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Dick Tärnström

#6 AIK / Elitserien - 12/13

1-time World Championship Best Defenseman

Date of Birth

Jan 20, 1975

Position

Age

Height

6'1" / 186 cm

Place of Birth

Stockholm, SWE

Weight

205 lbs / 93 kg

Nation

Sweden

Shoots

Youth Team

AIK

Status

Retired

Drafted

1994 round 11 #272 overall by New York Islanders

Tärnström was your typical skilled, offensive-minded defenseman. He had a hard, accurate point shot and a very strong passing game. An asset with the man advantage.
On the downside, he was inconsistent in his defensive coverage. Also wasn't a physical player despite decent size.

Son: Oliver Tärnström, Uncle: Tom Tärnström, Nephew: Alexander Tärnström

Team Staff profile of Dick Tärnström also available

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Dick Tärnström Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1990-91	AIK J18	J18 Elit	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
	AIK J20	Juniorserien	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
	Sweden U16 (all)	International-Jr	3*	0*	0*	0*	-*	-*	\|
1991-92	AIK J18	J18 Elit	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
	AIK J20	Juniorserien	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
	Sweden U17 (all)	International-Jr	3*	0*	0*	0*	-*	-*	\|
1992-93	AIK J20	Juniorserien	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
	AIK	Elitserien	2*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-*	\|
	AIK	Allsvenskan D1	15*	0*	5*	5*	14*	-*	\|	Qualification	2	0	0	0	0	-
	Sweden U18	EJC-18	6*	2*	3*	5*	4*	-*	\|
	Sweden U18 (all)	International-Jr	15*	3*	4*	7*	-*	-*	\|
1993-94	AIK J20	Juniorserien	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
	AIK	Division 1	33*	1*	4*	5*	26*	-*	\|	Qualification	9	1	1	2	8	-
	Sweden U19 (all)	International-Jr	3*	1*	0*	1*	-*	-*	\|
	Sweden U20	WJC-20	7*	5*	0*	5*	4*	2*	\|
	Sweden U20 (all)	International-Jr	14*	6*	1*	7*	-*	-*	\|
1994-95	AIK	Elitserien	37*	8*	4*	12*	26*	-*	\|
	Sweden U20	WJC-20	5*	2*	2*	4*	4*	-*	\|
	Sweden U20 (all)	International-Jr	11*	3*	3*	6*	-*	-*	\|
1995-96	AIK	Elitserien	40*	0*	5*	5*	32*	-*	\|
1996-97	AIK	Elitserien	49*	5*	3*	8*	38*	-*	\|	Playoffs	7	0	1	1	6	-
	Sweden B (all)	International	9*	1*	1*	2*	-*	-*	\|
1997-98	AIK	Elitserien	45*	2*	12*	14*	30*	1*	\|	Kvalserien SHL	10	6	2	8	6	-
1998-99	AIK	Elitserien	47*	9*	14*	23*	36*	8*	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	15*	1*	1*	2*	10*	-*	\|
1999-00	AIK	Elitserien	42*	7*	15*	22*	20*	-13*	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	8*	0*	0*	0*	4*	-*	\|
2000-01	AIK	Elitserien	50*	10*	18*	28*	28*	9*	\|	Playoffs	5	0	0	0	8	-3
2001-02	New York Islanders	NHL	62*	3*	16*	19*	38*	-12*	\|	Playoffs	5	0	0	0	2	-2
	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	AHL	9*	0*	2*	2*	2*	3*	\|
2002-03	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	61*	7*	34*	41*	50*	-11*	\|
	Sweden	WC	9*	1*	3*	4*	0*	4*	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	11*	1*	3*	4*	2*	-*	\|
2003-04	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	80*	16*	36*	52*	38*	-37*	\|
	Sweden	WC	9*	4*	2*	6*	6*	7*	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	15*	4*	4*	8*	12*	-*	\|
2004-05	Södertälje SK	Elitserien	50*	7*	18*	25*	46*	-5*	\|	Playoffs	9	1	0	1	6	-7
	Sweden	WCup	2*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-*	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	5*	1*	1*	2*	6*	-3*	\|
2005-06	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	33*	5*	5*	10*	52*	-10*	\|
	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	22*	1*	3*	4*	24*	-5*	\|	Playoffs	12	0	2	2	10	1
2006-07	HC Lugano “A”	NLA	44*	3*	26*	29*	90*	-*	\|	Playoffs	5	1	6	7	8	-
	Sweden “A”	WC	9*	1*	8*	9*	14*	4*	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	22*	2*	15*	17*	28*	5*	\|
2007-08	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	29*	1*	4*	5*	40*	-6*	\|
	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	19*	2*	7*	9*	12*	-5*	\|
2008-09	AIK “C”	HockeyAllsvenskan	38*	9*	23*	32*	68*	20*	\|	Kvalserien SHL	10	1	8	9	12	-9
	Sweden	WC	8*	2*	1*	3*	16*	3*	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	13*	2*	2*	4*	20*	4*	\|
2009-10	AIK “C”	HockeyAllsvenskan	42*	9*	23*	32*	74*	9*	\|	Kvalserien SHL	10	2	7	9	10	0
	Sweden (all)	International	3*	0*	1*	1*	6*	-5*	\|
2010-11	AIK “C”	Elitserien	50*	6*	10*	16*	36*	-4*	\|	Playoffs	8	0	4	4	0	-5
2011-12	AIK “C”	Elitserien	48*	8*	18*	26*	38*	10*	\|	Playoffs	11	2	1	3	8	4
2012-13	AIK “C”	Elitserien	6*	0*	3*	3*	6*	-1*	\|

Dick Tärnström Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1990-91	Stockholm	TV-Pucken	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
2003-04	Sweden	EHT	2*	0*	1*	1*	6*	1*	\|
2004-05	Sweden	EHT	3*	1*	0*	1*	0*	0*	\|
2006-07	HC Lugano	ECC	2*	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	\|
	Sweden	EHT	8*	0*	3*	3*	8*	2*	\|
2008-09	Sweden	EHT	5*	0*	1*	1*	4*	1*	\|
2009-10	Sweden	EHT	3*	0*	1*	1*	6*	-5*	\|

Dick Tärnström Career Totals

League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	\|	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	1	9*	0*	2*	2*	0.22*	2*	3*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Allsvenskan D1	1	15*	0*	5*	5*	0.33*	14*	-*	\|	1	2	0 *	0 *	0 *	0.00 *	0 *	- *
Division 1	1	33*	1*	4*	5*	0.15*	26*	-*	\|	1	9	1 *	1 *	2 *	0.22 *	8 *	- *
ECC	1	2*	0*	0*	0*	0.00*	0*	0*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
EHT	5	21*	1*	6*	7*	0.33*	24*	-1*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
EJC-18	1	6*	2*	3*	5*	0.83*	4*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
HockeyAllsvenskan	2	80*	18*	46*	64*	0.80*	142*	29*	\|	2	20	3 *	15 *	18 *	0.90 *	22 *	-9 *
International	9	101*	12*	28*	40*	0.40*	88*	1*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
International-Jr	5	49*	13*	8*	21*	0.43*	-*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Juniorserien	4	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
NHL	5	306*	35*	105*	140*	0.46*	254*	-86*	\|	2	17	0 *	2 *	2 *	0.12 *	12 *	-1 *
NLA (NL)	1	44*	3*	26*	29*	0.66*	90*	-*	\|	1	5	1 *	6 *	7 *	1.40 *	8 *	- *
Elitserien (SHL)	12	466*	62*	120*	182*	0.39*	336*	5*	\|	6	50	9 *	8 *	17 *	0.34 *	34 *	-11 *
TV-Pucken	1	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
J18 Elit (U18 Region)	2	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WC	4	35*	8*	14*	22*	0.63*	36*	18*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WCup	1	2*	0*	0*	0*	0.00*	0*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WJC-20	2	12*	7*	2*	9*	0.75*	8*	2*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Dick Tärnström Career Highlights

Season

Awards by season

1992-1993
- U18 EJC Gold Medal
1993-1994
1994-1995
- U20 WJC Bronze Medal
2002-2003
- World Championship Silver Medal
2003-2004
2006-2007
- World Championship Most Points by Defenseman (9)
2008-2009
- World Championship Bronze Medal
- World Championship Top 3 Player on Team
2009-2010
- HockeyAllsvenskan to Elitserien Promotion (AIK)

Transactions

DATE	STATUS	FROM	TO	SOURCE
01/18/2013
01/18/2013	Confirmed	AIK	Retired

Player Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for AIK

Cult/Star player for Bridgeport Islanders

Cult/Star player for HC Lugano

Cult/Star player for Sweden

Cult/Star player for Södertälje SK

Career transactions
- 2013-01-18 • Announced his retirement due to a back injury
- 2012-05-02 • Re-signed to a one-year contract by AIK
- 2010-05-17 • Re-signed to a two-year contract by AIK
- 2008-04-23 • Signed by AIK
- 2008-02-01 • Traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets for Curtis Glencross
- 2007-07-01 • Signed to a one-year contract by the Edmonton Oilers
- 2006-08-16 • Signed to a one-year contract by Lugano
- 2006-01-26 • Traded to the Edmonton Oilers for Jani Rita & Cory Cross
- 2005-08-29 • Re-signed to a one-year contract by the Pittsburgh Penguins
- 2004-08-09 • Signed to a lockout contract by Södertälje
- 2003-07-30 • Re-signed to a two-year contract by the Pittsburgh Penguins
- 2002-08-06 • Claimed off waivers by the Pittsburgh Penguins