Tommy Albelin

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Tommy Albelin : biography

21 May 1964 –

Tommy Albelin (born 21 May 1964) is a retired Swedish ice hockey defenceman who is currently an assistant coach for the Albany Devils in the AHL.

Playing career

Albelin has, over the course of a 24-year professional career, played for three NHL teams: the Quebec Nordiques, the New Jersey Devils, and the Calgary Flames. Albelin was drafted 152nd overall by Quebec in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft. Before joining the club he played five seasons in the Swedish Elitserien. He played a year and a half for the Nordiques before being traded to New Jersey. It would be a team that he would play 10 seasons for and win two Stanley Cups 1995, 2003 with the New Jersey Devils. In 1996 he was traded to Calgary, but he signed to play with New Jersey again in 2001. His best season was the 1988–89 season when he piled up 37 points. Albelin announced his retirement from hockey on 29 July 2004, however the Devils re-signed him in December 2005 (abbreviating his retirement after he had practiced with the team as an unsigned player for nearly half the season). He finished out his final year in 2006 playing for the Devils.

Coaching statistics

Season Team Lge Type W – L – OT/SO 2007–08 New Jersey Devils NHL Assistant 46 – 29 – 7 2008–09 New Jersey Devils NHL Assistant 32 – 16 – 3

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1979–80 Stocksunds IF Sweden Division III 1 0 0 0
1980–81 Stocksunds IF Sweden Division III 18 6 1 7
1981–82 Stocksunds IF Sweden Division III 22 6 2 8
1982–83 Djurgårdens IF Elitserien 19 2 5 7 4 6 1 0 1 2
1983–84 Djurgårdens IF Elitserien 30 9 5 14 26 4 0 1 1 2
1984–85 Djurgårdens IF Elitserien 32 9 8 17 22 8 2 1 3 4
1985–86 Djurgårdens IF Elitserien 35 4 8 12 26
1986–87 Djurgårdens IF Elitserien 33 7 5 12 49 2 0 0 0 0
1987–88 Quebec Nordiques NHL 60 3 23 26 47
1988–89 Quebec Nordiques NHL 14 2 4 6 27
1988–89 Halifax Citadels AHL 8 2 5 7 4
1988–89 New Jersey Devils NHL 46 7 24 31 40
1989–90 New Jersey Devils NHL 68 6 23 29 63
1990–91 Utica Devils AHL 14 4 2 6 10
1990–91 New Jersey Devils NHL 47 2 12 14 44 3 0 1 1 2
1991–92 Utica Devils AHL 11 4 6 10 4
1991–92 New Jersey Devils NHL 19 0 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 0
1992–93 New Jersey Devils NHL 36 1 5 6 14 5 2 0 2 0
1993–94 Albany River Rats AHL 4 0 2 2 17
1993–94 New Jersey Devils NHL 62 2 17 19 36 20 2 5 7 14
1994–95 New Jersey Devils NHL 48 5 10 15 20 20 1 7 8 2
1995–96 New Jersey Devils NHL 53 1 12 13 14
1995–96 Calgary Flames NHL 20 0 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0
1996–97 Calgary Flames NHL 72 4 11 15 14
1997–98 Calgary Flames NHL 69 2 17 19 32
1998–99 Calgary Flames NHL 60 1 5 6 8
1999–00 Calgary Flames NHL 41 4 6 10 12
2000–01 Calgary Flames NHL 77 1 19 20 22
2001–02 New Jersey Devils NHL 42 1 3 4 4 6 0 0 0 0
2002–03 Albany River Rats AHL 5 0 2 2 2
2002–03 New Jersey Devils NHL 37 1 6 7 6 16 1 0 1 2
2003–04 New Jersey Devils NHL 45 1 3 4 4 4 0 1 1 0
2005–06 New Jersey Devils NHL 36 0 6 6 2 2 0 0 0 2
NHL totals 952 44 211 255 417 81 7 15 22 22