Thomas Steen
Thomas Steen ( born June 8, 1960 in Grums ) is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player, coach and scout, and Canadian politician. During his active career 1974-1999 he played for the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League, Leksand IF and BK in the Swedish Elitserien Färjestad and the polar bear Berlin and Frankfurt Lions in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.
He then pursued a career as a coach and scout in Sweden for several NHL franchises. Since October 2010 he is a councilor of the district Elmwood - East Kildonan Winnipeg.
His brother was Malte and his son Alexander is also a professional hockey player. Likewise, his cousins Dan and Ulf Labraaten came to professional applications.
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Career
Hockey
Steen began his career in his native city at Grums IK, for which he in the season 1974/75 - in the third highest Swedish league went on the ice - at the age of 14 years. The following year he played with the team in the second class Division 1 and came up nine points scorer in 21 encounters.
Prior to the 1976/77 season the then 16 -year-old joined the Elitserien club Leksand IF, who celebrated in previous years, numerous national successes. Steen came in the first season due to his young age only sporadically inserts received in the season 1977/78 but a regular place in the squad. The following two years he was an integral part of the team and was selected in the summer of 1979 in the NHL Entry Draft in 1979 in the fifth round at 103 instead of the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League. After a change in the Elitserien to Färjestad BK Karlstad from the summer of 1980 he left after winning the Swedish championship title in the direction of North America, since he moved there in the summer of 1981 to the Jets. In addition, was the first election to the Swedish World All- Star team.
In the National Hockey League for the Winnipeg Jets of the Center summed up fast foot and graduated with 44 points from 73 games a solid season as league rookie. In the following years, Steen developed in collaboration with teammates Dale Hawerchuk, Paul MacLean and Dave Babych of the cornerstones of the team. The team graduated from good seasons, but could not build on the successes in the days of World Hockey Association. Steen even increased its yield point 1982-1985 continuously up to 84 points scorer what the second appointment was to the Swedish World All- Star team in 1985 result. After a slight decline in the next game year, but the attacker was the third choice to the Swedish World All- Star team. In the following two years, the offensive statistics went back further, before the striker with 61 assists and 88 points aufstellte personal records in the season 1988/89. His goals - time high of 30 from the 1984/85 season he missed three matches. Between 1989 and 1991, Steen partially acted as team captain of the Jets and was awarded the 1990 Viking Award as the best Swedish player on the North American continent. Overall, he remained until the end of the lockout - shortened NHL season 1994/95 in Winnipeg and ended after his 14 -year NHL career in which he has always remained true to the Jets. His jersey with the number 25 was back on April 1, 1994 - so even while he played for the team - blocked by the Winnipeg Jets franchise and is thus never forgive. That honor was previously only been bestowed Bobby Hull. Both jerseys will be also at the Phoenix Coyotes - like the Jets have been named after a move - no longer awarded. In addition, he was admitted to the province of Manitoba after his playing career end in the Hockey Hall of Fame and was the 128th Swedish professional ice hockey player the Stor Grabb. The Winnipeg Jets Steen holds the franchise record for most games and assists.
After a break Steen returned in the course of the season 1995/96 in the active competition. He Frankfurt Lions joined in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. In the remainder of the season, he completed four games for Hesse. For 1996/ 97, the Swede joined the league rivals Polar bears Berlin. For the polar bears Steen ran three more years until the end of the game in 1998 /99.
Then he finished his final active time and became the 1999/2000 season assistant coach for Frölunda HC Elitserien Association Västra from Gothenburg, whose U18 Allsvenskan team, he served as head coach in the next four years until 2004. At the same time he worked as a scout of the Minnesota Wild for the Swedish market players. After completion of the two engagements in 2004, he worked first in the 2008 /09 season as a scout again, this time for the Phoenix Coyotes. In the season 2009/10 he stood again for MODO Hockey Örnsköldsvik out as assistant coach behind the gang, before he devoted more of politics.
Internationally
Steen represented his native country Sweden in numerous tournaments in the junior and senior level. During his career, he completed 75 games for the A selection of the national team and won two silver medals at the World Ice Hockey Championships. In the junior level four precious metals were added at world and European championships.
He first came at the Junior European Championships in 1977 and won inserts on the side of Pelle Lindbergh and Mats Naslund undefeated gold medal. In the junior level eventually followed by other appearance at the Junior World Championships in 1978, 1979 and 1980 in all three years with the team he won a medal -. 1978 silver and bronze in 1979 and 1980 respectively. In addition, in 1979 he was elected to the All- Star team of the tournament.
In the senior level Steen played for the first time at the 1981 World Championship, where Sweden Silver won and a few months later at the Canada Cup in 1981. The next international appearance was only at the Canada Cup in 1984, where the team was inferior as well in the finals as the World Cup 1986. His last World Cup was the world Cup 1989. internationally last time he went to the Canada Cup in 1991 for the Tre Kronor.
Policy
Steen was in the Canadian general election in 2008 for the first time a candidate of the Conservative Party of Canada, where he lost to the candidate of the New Democratic Party in Winnipeg's Elmwood - Transcona northeastern constituency. Two years later, Steen scored a victory in the local elections in the province of Manitoba and was councilor of the municipality Elmwood - East Kildonan Winnipeg.
Awards and achievements
Internationally
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented Sweden at:
- U18 European Junior Championships 1977
- U20 Junior World Cup 1978
- U20 World Junior Championships 1979
- U20 Junior World Championship 1980
- 1981 World Championship
- Canada Cup 1981
- Canada Cup 1984
- World Cup 1986
- World Cup 1989
- Canada Cup 1991
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )
Family
Steen comes from a hockey loving family. His eight years older brother Malte Steen was also a professional hockey player and during his active career, 1969-1989, among others, in the Swedish Elitserien and Division 1 active. After ending his playing days, he worked Coach - initially for club teams, national teams for later. There he worked for many years for the junior teams of the Spanish national team.
The cousins of the Steens Dan and Ulf Labraaten also played Hockey higher class. Ulf Labraaten came between 1981 and 1984 to 85 games in the Elitserien and then pursued a career as a youth coach. Dan Labraaten was - as Thomas Steen also - active for the Winnipeg Jets still in the World Hockey Association. In the National Hockey League, he came to operations for the Detroit Red Wings and Calgary Flames. In addition to winning the Avco World Trophy with Winnipeg, he also won several Swedish championship titles and medals at the World Ice Hockey Championships.
Thomas Steen's sons - in 1984 geborere in Winnipeg and Alexander in 1991 as there Come to the world Hamilton - are also looking at the sport of ice hockey. While Hamilton Steen to 2010 Junior Hockey played in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League, succeeded his older brother Alexander the jump to the NHL. About the Elitserien 2005 he moved to the Toronto Maple Leafs and later to the St. Louis Blues.