Peter Forsberg · TheSportsDB · Courtesy of TheSportsDB
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Peter Forsberg is a male individual born in 1973. He holds Swedish nationality and is recognized in the Hockey Hall of Fame collection. His professional career spanned from 1989 to 2011.
During this period, Forsberg played in 708 matches. He recorded a total of 249 goals and 636 assists, resulting in 885 career points. His statistical record also includes 1,693 shots, 690 penalty minutes, and a career plus-minus rating of 238.
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Authority record · VIAF
- Lifespan
- b. 1973
- Nationality
- SE
- Gender
- Male
Recorded by 6 libraries
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1973-07-20 ) 20 July 1973 (age 52) , Örnsköldsvik , Sweden
- Height
- 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
- Weight
- 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
- Position
- Centre
- Shot
- Left
- Played for
- Modo Hockey , Quebec Nordiques , Colorado Avalanche , Philadelphia Flyers , Nashville Predators
- National team
- Sweden
- Nhl draft
- 6th overall, 1991 , Philadelphia Flyers
- Playing career
- 1989 – 2011
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Peter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of birth
- Örnsköldsvik
- Father
- Kent Forsberg
- Occupation
- ice hockey player
- Languages spoken
- Swedish
- Sport
- ice hockey
- Member of team
- Modo Hockey
- Position played
- centre
- League
- National Hockey League
- Mass
- 95
- Image
- Peter Forsberg in January 2014.jpg
- Height
- 183
Show 13 more facts
- date of birth
- 1973-07-20
- Commons category
- Peter Forsberg
- drafted by
- Philadelphia Flyers
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 708
- total goals in career
- 249
- total shots in career
- 1693
- penalty minutes in career
- 690
- career plus-minus rating
- 238
- total points in career
- 885
- total assists in career
- 636
- name in native language
- Peter Mattias Forsberg
- start of work period
- 1989-00-00
- end of work period
- 2011-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Peter Mattias Forsberg ( pronounced [ˈpěːtɛr ˈfɔ̂ʂːbærj] ; born 20 July 1973) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player and former assistant general manager of Modo Hockey. Nicknamed "Peter the Great" and "Foppa", Forsberg was known for his on-ice vision and physical play, and is considered one of the greatest players of all time. Although his career was shortened by persistent injuries, as of 2024, he stands ninth all-time in career points-per-game and fifth all-time in career assists-per-game in the NHL, behind only Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Bobby Orr, and Connor McDavid. In 2017 Forsberg was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.
His 19-year professional career includes 13 years in the National Hockey League (NHL), where he won two Stanley Cups with the Colorado Avalanche, as well as several individual honors including the Hart Memorial Trophy in 2003. As of the end of the 2017–18 season, he is the seventh-highest all-time Swedish point scorer in the NHL regular season. Before his short-lived comeback season in 2011, Forsberg never had a negative plus-minus rating, giving him an overall career rating of +238.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Peter Forsberg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.