Tommy Salo
Date of birth | 1st February 1971 |
place of birth | Surahammar , Sweden |
size | 183 cm |
Weight | 82 kg |
position | goalkeeper |
Catch hand | Left |
Draft | |
NHL Entry Draft |
1993 , 5th round, 118th position New York Islanders |
Career stations | |
until 1994 | Västerås IK |
1994-1999 | New York Islanders |
1999-2004 | Edmonton Oilers |
2004 | Colorado Avalanche |
2004-2005 | MODO Hockey Örnsköldsvik |
2005-2007 | Frölunda HC |
Tomas Mikael "Tommy" Salo (born February 1, 1971 in Surahammar ) is a former Swedish ice hockey goalkeeper who was active in the National Hockey League for the New York Islanders , Edmonton Oilers and Colorado Avalanche . Since March 2009 he has been the head coach of IK Oskarshamn in the second Swedish league, HockeyAllsvenskan .
Career
Tommy Salo was selected in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Islanders in the fifth round at position 118. Salo was playing at the time in the Swedish Elitserien at VIK Västerås HK . However, he did not go straight to the NHL, but stayed in Sweden for another year. In February 1994 he experienced the first high point of his career when he won the gold medal at the Winter Olympics with the Swedish team .
In the summer of 1994 he moved to the New York Islanders in the NHL, but completed only six games in his first season and played mainly with the farm team in the IHL with the Denver Grizzlies . In addition to winning the championship, he received several awards there. He got the James Gatschene Memorial Trophy as the most valuable player of the season and the Garry F. Longman Memorial Trophy as the best young professional in the league. Then there was the James Norris Memorial Trophy as the goalkeeper with the fewest goals. The following season his appearances in the NHL were still rare and so he played on with the farm team, which had moved to Utah and were now called Utah Grizzlies . The season was again very positive because his team was able to defend the championship title. For the second time he got the James Norris Memorial Trophy, as he had again conceded the fewest goals and received the Norman R. "Bud" Poile Trophy as the most valuable player in the play-offs .
But now Tommy Salo's time in the IHL was over and he was the goalkeeper of the New York Islanders in the NHL for the 1996/97 season . Salo finally got the chance to assert himself in the top of the world, which he did, but the team success with the Islanders failed to materialize. Not once could they reach the playoffs. In 1998 he won the world title with the Swedish team . Towards the end of the 1998/99 season he was transferred to the Edmonton Oilers in an exchange deal and played his first four playoff games in the same season, but he lost all of them.
But the move to Edmonton had a positive effect on Tommy Salo, because not only did the team play more successfully, but Salo also performed better, so that he was allowed to participate in the NHL All-Star Game in 2000 and 2002 as a reward . In 2002 Salo played his third Winter Olympics . In the quarter-finals, however, he had to take the goal on his cap that led to the elimination against Belarus . During his time in Edmonton, Salo always reached the playoffs, with one exception. However, never got past the first round.
In March 2004 Salo was transferred to the Colorado Avalanche , where he was the back-up goalie for David Aebischer for the rest of the season and the playoffs . After this season the lockout and the cancellation of the 2004/05 NHL season followed . Salo had already signed a contract in the Swedish Elitserien with MODO Hockey in the summer , which suggests that Salo wanted to end his NHL career regardless of the season's cancellation. After the season, almost all of the NHL stars went back to North America, because the game should start again in October 2005.
Tommy Salo decided to stay in Sweden and played a very successful season with his new team Frölunda HC and made it to the final of the championship, but lost to Färjestad BK there . After another season with Frölunda, he ended his career in the summer of 2007 and signed a two-year contract as a coach with the Swedish third division club Kungälvs IK . Since March 2009 he has been under contract with IK Oskarshamn as head coach.
Achievements and Awards
- Gold medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- All-Star Team at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Turner Cup 1995 and 1996
- James Gatschene Memorial Trophy 1995
- Garry F. Longman Memorial Trophy 1995
- James Norris Memorial Trophy 1995 and 1996
- Norman R. "Bud" Poile Trophy 1996
- Silver medal at the 1997 World Cup
- World Champion 1998
- Bronze medal at the 1999 World Cup
- Participation in the NHL All-Star Game : 2000 and 2002
Career statistics
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season | team | league | Sp. | GT | SO | GTD | FQ | Sp. | GT | SO | GTD | FQ | ||
1994/95 | New York Islanders | NHL | 6th | 18th | 0 | 3.02 | .905 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1994/95 | Denver Grizzlies | IHL | 65 | 165 | 3 | 2.60 | .910 | 8th | 20th | 0 | 3.07 | .890 | ||
1995/96 | New York Islanders | NHL | 10 | 35 | 0 | 4.02 | .860 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1995/96 | Utah grizzlies | IHL | 45 | 119 | 4th | 2.65 | .902 | 22nd | 51 | 3 | 2.28 | .919 | ||
1996/97 | New York Islanders | NHL | 58 | 151 | 5 | 2.82 | .904 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1997/98 | New York Islanders | NHL | 62 | 152 | 4th | 2.64 | .906 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1998/99 | New York Islanders | NHL | 51 | 132 | 5 | 2.62 | .904 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1998/99 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 13 | 27 | 0 | 2.31 | .903 | 4th | 11 | 0 | 2.22 | .931 | ||
1999/2000 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 70 | 162 | 2 | 2.33 | .914 | 5 | 14th | 0 | 2.82 | .895 | ||
2000/01 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 73 | 179 | 8th | 2.46 | .904 | 6th | 15th | 0 | 2.21 | .920 | ||
2001/02 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 69 | 149 | 6th | 2.22 | .913 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2002/03 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 65 | 172 | 4th | 2.70 | .899 | 6th | 18th | 0 | 3.14 | .888 | ||
2003/04 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 44 | 107 | 3 | 2.58 | .896 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2003/04 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 5 | 12 | 0 | 2.37 | .912 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,000 | ||
2004/05 | MoDo hockey | SEL | 36 | 93 | 0 | 2.58 | .909 | 6th | 19th | 1 | 3.18 | .888 | ||
2005/06 | Frölunda HC | SEL | 37 | 90 | 0 | 2.47 | .911 | 17th | 40 | 1 | 2.35 | .920 | ||
2006/07 | Frölunda HC | SEL | 22nd | ? | ? | 3.29 | .875 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
NHL total | 526 | 1296 | 37 | 2.55 | .905 | 22nd | 58 | 0 | 2.54 | .910 | ||||
IHL Total | 110 | 284 | 7th | . | . | 30th | 71 | 3 | . | . | ||||
SEL total | 95 | . | . | 23 | . | . |
( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; 1 play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)
Web links
- Tommy Salo at eurohockey.com
- Tommy Salo at hockeygoalies.org
- Tommy Salo at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Tommy Salo in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Salo, Tommy |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Salo, Tomas Mikael (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish ice hockey player and coach |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1st February 1971 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Surahammar, Sweden |