Tomas Holmström
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| Born |
23 January 1973 Piteå, Sweden |
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb) | ||
| Position | Left Wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Luleå HF Detroit Red Wings |
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| National team |
 Sweden
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| NHL Draft | 257th overall, 1994 Detroit Red Wings |
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| Playing career | 1990–2012 | ||
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| Representing Sweden
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| Ice hockey | ||
| Winter Olympics | ||
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2006 Turin | |
Bengt Tomas Holmström (born 23 January 1973) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey left winger who played his entire National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Detroit Red Wings, with whom he won four Stanley Cup championships with in 1997, 1998, 2002 and 2008.
During his playing career, Holmström was widely considered as one of the NHL's best at screening the opposition's goaltender, as well as for his physical presence in front of the opposition's net.
Holmström was first noticed by Detroit Red Wings scout Håkan Andersson in 1993 during a Swedish national team selection camp, where Holmström missed the cut, then again the next year while playing with Boden, where his coach, Niklas Wikegård, told Andersson that Holmström was the team's best player. He was then drafted 257th overall by Detroit in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft and began playing for the Red Wings in the 1996–97 season. During the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Holmström returned to Sweden to play for his old team, Luleå HF, in the Swedish top flight league, the Elitserien.
Homström was inducted into the Piteå Wall of Fame in his hometown in 2006.
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