Tommy Westlund

Tommy Westlund
Date of birth	December 29, 1974
place of birth	Fors , Sweden
size	185 cm
Weight	94 kg
position	Right wing
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1998 , 4th round, 93rd position Carolina Hurricanes
Career stations
1992-1995	Avesta BK
1995-1998	Brynäs IF
1998-1999	Beast of New Haven
1999-2003	Carolina Hurricanes
2003-2004	Leksands IF

Tommy Westlund (born December 29, 1974 in Fors ) is a former Swedish ice hockey player who played for the Carolina Hurricanes in the National Hockey League from 1992 to 2004 .

Career

Tommy Westlund began his career as a hockey player at Avesta BK , for whose professional team he was active from 1992 to 1995 in Division 1, which was still second at the time. He then received a contract with Brynäs IF , for which he played in the Elitserien for the following three years . After winger was selected in the fourth round of the NHL Entry Draft in 1998 as the 93rd player overall by the Carolina Hurricanes , he joined them and spent four seasons for the team from Raleigh , North Carolina , in the National Hockey League .

With the Hurricanes, the Swede failed in the 2001/02 season only in the final of the Stanley Cup at the Detroit Red Wings . The 1998 world champion completed most of the 2002/03 season in the American League's Beast of New Haven , the Hurricanes ' farm team . Westlund ended his career after the 2003/04 season , which he had spent in the Elitserien at Leksands IF , at the age of 30.

International

For Sweden Westlund took part in the 1998 World Cup, where he and his team became world champions.

Achievements and Awards

• 1998 gold medal at the world championship

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	4th	203	9	13	22nd	48
Playoffs	2	25th	1	0	1	17th

Web links

• Tommy Westlund at hockeydb.com (English)
• Tommy Westlund at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Tommy Westlund at eurohockey.com