![]() ![]() Peter Forsberg was born in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden, the son of Kent Forsberg, a former coach of Modo Hockey and the Swedish national team. In 2013, he was inducted to the IIHF Hall of Fame, and in 2014, he was elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Combined with his two Stanley Cup championships in NHL play, he is a member of the Triple Gold Club and the only Swede who has won each of the three competitions twice. He won four gold medals with Sweden in his career, winning titles at the 19 World Championships and the 19 Winter Olympics. Representing Sweden in international play, Forsberg competed in four Winter Olympics, two World Cups and five World Championships, as well as one European Junior Championship and two World Junior Championships, where he holds a scoring record of 31 points in seven games that some say may never be broken. Before his short-lived comeback season in 2011, Forsberg never had a negative plus-minus rating, giving him an overall career rating of +238. As of the end of the 2017–18 season, he is the seventh-highest all-time Swedish point scorer in the NHL regular season. His 19-year professional career includes 13 years in the National Hockey League (NHL), where he won two Stanley Cups with the Colorado Avalanche, as well as several individual honors including the Hart Memorial Trophy in 2003. In 2017 Forsberg was named one of the ' 100 Greatest NHL Players' in history. Although his career was shortened by persistent injuries, as of 2021, he stands ninth all-time in career points-per-game and fifth all-time in career assists-per-game in the NHL, only behind Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Bobby Orr, and Connor McDavid. Nicknamed " Peter the Great" and " Foppa", Forsberg was known for his on-ice vision and physical play, and is considered one of the greatest players of all time. ![]() Peter Mattias Forsberg ( pronounced ( listen) born 20 July 1973) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player and former assistant general manager of Modo Hockey.
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