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Peter Forsberg

#21 Colorado Avalanche / NHL - 10/11

1-time NHL Most Points (Art Ross Trophy)

1-time NHL Most Valuable Player (Hart Trophy)

1-time NHL Rookie of the Year (Calder Trophy)

2-time SHL Most Valuable Player (Guldhjälmen)

1-time Swedish Junior Hockey Player of the Year (Årets Junior)

Date of Birth

Jul 20, 1973

Position

Age

Height

6'1" / 185 cm

Place of Birth

Örnsköldsvik, SWE

Weight

205 lbs / 93 kg

Nation

Sweden

Shoots

Youth Team

Modo AIK

Status

Retired

Drafted

1991 round 1 #6 overall by Philadelphia Flyers

Arguably the greatest Swedish forward to ever play the game. Forsberg was a very good all-around player and has no weaknesses other than the fact that he was so prone to injury. He had a skillset that very few players in the world could match. Forsberg was an excellent playmaker, had fine technical skills, great on-ice vision, a strong physical game, was above average defensively and he also had a good shot, which he however could have used more often.

Father: Kent Forsberg

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Peter Forsberg Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1988-89	MoDo Hockey J18	J18 Elit	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
	Sweden U16 (all)	International-Jr	3*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-*	\|
1989-90	MoDo Hockey J20	Juniorserien	30*	15*	12*	27*	42*	-*	\|
	MoDo Hockey	Allsvenskan D1	1*	0*	1*	1*	4*	-*	\|
	Sweden U17 (all)	International-Jr	5*	3*	7*	10*	-*	-*	\|
1990-91	MoDo Hockey J20	Juniorserien	39*	38*	64*	102*	56*	-*	\|
	MoDo Hockey	Elitserien	23*	7*	10*	17*	22*	-*	\|
	Sweden U18	EJC-18	6*	5*	12*	17*	16*	-*	\|
	Sweden U18 (all)	International-Jr	9*	6*	14*	20*	-*	-*	\|
1991-92	MoDo Hockey	Elitserien	39*	9*	19*	28*	78*	-*	\|
	Sweden U20	WJC-20	7*	3*	8*	11*	30*	-*	\|
	Sweden U20 (all)	International-Jr	9*	3*	9*	12*	-*	-*	\|
	Sweden B (all)	International	2*	2*	2*	4*	-*	-*	\|
	Sweden	WC	8*	4*	2*	6*	6*	-*	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	14*	4*	2*	6*	14*	-*	\|
1992-93	MoDo Hockey	Elitserien	39*	23*	24*	47*	92*	-*	\|	Playoffs	3	4	1	5	0	-
	MoDo Hockey J20	Juniorallsvenskan	2*	0*	3*	3*	4*	-*	\|
	Sweden U20	WJC-20	7*	7*	24*	31*	8*	14*	\|
	Sweden U20 (all)	International-Jr	7*	7*	24*	31*	8*	-*	\|
	Sweden	WC	8*	1*	1*	2*	12*	1*	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	19*	2*	10*	12*	24*	-*	\|
1993-94	MoDo Hockey	Elitserien	39*	18*	26*	44*	82*	-*	\|	Playoffs	11	9	7	16	14	-
	Sweden	OG	8*	1*	6*	7*	6*	-*	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	19*	2*	9*	11*	10*	-*	\|
1994-95	MoDo Hockey	Elitserien	11*	5*	9*	14*	20*	-*	\|
	Québec Nordiques	NHL	47*	15*	35*	50*	16*	17*	\|	Playoffs	6	2	4	6	4	2
	Sweden (all)	International	6*	4*	6*	10*	4*	-*	\|
1995-96	Colorado Avalanche	NHL	82*	30*	86*	116*	47*	26*	\|	Playoffs	22	10	11	21	18	10
1996-97	Colorado Avalanche	NHL	65*	28*	58*	86*	73*	31*	\|	Playoffs	14	5	12	17	10	-6
	Sweden “A”	WCup	4*	1*	4*	5*	6*	4*	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	8*	5*	3*	8*	12*	-*	\|
1997-98	Colorado Avalanche “A”	NHL	72*	25*	66*	91*	94*	6*	\|	Playoffs	7	6	5	11	12	3
	Sweden	OG	4*	1*	5*	6*	6*	5*	\|
	Sweden	WC	7*	6*	5*	11*	0*	9*	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	11*	7*	10*	17*	6*	-*	\|
1998-99	Colorado Avalanche “A”	NHL	78*	30*	67*	97*	108*	27*	\|	Playoffs	19	8	16	24	31	7
1999-00	Colorado Avalanche “A”	NHL	49*	14*	37*	51*	52*	9*	\|	Playoffs	16	7	8	15	12	9
2000-01	Colorado Avalanche “A”	NHL	73*	27*	62*	89*	54*	23*	\|	Playoffs	11	4	10	14	6	5
2001-02	Colorado Avalanche “A”	NHL	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-*	\|	Playoffs	20	9	18	27	20	8
2002-03	Colorado Avalanche “A”	NHL	75*	29*	77*	106*	70*	52*	\|	Playoffs	7	2	6	8	6	3
	Sweden “A”	WC	8*	4*	5*	9*	6*	5*	\|
2003-04	Colorado Avalanche “A”	NHL	39*	18*	37*	55*	28*	16*	\|	Playoffs	11	4	7	11	12	6
	Sweden	WC	2*	0*	1*	1*	2*	0*	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	7*	1*	3*	4*	2*	-*	\|
2004-05	MODO Hockey “A”	Elitserien	33*	13*	26*	39*	88*	14*	\|	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	2	0
	Sweden “A”	WCup	4*	1*	2*	3*	0*	-6*	\|
2005-06	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	60*	19*	56*	75*	46*	21*	\|	Playoffs	6	4	4	8	6	2
	Sweden	OG	6*	0*	6*	6*	0*	1*	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	6*	0*	6*	6*	0*	1*	\|
2006-07	Philadelphia Flyers “C”	NHL	40*	11*	29*	40*	72*	2*	\|
	Nashville Predators	NHL	17*	2*	13*	15*	16*	5*	\|	Playoffs	5	2	2	4	12	2
2007-08	Colorado Avalanche	NHL	9*	1*	13*	14*	8*	7*	\|	Playoffs	7	1	4	5	14	3
2008-09	MODO Hockey	Elitserien	3*	1*	2*	3*	0*	4*	\|
2009-10	MODO Hockey	Elitserien	23*	11*	19*	30*	66*	11*	\|
	Sweden	OG	4*	0*	1*	1*	2*	0*	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	7*	0*	1*	1*	2*	-1*	\|
2010-11	Colorado Avalanche	NHL	2*	0*	0*	0*	4*	-4*	\|

Peter Forsberg Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1988-89	Ångermanland	TV-Pucken	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
1993-94	Sweden	Izvestia Trophy	5*	0*	2*	2*	2*	1*	\|
2009-10	Sweden	EHT	3*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-1*	\|

Peter Forsberg Career Totals

League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	\|	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
Allsvenskan D1	1	1*	0*	1*	1*	1.00*	4*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
EHT	1	3*	0*	0*	0*	0.00*	0*	-1*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
EJC-18	1	6*	5*	12*	17*	2.83*	16*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
International	9	99*	27*	52*	79*	0.80*	74*	0*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
International-Jr	5	33*	19*	54*	73*	2.21*	8*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Izvestia Trophy	1	5*	0*	2*	2*	0.40*	2*	1*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Juniorallsvenskan	1	2*	0*	3*	3*	1.50*	4*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Juniorserien	2	69*	53*	76*	129*	1.87*	98*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
NHL	14	708*	249*	636*	885*	1.25*	688*	238*	\|	13	151	64 *	107 *	171 *	1.13 *	163 *	54 *
OG	4	22*	2*	18*	20*	0.91*	14*	6*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Elitserien (SHL)	8	210*	87*	135*	222*	1.06*	448*	29*	\|	3	15	13 *	8 *	21 *	1.40 *	16 *	0 *
TV-Pucken	1	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
J18 Elit (U18 Region)	1	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WC	5	33*	15*	14*	29*	0.88*	26*	15*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WCup	2	8*	2*	6*	8*	1.00*	6*	-2*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WJC-20	2	14*	10*	32*	42*	3.00*	38*	14*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Peter Forsberg Career Highlights

Season

Awards by season

1988-1989
- TV-Pucken Gold Medal
1990-1991
- J18 SM Gold Medal
- U18 EJC Most Points (17)
1991-1992
1992-1993
1993-1994
1994-1995
1995-1996
1996-1997
- NHL Top Defensive Forward (Selke Trophy) Finalist
- Sweden All-Star Team
1997-1998
1998-1999
2000-2001
- NHL All-Star Game
- NHL Stanley Cup Champion
2001-2002
- NHL Playoffs Most Assists (18)
- NHL Playoffs Most Points (27)
2002-2003
2003-2004
- World Championship Silver Medal
2004-2005
- Elitserien Best Face-Off Percentage (63.5%)
2005-2006
- Olympic Gold Medal
2012-2013
- IIHF Hall of Fame
2014-2015
- Hockey Hall of Fame

Transactions

DATE	STATUS	FROM	TO
02/14/2011
02/14/2011	Confirmed	Colorado Avalanche	Retired
02/06/2011
02/06/2011	Confirmed	No team	Colorado Avalanche

Player Biography and Trivia

Number 21 retired by Colorado Avalanche

Number 21 retired by MoDo Hockey

Cult/Star player for Colorado Avalanche

Cult/Star player for MoDo Hockey

Cult/Star player for Philadelphia Flyers

Cult/Star player for Québec Nordiques

Cult/Star player for Sweden

His jersey #21 was retired by the Colorado Avalanche on October 8, 2011.

Has become Partner & Member of the Directors Board of the 4Sports Hockey Agency in February 2019.

Career transactions
- 2011-02-14 • Announced his retirement
- 2011-02-06 • Signed by the Colorado Avalanche
- 2009-11-16 • Signed by Modo
- 2008-02-25 • Signed by the Colorado Avalanche
- 2007-02-15 • Traded to the Nashville Predators for Scottie Upshall, Ryan Parent, a 2007 1st round pick (later traded back to Nashville for Hartnell & Timonen - Jonathon Blum) & a 2007 3rd round pick (later traded to Washington - Phil DeSimone)
- 2005-08-03 • Signed to a two-year contract by the Philadelphia Flyers
- 2004-09-18 • Signed to a one-year contract by Modo
- 2003-06-25 • Re-signed to a one-year contract by the Colorado Avalanche
- 1995-06-21 • Rights transferred to the Colorado Avalanche after the Quebec Nordiques franchise relocated
- 1992-06-30 • Rights traded to the Quebec Nordiques with Ron Hextall, Kerry Huffman, Mike Ricci, Chris Simon, a 1993 1st round pick (Jocelyn Thibault), a 1994 1st round pick (later traded to Toronto, then Washington: Nolan Baumgartner) & cash for Eric Lindros