jets
1995-1996 Frankfurt Lions
1996-1999 Polar bears Berlin

Thomas Steen (born June 8, 1960 in Grums ) is a former Swedish ice hockey player , coach and scout as well as a Canadian politician . During his active career between 1974 and 1999 he played for the Winnipeg Jets in the National Hockey League , Leksands IF and Färjestad BK in the Swedish Elitserien and the Eisbären Berlin and Frankfurt Lions in the German Ice Hockey League .

He then pursued a career as a trainer in Sweden and a scout for various NHL franchises . Since October 2010 he has been a councilor for the Elmwood-East Kildonan neighborhood of Winnipeg .

His brother Malte was and his son Alexander is also a professional ice hockey player. His cousins Dan and Ulf Labraaten also came to professional assignments.

Career

ice Hockey

Steen began his career in his hometown with Grums IK , for which he went on the ice in the 1974/75 season - at the age of 14 - in the third highest Swedish league . In the following year he played with the team in the second-rate Division 1 and came up with nine points scorer in 21 games.

Before the 1976/77 season , the then 16-year-old moved to the Elitserien club Leksands IF , which had celebrated numerous national successes in previous years. Steen came in the first season only sporadically due to his young age, but received a regular place in the squad in the 1977/78 season . He was also an integral part of the team for the following two years and was selected in the summer of 1979 in the NHL Entry Draft 1979 in the fifth round in 103rd place by the Winnipeg Jets from the National Hockey League . After a change within the Elitserien to Färjestad BK from Karlstad in the summer of 1980, he said goodbye to North America by winning the Swedish championship title , since he switched to the Jets there in the summer of 1981. In addition, he was elected to the Swedish World All-Star Team for the first time.

In the National Hockey League at the Winnipeg Jets, the center quickly gained a foothold and completed a solid season as a new league player with 44 points from 73 games . In the years that followed, Steen and teammates Dale Hawerchuk , Paul MacLean and Dave Babych became the cornerstones of the team. The team had good seasons, but could not build on the successes of the World Hockey Association . Steen himself increased his points count between 1982 and 1985 continuously to 84 points, which resulted in his second appointment to the Swedish World All-Star Team in 1985. After a slight decline in the following game year, the attacker received the third choice in the Swedish world all-star team. In the following two years, the offensive statistics continued to decline, before the striker set up personal bests in the 1988/89 season with 61 assists and 88 points . His goal record of 30 from the 1984/85 season he missed by three goals. Between 1989 and 1991 Steen also acted partially as team captain of the Jets and in 1990 received the Viking Award for the best Swedish player on the North American continent. Overall, he stayed until the end of the lockout- shortened NHL season 1994/95 in Winnipeg and then ended his 14-year NHL career, in which he was always loyal to the Jets. His shirt with the number 25 was already banned from the Winnipeg Jets franchise on April 1, 1994 - while he was still playing for the team - and will therefore never be awarded again. This honor had previously only been bestowed on Bobby Hull . Both jerseys are no longer awarded by the Phoenix Coyotes - as the jets were named after a move. In addition, after his active career he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame of the Manitoba Province and received the Stor Grabb as the 128th Swedish ice hockey player . At the Winnipeg Jets, Steen holds the franchise record for most games and assists .

After a break, Steen returned to active sport during the 1995/96 season . He joined the Frankfurt Lions from the German Ice Hockey League . During the remainder of the season he played four games for Hessen. For the 1996/97 season , the Swede joined the league competitor Eisbären Berlin . For the polar bears, Steen ran for three more years until the end of the 1998/99 game year .

He then finally ended his active time and became assistant coach of the Elitserien club Västra Frölunda HC from Gothenburg for the 1999/2000 season , whose U18 Allsvenskan team he was head coach for the following four years until 2004. At the same time he worked as a scout for the Minnesota Wild for the Swedish gaming market. After both engagements ended in 2004, he only worked as a scout again in the 2008/09 season , this time for the Phoenix Coyotes. In the 2009/10 season he was again for MODO Hockey from Örnsköldsvik as an assistant coach behind the gang, before he devoted himself more to politics .

International

Steen represented Sweden , his country of birth, at numerous junior and senior tournaments. In the course of his career he completed 75 games for the A-selection of the national team and won two silver medals at ice hockey world championships . In the junior area, precious metals were added four times at world and European championships.

For the first time he came to use at the Junior European Championship in 1977 and won the undefeated gold medal at the side of Pelle Lindbergh and Mats Näslund . In the junior sector, there was finally another appearance at the Junior World Championships in 1978 , 1979 and 1980 . In all three years he won a medal with the team - silver in 1978 and bronze in 1979 and 1980. He was also elected to the tournament's All-Star Team in 1979.

In the senior division, Steen first played at the 1981 World Cup , where the Swedes won silver, and a few months later at the 1981 Canada Cup . The next international appearance took place at the Canada Cup 1984 , where the team was just as defeated in the final as at the 1986 World Cup . His last World Cup was the 1989 World Cup . His last international appearance was at the 1991 Canada Cup for the Tre Kronor .

politics

Steen was in the Canadian general election in 2008 for the first time a candidate for the Conservative Party of Canada , where he was defeated in Winnipeg's northeastern constituency Elmwood-Transcona to the candidate of the New Democratic Party . Two years later, Steen won a local election in Manitoba Province and was a councilor for the Elmwood-East Kildonan borough of Winnipeg.

Achievements and Awards

The Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1974/75 Grums IK Division 2
1975/76 Grums IK Division 1 21st 4th 5 9 - - - - -
1976/77 Leksands IF Elitserien 3 1 1 2 2 - - - - -
1977/78 Leksands IF Elitserien 35 5 5 10 30th - - - - -
1978/79 Leksands IF Elitserien 23 13 4th 17th 35 3 0 0 0 2
1979/80 Leksands IF Elitserien 18th 7th 7th 14th 14th 2 0 0 0 6th
1980/81 Färjestad BK Elitserien 32 16 23 39 30th 7th 4th 2 6th 8th
1981/82 Winnipeg Jets NHL 73 15th 29 44 42 4th 0 4th 4th 2
1982/83 Winnipeg Jets NHL 75 26th 33 59 60 3 0 2 2 0
1983/84 Winnipeg Jets NHL 78 20th 45 65 69 3 0 1 1 9
1984/85 Winnipeg Jets NHL 79 30th 54 84 80 8th 2 3 5 17th
1985/86 Winnipeg Jets NHL 78 17th 47 64 76 3 1 1 2 4th
1986/87 Winnipeg Jets NHL 75 17th 33 50 59 10 3 4th 7th 8th
1987/88 Winnipeg Jets NHL 76 16 38 54 53 5 1 5 6th 2
1988/89 Winnipeg Jets NHL 80 27 61 88 80 - - - - -
1989/90 Winnipeg Jets NHL 53 18th 48 66 35 7th 2 5 7th 16
1990/91 Winnipeg Jets NHL 58 19th 48 67 49 - - - - -
1991/92 Winnipeg Jets NHL 38 13 25th 38 29 7th 2 4th 6th 2
1992/93 Winnipeg Jets NHL 80 22nd 50 72 75 6th 1 3 4th 2
1993/94 Winnipeg Jets NHL 76 19th 32 51 32 - - - - -
1994/95 Winnipeg Jets NHL 31 5 10 15th 14th - - - - -
1995/96 Frankfurt Lions DEL 4th 1 0 1 2 - - - - -
1996/97 Polar bears Berlin DEL 49 15th 18th 33 48 - - - - -
1997/98 Polar bears Berlin DEL 43 4th 7th 11 20th - - - - -
1998/99 Polar bears Berlin DEL 40 7th 15th 22nd 28 - - - - -
Division 1 total 21st 4th 5 9 - - - - -
Elitserien total 111 42 40 82 111 12 4th 2 6th 16
DEL total 137 27 40 67 98 29 4th 12 16 45
NHL overall 950 264 553 817 753 56 12 32 44 62

International

Represented Sweden at:

year team event Sp T V Pt SM
1977 Sweden U18 European Championship 6th 5 3 8th 6th
1978 Sweden U20 World Cup 7th 3 3 6th 6th
1979 Sweden U20 World Cup 6th 5 1 6th 6th
1980 Sweden U20 World Cup 5 2 4th 6th 12
1981 Sweden WM 8th 1 3 4th 6th
1981 Sweden Canada Cup 3 0 0 0 2
1984 Sweden Canada Cup 8th 7th 1 8th 4th
1986 Sweden WM 8th 8th 3 11 16
1989 Sweden WM 10 2 4th 6th 10
1991 Sweden Canada Cup 6th 0 3 3 11
Juniors overall 24 15th 11 26th 30th
Men overall 43 18th 14th 32 49

( 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 )

family

Steen comes from a family who loves ice hockey. His brother Malte Steen , who was eight years older than him, was also a professional ice hockey player and during his active career between 1969 and 1989 he was active in the Swedish Elitserien and Division 1 , among others . After finishing his active career, he worked as a coach - initially for club teams , later for national teams . There he worked for the junior teams of the Spanish national team for years.

The cousins of Steens Dan and Ulf Labraaten also played high-class ice hockey. Ulf Labraaten played 85 games in the Elitserien between 1981 and 1984 and then pursued a career as a youth coach. Dan Labraaten was - like Thomas Steen - still active in the World Hockey Association for the Winnipeg Jets . In the National Hockey League he came to appearances for the Detroit Red Wings and Calgary Flames . In addition to winning the Avco World Trophy with Winnipeg, he also won several Swedish championship titles and medals at ice hockey world championships .

Thomas Steen's sons - in 1984 Winnipeg geborere Alexander and 1991 as there has come to the world Hamilton - go also to the sport of ice hockey. While Hamilton Steen played in junior hockey in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League until 2010 , his older brother Alexander made the leap into the NHL. Through the Elitserien, he moved to the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2005 and later to the St. Louis Blues .

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personal data
SURNAME Steen, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey player, coach and scout, Canadian politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Grums , Sweden