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| 1982 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Tomas Sandstrom
Selected in
second round
No. 36 overall by New York Rangers
Born
September 4, 1964
 | Position:
Right Wing
Height: 6-2 Weight: 200
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Fagersta (Sweden)
Birthplace:
Jakobstad, Finland
Hometown: Fagersta, Sweden |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1979-80 |
Fagersta | Sweden |
6 | 1 |
1 | 2 |
0 | | 1980-81 |
Fagersta | Sweden |
20 | 23 |
5 | 28 |
-- | | 1981-82 |
Fagersta | Sweden |
32 | 28 |
11 | 39 |
74 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
European Junior Championships: 1982 (gold medal)
Sweden Arets Trophy (Top Junior): 1981-82 (Fagersta)
European Junior Championships Best Forward: 1982
European
Junior Championships All-Star First Team: 1982 |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 11, 1984 (Hartford at N.Y.
Rangers)
Numbers: 28 (N.Y. Rangers); 7
(Los Angeles); 17 (Pittsburgh);
28 (Detroit); 17 (Anaheim)
Stanley Cup: 1997.
Playing Status:
Retired 2002 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1984-1999 |
NYR, LA, Pittsburgh,
Detroit, Anaheim | 983 |
394 | 462 |
856 | 1,193 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1985-1999 |
NYR, LA, Pittsburgh,
Detroit, Anaheim | 139 |
32 | 49 |
81 | 183 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
NHL All-Rookie
Team: 1984-85 (N.Y. Rangers)
All-Star Game: 1988 (N.Y.
Rangers), 1991 (Los Angeles)
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1993 (Los Angeles)
N.Y. Rangers MVP: 1984-85
N.Y. Rangers Records: Most hat tricks in one season (4 in 1986-87)
Los Angeles Records: Most assists in one game (6 vs. Detroit on Oct.
9, 1993, shares record)
N.Y. Rangers Points
Leader: 1988-89 (88)
NYR Goals
Leader: 1984-85 (29), 1985-86 (25), 1986-87 (40, tie)
N.Y. Rangers
Assists
Leader: 1988-89 (56)
N.Y. Rangers Playoffs Points
Leader: 1989 (5, tie)
N.Y. Rangers Playoffs Goals
Leader: 1989 (3, tie)
N.Y. Rangers Playoffs Assists
Leader: 1989 (2, tie)
Los Angeles Goals
Leader: 1990-91 (45, tie)
Los Angeles Playoffs Goals
Leader: 1990 (5, tie)
Los Angeles Playoffs Penalty-Minutes
Leader: 1990 (19)
Miscellaneous: Signed first NHL contract with N.Y. Rangers in May 1984.
... Scored goal in his first NHL game. The goal, a 10-foot shot at 18:51 of
the third period, beat Hartford goaltender Greg Millen to give N.Y. Rangers
a 4-4 tie with Whalers in 1984-85 season-opener. ... Missed parts of 1985-86
season with bruised right shoulder, an injury suffered during N.Y. Rangers'
Oct. 23, 1985, game vs. New Jersey, with bruised tailbone, an injury
suffered during N.Y. Rangers' Dec. 7, 1985, game at Philadelphia, and with
mild concussion, an injury suffered during N.Y. Rangers' Feb. 24, 1986, game
at Minnesota. ... Missed part of 1986-87 season with hip pointer and with
broken right ankle, an injury suffered when he was checked by Andrei
Khomutov while playing for NHL All-Star team during Game 1 of Rendez-Vous
'87 series vs. Soviet national team on Feb. 11, 1987. He did not return to
action until N.Y. Rangers' March 4, 1987, game vs. N.Y. Islanders. ...
Missed parts of 1987-88 season with broken right index finger, an injury
suffered during N.Y. Rangers; Nov. 7, 1987, game at Los Angeles, and with
back injury, suffered during N.Y. Rangers' Nov. 28, 1987, game at N.Y.
Islanders. ... Missed part of 1988-89 season with the flu, contracted in
December 1988. ... Missed part of 1989-90 season with facial fracture, an
injury suffered during Los Angeles' Feb. 28, 1990, game vs. Edmonton. ...
Played on line with Wayne Gretzky for Los Angeles in 1990-91. ... Named NHL
Player of the Week for the week ending Nov. 25, 1990. ... Missed part of
1990-91 season with cracked vertebrae, an injury suffered when he crashed
into the goal post during Los Angeles' Nov. 29, 1990, game vs. St. Louis. He
did not return to action until Los Angeles' Dec. 29, 1990, game vs.
Montreal. ... Missed part of 1991 playoffs with right knee injury, suffered
during Game 2 of Los Angeles' Smythe Division finals series vs. Edmonton on
April 20, 1991. ... Suspended five games without pay by NHL during 1991-92 season for
hitting Kevin Haller in the head with his stick during Los Angeles' Nov. 14,
1991, game vs. Buffalo. After a review by the league, the suspension was
announced by NHL vice president Brian O'Neill on Nov. 29, 1991, but the
Kings took a seven-day grace period that enabled Sandstrom to continue
playing until he was forced to begin serving the suspension on Dec. 6, 1991. ... Missed part of 1991-92 season with partially dislocated shoulder,
an injury suffered during Los Angeles' Dec. 28, 1991, game at Edmonton. He
did not return to action until Los Angeles' March 3, 1992, game vs.
Philadelphia. ... Missed part of 1992-93 season with broken left forearm, suffered
when he was slashed by Doug Gilmour in Los Angeles' Nov. 21, 1992, game vs. Toronto. He did
not return to action until Los Angeles' Dec. 22, 1992, game vs. Vancouver,
when he promptly re-aggravated the injury. He did not return to action from
the re-aggravated injury until Los Angeles' Jan. 21, 1993, game vs.
Vancouver. ... Missed part of 1992-93 season with broken jaw, an injury
suffered when he was hit by teammate Paul Coffey's slap shot during Los
Angeles' Jan. 28, 1993, game vs. Calgary. He did not return to action until
Los Angeles' March 20, 1993, game vs. St. Louis. ... Missed part of 1993-94
season with pulled hamstring, an injury suffered during Los Angeles' Oct.
26, 1993, game at N.Y. Islanders. ... Shared NHL record (since broken) for
career regular-season overtime goals with seven through 1995 season. ...
Missed part of 1995 season with sprained foot, an injury suffered during
Pittsburgh's Jan. 21, 1995, season-opener at Tampa Bay. ... Missed part of
1995-96 season recovering from minor ankle surgery, performed on Feb. 20,
1996. He did not return to action until Pittsburgh's March 13, 1996, game at
Hartford. ... Missed remainder of 1995-96 regular season with shoulder
injury, suffered when he was hit by Steven Rice during Pittsburgh's March
13, 1996, game at Hartford. He did not return to action until Game 1 of
Pittsburgh's first-round playoff series vs. Washington on April 17, 1996.
... Missed part of 1996-97 season with pulled groin, an injury
suffered during Pittsburgh's Oct. 11, 1996, game at Ottawa. ... Was
represented by agent Don Baizley during his latter years in the NHL. ... Signed with Anaheim as
Group III unrestricted free agent on Aug. 1, 1997. ... Missed remainder of
1997-98 season with separated right shoulder, an injury suffered during
Anaheim's April 18, 1998, game at Los Angeles. ... Missed part of 1998-99
season with broken left wrist, an injury suffered when he fell into the
boards after being checked during Anaheim's Nov. 8, 1998, game vs. Detroit.
The injury required surgery on Nov. 10, 1998, and Sandstrom did not return
to action until Anaheim's Jan. 4, 1999, game at Nashville. ... Played on
line with Travis Green and Marty McInnis for Anaheim in 1998-99. ... Turned down offer to
re-sign with Anaheim as unrestricted free agent so he
could end career in his native Sweden. He signed a three-year deal with Malmo
(Sweden) on June 24, 1999. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Gavle (Sweden); Malmo (Sweden)
Olympics: 1984 (bronze medal), 1998
(5-8 place)
NHL-USSR Rendez-Vous Series: 1987
Canada Cup: 1984
(second place), 1991 (fourth place)
World Championships: 1985
(sixth), 1987 (gold medal), 1989 (fourth)
World Junior Championships: 1983 (fourth
place), 1984 (fifth place)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
World Junior Championships Best Forward:
1983
World
Junior Championships All-Star First Team: 1983
Sweden Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1983-84 (Gavle) (81)
Miscellaneous: Led Sweden with 12
points and 9 goals at 1983 World Junior Championships. ... Voted Sweden's
top junior player by Expressen newspaper in 1982-83. ... Completed
seven months of compulsory military service in Sweden before entering NHL.
... Worked as a carpenter during off-seasons of his early playing days in
Sweden. ... Scored tying goal for Sweden with 1:21 remaining in medal-round
game vs. Soviet Union, enabling Sweden to eventually claim 1987 World
Championship gold medal after beating Canada in final game. ... Played for
Malmo (Sweden)
during 1994-95 NHL lockout. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE:
N.Y. Rangers traded Sandstrom and Tony Granato to Los Angeles in exchange
for Bernie Nicholls on January 20, 1990. |
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SNAPSHOT '82 | | Total Selected: |
252 | | Forwards: |
152 | | Defense: |
82 | | Goaltenders: |
18 | | Major Junior: |
129 | | Tier II/Jr. B: |
27/4 | | College Players: |
20 | | High School: |
37 |
| Canadian: |
152 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
3 | | USA Citizens: |
62 | | U.S.-Born: |
62 |
| European: |
35 |
| Reached NHL: |
109 |
| Stanley Cup: |
18 | | Hall of Fame: |
0 |
| All-Star Game: |
14 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
4 |
| Olympians: |
37 |
| Picks Traded: |
50 |
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