Tomas Jonsson

Medal record
Representing Sweden
Ice hockey
European Junior Championships
World Junior Championships
World Championships
Winter Olympics

Tomas Jonsson
Tomas Jonsson
	Tomas Jonsson in February 2010
Born	12 April 1960 (age 64); Falun, Sweden
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Left
Played for	Modo AIK (SEL); New York Islanders (NHL); Edmonton Oilers (NHL); Leksands IF (SEL)
National team	Sweden
NHL draft	25th overall, 1979 ; New York Islanders
Playing career	1977–1998

Last updated October 15, 2024

Alf Tomas Jonsson (born 12 April 1960) is a former ice hockey player from Sweden. He is assistant coach for the Danish national ice hockey team.

Jonsson was drafted by the New York Islanders in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft in the 2nd round, the 25th overall pick. During the 1980 World Junior Championships he and Reijo Ruotsalainen were the media's selections as the best defencemen of the tournament.^[1] Jonsson made his debut for the Islanders in the 1981–82 season, winning a Stanley Cup championship with the team in his first season. The Islanders repeated as Cup champions again the following season.

Jonsson played with the Islanders until 1989, when he was traded to the Edmonton Oilers. He played with the Oilers only for the remainder of the 1988–89 season. After that he moved back to Sweden, playing with Leksands IF until 1998. He was named Swedish Player of the Year in 1994–95.

In 1994 Jonsson won an Olympic gold medal. That made him one of the first three members of the Triple Gold Club, players who have won a Stanley Cup, a World Championship and an Olympic gold medal. Jonsson was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2000.^[2]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1974–75	Falu IF	SWE III	8	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
1975–76	Falu IF	SWE II	20	0	4	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
1976–77	Falu IF	SWE II	19	3	7	10	—	—	—	—	—	—
1977–78	Modo AIK	SEL	35	9	8	17	45	2	0	0	0	4
1978–79	Modo AIK	SEL	34	11	9	20	77	5	1	2	3	13
1979–80	Modo AIK	SEL	36	3	13	16	42	—	—	—	—	—
1980–81	Modo AIK	SEL	35	8	12	20	58	—	—	—	—	—
1981–82	Modo AIK	SEL	7	0	2	2	8	—	—	—	—	—
1981–82	New York Islanders	NHL	70	9	25	34	51	10	0	2	2	21
1982–83	New York Islanders	NHL	72	13	35	48	50	20	2	10	12	18
1983–84	New York Islanders	NHL	72	11	36	47	54	21	3	5	8	22
1984–85	New York Islanders	NHL	69	16	34	50	58	7	1	2	3	10
1985–86	New York Islanders	NHL	77	14	30	44	62	3	0	1	1	4
1986–87	New York Islanders	NHL	47	6	25	31	36	10	1	4	5	6
1987–88	New York Islanders	NHL	72	6	41	47	115	5	2	2	4	10
1988–89	New York Islanders	NHL	53	9	23	32	34	—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	20	1	10	11	22	4	2	0	2	6
1989–90	Leksands IF	SEL	40	11	15	26	54	3	1	1	2	4
1990–91	Leksands IF	SEL	22	7	7	14	16	—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	Leksands IF	SEL	22	6	7	13	26	—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	Leksands IF	SEL	38	8	15	23	90	2	1	1	2	4
1993–94	Leksands IF	SEL	33	4	14	18	38	4	0	1	1	6
1994–95	Leksands IF	SEL	37	8	17	25	38	4	1	3	4	27
1995–96	Leksands IF	SEL	34	5	17	22	24	5	0	4	4	2
1996–97	Leksands IF	SEL	38	8	13	21	42	9	2	1	3	4
1997–98	Leksands IF	SEL	38	7	10	17	34	4	0	0	0	12
1998–99	Falu IF	SWE IV	1	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
SEL totals			449	94	160	254	592	38	6	13	19	76
NHL totals			552	85	259	344	482	80	11	26	37	97

International

Year	Team	Event	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1977	Sweden	EJC	6	2	3	5	16
1978	Sweden	WJC	7	1	2	3	10
1979	Sweden	WJC	6	1	1	2	4
1979	Sweden	WC	8	1	3	4	8
1980	Sweden	WJC	5	2	1	3	10
1980	Sweden	OLY	7	2	2	4	6
1981	Sweden	WC	1	0	0	0	0
1981	Sweden	CC	3	0	1	1	4
1986	Sweden	WC	8	0	5	5	10
1987	Sweden	CC	6	1	1	2	2
1990	Sweden	WC	8	0	1	1	8
1991	Sweden	WC	10	0	4	4	8
1994	Sweden	OLY	8	1	3	4	10
1995	Sweden	WC	8	0	2	2	12
Junior totals			24	6	7	13	40
Senior totals			67	5	22	27	68

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References

↑ Kvärre, Stellan (26 November 1998). "Tre debutanter i tre kronor". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
↑ "Tomas Jonsson". Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish). 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.

External links

Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com , or Eliteprospects.com , or Eurohockey.com , or Hockey-Reference.com , or The Internet Hockey Database
Picture of Thomas Jonsson's Name on the 1982 Stanley Cup Plaque
Tomas Jonsson at Olympedia
Tomas Jonsson at Olympics.com
Tomas Jonsson at the Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (in Swedish) ( English translation )

Preceded by Peter Forsberg	Golden Puck 1995	Succeeded by Jonas Bergqvist

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[1] Kvärre, Stellan (26 November 1998). "Tre debutanter i tre kronor". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2017.

[2] "Tomas Jonsson". Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish). 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.

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v t e Triple Gold Club
Components	Stanley Cup champions Ice Hockey World Championships medalists Ice hockey at the Olympic Games medalists
Players	Patrice Bergeron Rob Blake Jay Bouwmeester Sidney Crosby Pavel Datsyuk Viacheslav Fetisov Valtteri Filppula Peter Forsberg Alexei Gusarov Jaromír Jágr Tomas Jonsson Valeri Kamensky Niklas Kronwall Igor Larionov Nicklas Lidström Håkan Loob Vladimir Malakhov Fredrik Modin Alexander Mogilny Mats Näslund Scott Niedermayer Corey Perry Chris Pronger Joe Sakic Mikael Samuelsson Brendan Shanahan Jiří Šlégr Eric Staal Jonathan Toews Henrik Zetterberg
Coaches	Mike Babcock

Tomas Jonsson
Tomas Jonsson in February 2010
Born	(1960-04-12) 12 April 1960 (age 64) Falun, Sweden
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Left
Played for	Modo AIK (SEL) New York Islanders (NHL) Edmonton Oilers (NHL) Leksands IF (SEL)
National team	Sweden
NHL draft	25th overall, 1979 New York Islanders
Playing career	1977–1998