Tomas Jonsson

Tomas Jonsson
IIHF Hall of Fame , 2000
Date of birth	April 12, 1960
place of birth	Falun , Sweden
size	181 cm
Weight	83 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1979 , 2nd round, 25th position New York Islanders
Career stations
1974-1977	Falun IF
1977-1981	MoDo Hockey Örnsköldsvik
1981-1989	New York Islanders
1989	Edmonton Oilers
1989-1998	Leksands IF
1998-1999	Falun IF

Tomas Jonsson (born April 12, 1960 in Falun ) is a former Swedish ice hockey player (defender) who played for the New York Islanders and Edmonton Oilers in the National Hockey League from 1981 to 1989 . Since the end of his career he has worked as a trainer, among others for Leksands IF , Falun IF and Esbjerg fB Ishockey . Since 2012 he has been the assistant coach of the Danish men's national team .

Career

Jonsson began his career with the second division team Falun IF and moved to MoDo Hockey in the Elitserien before the 1977/78 season . A year later, in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft , he was selected by the New York Islanders in the second round in 25th place. Two years later he made his debut for the Islanders in the 1981/82 season and won the NHL championship, the Stanley Cup , with the team . He became the third European to win the Stanley Cup. In the following season he succeeded in defending his title with the Islanders.

Jonsson played for the Islanders until 1989, which then gave him to the Edmonton Oilers . However, he did not stay long with the Oilers, but returned to Europe to play for Leksands IF until 1998 .

International

Jonsson began representing his home country at world championships early on in his career, including becoming the 1991 ice hockey world champion. One of the highlights of his career was winning the gold medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics . By winning this medal, he was accepted into the prestigious Triple Gold Club , which only includes players who have won the Stanley Cup, a world championship title and an Olympic gold medal.

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	9	552	85	259	344	482
Playoffs	8th	80	11	26th	37	97

Sporting successes

• 1977 gold medal at the U18 European Junior Championship
• 1978 silver medal at the U20 World Junior Championship
• 1979 bronze medal at the U20 Junior World Championship
• 1979 bronze medal at the world championship
• 1981 silver medal at the world championship
• 1986 silver medal at the world championship
• Stanley Cup : 1982 and 1983
• 1990 silver medal at the world championship
• Ice hockey world champion: 1991
• Olympic champion: 1994

Personal awards

• Best junior player in the Elitserien: 1977/78
• All-Star Team of the Junior World Championship: 1980
• Appointment to the All-Star Team of the Elitserien: 1979, 1980, 1990 and 1995
• Winning the guldpucken : 1995
• Induction into the IIHF Hall of Fame : 2000

Web links

• Tomas Jonsson at hockeydb.com (English)
• Tomas Jonsson at eurohockey.com
• Tomas Jonsson at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Tomas Jonsson in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )