Tom Pederson

Tom Pederson
Date of birth	January 14, 1970
place of birth	Bloomington , Minnesota , USA
size	178 cm
Weight	85 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1989 , 11th round, 217th position Minnesota North Stars
Career stations
1988-1991	University of Minnesota
1991-1992	Kansas City Blades
1992-1996	San Jose Sharks
1996-1997	Seibu Tetsudo Tokyo
1997	Toronto Maple Leafs
1997-1998	Fort Wayne Comet
1998-2000	Hanover Scorpions

Thomas S. Pederson (born January 14, 1970 in Bloomington , Minnesota ) is a retired American ice hockey player . During his career he played for the San Jose Sharks and Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League and the Hannover Scorpions in the German Ice Hockey League .

Career

Pederson first played for three years from 1988 to 1991 at the University of Minnesota in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, where he proved to be an offensive and defensive defender . Already after his first year of college who had him Minnesota North Stars in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft selected in the eleventh round at the 217th position.

After he had been selected in the 1991 NHL Dispersal Draft by the newly founded San Jose Sharks from the roster of the Minnesota North Stars franchise , he first joined the US national team for the 1991/92 season before finally joining the Kansas City Blades , then the San Joses farm team , came where at the end of the season he could win the Turner Cup , the championship of the International Hockey League . The American spent the following season on the farm team for the time being, but made it into the Sharks' NHL squad during the season. He remained loyal to these until the end of the 1995/96 season . After his contract expired, he first moved to Japan to Seibu Tetsudo Tokyo , as he was no longer able to play in the NHL after a weak season in 1995/96 and wanted to forego deportation to the minor leagues . But he returned after a short time and only 29 games for the club from Tokyo back to North America, since the Toronto Maple Leafs had made him a contract offer. However, the Maple Leafs used him in the course of the 1996/97 season only once and let him mostly compete in the AHL or IHL.

Pederson left the Maple Leafs franchise in the summer of 1998 and moved to Europe, where he played for the Hannover Scorpions from the DEL in the 1998/99 and 1999/00 seasons. In the summer of 2000 he ended his active career.

Achievements and Awards

• 1992 Turner Cup win with the Kansas City Blades

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	5	240	20th	49	69	142
Playoffs	2	24	1	11	12	10

Web links

• Tom Pederson at hockeydb.com (English)
• Tom Pederson at legendsofhockey.net (English)