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Peter Mattias Forsberg (; born 20 July 1973) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player and former assistant general manager of
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. 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. Although his career was shortened by persistent injuries, , he stands eighth all-time in career points-per-game and fifth all-time in career assists-per-game in the NHL, behind only
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, and
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. In 2017 Forsberg was named one of the '
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' in history. His 19-year professional career includes 13 years in the
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(NHL), where he won two
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s with the
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, as well as several individual honors including the
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in 2003. As of the end of the 2017–18 season, he is the seventh-highest all-time Swedish point scorer in the NHL regular season. Before his short-lived comeback season in
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, Forsberg never had a negative plus-minus rating, giving him an overall career rating of +238. Representing
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in international play, Forsberg competed in four
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, two
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and five
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, 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. He won four gold medals with Sweden in his career, winning titles at the
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and 1998 World Championships and the
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and
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. Combined with his two Stanley Cup championships in NHL play, he is a member of the
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and the only Swede who has won each of the three competitions twice. In 2013, he was inducted to the
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, and in 2014, he was elected into the
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.


Early life

Peter Forsberg was born in
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,
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, the son of Kent Forsberg, a former coach of
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and the Swedish national team. Forsberg was coached by his father for a significant part of his career: the two teamed up from 1991 to 1994 with Modo and later for the national team in the 1996 World Cup, 1998 Olympics and 1998 World Championship, which Sweden won. Forsberg played
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alongside childhood friend
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, who was also born in Örnsköldsvik. Born ten days apart, the two were well-acquainted while playing on separate youth teams before joining on the regional
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all-star team for the under-16
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national championship in 1988. They went on to compete alongside each other at the junior and men's level for both Modo Hockey and the Swedish national team. Forsberg and Näslund also attended high school together and had summer jobs at the age of 18 with the same electrical company that employed both Näslund's mother and Forsberg's father. Growing up, Forsberg's idol was Elitserien and NHL star
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.


Playing career


Modo Hockey (1989–1994)

Forsberg debuted in 1990 with the junior squad of
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, the club in his hometown Örnsköldsvik. During the course of the season, he debuted with the senior team in the Elitserien, the highest-level professional ice hockey league in Sweden, and scored an assist in his only game. In 1990–91, he scored 102 points in 39 games with the junior team and 17 points in 23 games with the senior team. At the end of the season, Forsberg was drafted sixth overall by the
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in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft, the first European player taken that year. The draft pick was surprising because Forsberg was expected to be selected later in the draft. ''
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'' had ranked Forsberg as the 25th best draft prospect in its 1991 draft preview, saying he was "a solid second rounder who could move into the first." The pick was criticized by the Philadelphia media, prompting Flyers' General Manager Russ Farwell and the team's chief European scout
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to reply that time would prove them right.
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was the main attraction of the draft. He was drafted first overall by the
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but refused to sign a contract and, on advice from his mother, began a holdout that lasted over a year. Forsberg was included in a deal that sent five players, two first-round draft picks, and US$15 million to the Quebec Nordiques in exchange for Lindros. In hindsight, the Lindros trade is seen as one of the most one-sided deals in sports history, and the deal became a major foundation for the Nordiques/Avalanche franchise's success over the next decade. Forsberg remained in Sweden, playing for Modo for the following three years. In 1993, the team was eliminated in the playoffs quarterfinals against
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, but Forsberg won the Guldpucken for Player of the Year and the
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for Most Valuable Player of the Elitserien, an award decided by the players. He won both prizes again in 1994 when, after barely making the playoffs, he led his team to their first final since winning the Elitserien playoffs in 1979. In a five-game series, again against Malmö, Forsberg scored in overtime in Game 2 to put his team one win away from the title. However, he suffered from the
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(influenza v) and Modo lost the remaining games of the series and the title. By this point, Forsberg was thought to be the best player in the world outside the NHL. After losing the deciding game 3–1, Forsberg expressed his frustration on the ice, first by breaking his stick and then in an interview where he criticised the game's referee, Börje Johansson, for giving Malmö many power plays, resulting in their first two goals, and then increasing the tolerance level. Forsberg's words that he wanted to give Börje a hit has become popular in Swedish ice hockey areas. Börje later denied calling the game in favor of Malmö and stated that Forsberg hadn't given him a hit. During the summer of 1994, Forsberg decided to play in the NHL after previously signing a contract with the Quebec Nordiques in October 1993. It was a four-year deal worth $6.5 million, including $4.275 million given as a signing bonus. However, a lockout delayed his NHL debut until 1995, and Forsberg returned to Modo to play 11 more games before going back to North America.


Quebec Nordiques / Colorado Avalanche (1995–2004)

After the lockout ended, the
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began on January 21, 1995. That day, Forsberg made his NHL debut against the
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, the team that drafted him, and recorded his first NHL assist. His first NHL goal came six days later against the
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. His rookie season in the NHL was impressive—Forsberg was able to combine a good offensive performance with responsibility on defence as well as physical play. He scored 50 points (15 goals and 35 assists) in 47 games, including a 14-game run in which he scored 26 points, and was second in scoring on the Nordiques, behind
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. He missed only one game, due to the
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. The Nordiques won the Northeast Division and had the second-best record in the league in the regular season, but lost in the first playoff round against the
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. At the end of the season, Forsberg won the
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for best rookie in the league and was selected to the NHL All-Rookie Team. On July 1, 1995, it became official that the Nordiques' owner
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had sold the team to the COMSAT Entertainment Group, which moved the franchise to
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,
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. The franchise was presented as the
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on 10 August 1995. It turned out Forsberg had scored the last goal in Nordiques history in Game 6 against the Rangers. Forsberg was on a team that included center and
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Joe Sakic, defenceman Adam Foote and, in the near future, Vezina and
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winner
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. In its first year in Denver, the Avalanche won the
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after finishing the regular season with the second-best league record and winning the Pacific Division. Forsberg scored 116 points in the regular season (30 goals, 86 assists) and 21 more in the playoffs (10 goals, 11 assists). Forsberg finished second in points on the team and fifth overall in the league in the regular and post-season. During Game 2 of the
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against the
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, Forsberg became the sixth player in NHL history to score three goals in one period. Not only was the
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Forsberg's highest-scoring year, but it would also be the only NHL season in which he played in all his team's games. In the 1996–97 season, Forsberg played in only 65 regular-season games and 14 of Colorado's 17 playoff games due to a bruised thigh. But he recorded 86 points (28 goals, 58 assists) as Colorado earned its first
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and the third consecutive division title for the franchise. On March 16, 1997, Forsberg participated in the only fight of his NHL career against
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winger
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. The fight occurred 10 days before the famous Red Wings–Avalanche brawl. In the playoffs, Colorado lost in the Conference Finals against Detroit; Forsberg scored 17 points (five goals, 12 assists). The same year, Forsberg was chosen to be on the cover of ''
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'', a video game made by
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. In
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, the Avalanche won their second Stanley Cup. After the Avalanche defeated the
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in the second round of the playoffs, Forsberg had to have his spleen removed and could not play again in the playoffs. Based on doctors' advice and his overall deteriorated health, he decided to take the following season off to recuperate. He returned for the playoffs, though, and he again led the playoffs in scoring with 27 points, but his team lost to the Detroit Red Wings in the Western Conference finals. 2002–03 was a banner year for Forsberg. He centered the highly productive "AMP line" (i.e. Alex, Milan, Peter) with wingers Alex Tanguay and Milan Hejduk as part of the Colorado Avalanche's "one-two punch" offensive plan led by centers Forsberg and Joe Sakic. Much healthier and more rested than he had been in the previous few years, he went on to lead the league with 106 points, for which he was awarded the
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, as well as the
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for league MVP. The Avalanche lost to the
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in the playoffs.


Philadelphia Flyers (2005–2007)

Peter Forsberg returned to
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during the
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. He had signed a one-year contract even before the
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was confirmed cancelled. Coached by his father and teammates with NHL players
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and
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and
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, Forsberg played only 33 of Modo's 50 regular season games because of surgery after dislocating his left wrist and breaking a bone in his hand. He scored 39 points (13 goals and 26 assists) and tied for eighth in the league scoring race. Modo finished sixth in the regular season and lost in the first round of the playoffs against
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in a six-game series in which Forsberg only played one game. After the season and with the return of the NHL, Forsberg returned to North America. The implementation of a salary cap was a blow to the Colorado Avalanche, one of the highest spenders in the league, and they were forced to let go of Forsberg and Adam Foote to save room in the cap for Joe Sakic and Rob Blake. He refused a four-year, $13.5 million offer from the Avalanche before signing a two-year, $11.5 million contract with the
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, the team that drafted Forsberg 14 years earlier. Before the season started, he had surgery to remove a bursa sac from his right
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. He debuted with the Flyers on October 5 against the New York Rangers. He registered two assists in his first game and 12 in his first six. Despite playing only 60 games, mostly because of a
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injury, he scored 75 points (19 goals and 56 assists). The Flyers lost in the first round of the playoffs against the
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. After the season, he had surgery on his right ankle and foot to correct deformities because of an abnormal
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that caused him to stretch his ankle
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s. He was expected to have the same surgery done on his left foot and be sidelined until January, but a doctor decided he did not need it and he was ready to play by the start of the
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. On 14 September 2006, Forsberg became the 15th
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in Flyers history, replacing
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(the interim captain after
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retired). The season was troubled for him: while the Flyers were having their worst season ever, Forsberg had not fully recovered from his right foot problems and had doubts about his future.


Nashville Predators (2007)

With his contract over at the end of the season and with no commitment on Forsberg's part to signing a new contract or to retire, on February 15, shortly before the
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, the Flyers traded him to the
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in exchange for Ryan Parent, Scottie Upshall, and Nashville's first- and third-round
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picks to boost Nashville's playoff run. The Predators' last regular season game was at Colorado, and Forsberg returned to Denver for the first time since leaving the Avalanche. The Predators won and Colorado missed the playoffs as a result. This was the first time the Avalanche failed to make the playoffs since moving to Colorado. The Predators lost in the first round of the playoffs against the
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, with Forsberg scoring four points in the five-game series. Forsberg had an average of less than one point per game in the regular season for the first time in his career and second time in the playoffs.


Final years and retirement (2007–2011)

For most of the 2007–08 season, Forsberg was an unrestricted
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and said that he would not return to the NHL. He had surgery on his foot and was waiting to see if he was in condition to play. He said that in Europe, he would only play for Modo Hockey, and in the NHL he would probably play for one of his former three clubs. On 25 February 2008, Forsberg signed a contract with the Colorado Avalanche for the rest of the 2007–08 season. Forsberg's first game back with the Avalanche was on 4 March 2008, home at the
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against the
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. However, he was sidelined after just three games due to a groin injury. He was listed by the club as day-to-day. On April 1, against Vancouver, he scored his first goal of the season in Colorado's penultimate regular-season game. After coming back from a 10-month break Forsberg was first among all NHL players in points-per-game (PPG) during the 2007–08 regular season. His average of 1.56 PPG in nine games put him ahead of the league's top scorer,
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, who posted 1.37 PPG, although Ovechkin played all 82 games. Forsberg played two seasons with Modo from 2008 to 2010, being joined by countryman
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in the second year. On 14 August 2010, Forsberg announced he was not optimistic about returning to hockey, hinting he may retire. On 21 January 2011, it was announced that Forsberg had begun training with the Colorado Avalanche in an attempt to make a comeback in the NHL. On 6 February, the Avalanche announced that they had come to terms on a contract with Forsberg worth $1 million for the remainder of the 2010–11 season. Forsberg played his first game back with the Avalanche in
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against the
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on 11 February. He was in the starting lineup at
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, a departure from his natural center, with 2001 Stanley Cup-winning teammate Milan Hejduk, as well as
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. In the two road games he played in, Forsberg was on the ice for 17 minutes and 38 seconds, with zero points and a −4 plus-minus rating. The Avalanche lost both games. After the latter game, Avalanche Head Coach
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stated Forsberg was the best player on the ice. The Avalanche, in the midst of a losing season, heavily advertised tickets for Forsberg's first home game back as a member of the team. However, on 14 February 2011, hours before he was scheduled to play in front of the Avalanche's home fans at the
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, Forsberg announced his retirement from hockey. The Avalanche's official website stated that Forsberg would hold a
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later that day, formally announcing his retirement. In the press conference, Forsberg cited an "inability to defend imself on the ice and foot problems as reasons for his decision.


After retirement

On 20 April 2011, nearly two weeks after a dramatic but successful end of the 2011 Kvalserien for
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, Forsberg was named an assistant
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of the Modo organization, working under long-time friend
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. On 8 October 2011, Forsberg had his jersey number retired prior to the Avalanche's 2011–12 season opener at the
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. On 26 February 2015, Forsberg had his number officially retired prior to a Modo game at the Fjällräven Center in his native Örnsköldsvik.


Business interests

Forsberg is involved with many business endeavors. He was an early investor in Crocs, and is a partial owner in the airline Nextjet. Forsberg and his father own a Swedish development company named Forspro Company. The company co-funded the Modo Hockey team's new Swedbank Arena in Örnsköldsvik. Independently of his father, Forsberg also owned Pforce AB, a company that imported and marketed Crocs shoes in his native Sweden since 2005. On 14 July 2010, he announced he was closing Pforce after taking heavy losses in the previous two years. Forsberg is also interested in
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, and owns or has owned a few racing horses during the years, including ''Tsar d' Inverne'' and ''Adrian Chip''. He has also invested money in a golf course named Veckefjärdens Golf Club in his native Örnsköldsvik.


International play

Forsberg competed with Sweden's under-18 team at the 1991 European Junior Championships. He led the tournament in scoring with 17 points over six games as Sweden failed to defend their gold medal from the previous year. Moving on to Sweden's national under-20 team, he played in his first of two World Junior Championships in 1992. He scored 11 points in seven games as Sweden won the silver medal. Several months later, Forsberg debuted with the Swedish men's team at the 1992 World Championships. He recorded a goal and an assist over eight games, helping Sweden to a gold medal. The following year, he made his second appearance at the 1993 World Junior Championships. Forsberg set a tournament record 24 assists and 31 points over seven games. He earned nearly a third of his points with a ten-point performance against
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, which set a single-game tournament record. Due to his record-breaking performances at the World Junior Hockey Championship, Forsberg was deemed the best player in World Junior history by TSN, topping players the likes of
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,
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,
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, and Jordan Eberle, who were among the top five players in the vote. In 1994, he led the Swedes to a gold medal in the
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, scoring the winning goal of the penalty shootout that decided the gold medal game. Forsberg's "one hand, slide in" goal, a move which he borrowed from retired Swedish ice hockey player
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, has become popular in today's NHL. An image of Forsberg scoring this goal was later placed on a Swedish
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, making him the first hockey player to be placed on a Swedish stamp. Forsberg's famous move on Canadian goaltender Corey Hirsch (who refused to allow his name to be shown on the stamp) has become so iconic in hockey that efforts to reproduce it inevitably draw references to Forsberg from hockey commentators. Following his second year in the NHL, Forsberg competed in the 1996 World Cup. The competition marked Forsberg's first time in best-on-best international play. With five points in four games, Forsberg helped Sweden to a bronze medal. In October 1997, it was announced that Forsberg would be playing for the Swedish national team in the Karjala Cup, though he was forced to withdraw from the team after just one practice session after experiencing continued problems with his foot. The following year, he competed in the
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in Nagano, Japan, in the first Olympic competition including NHL players. Forsberg recorded five points over four games as Sweden finished without a medal at fifth place. Several months later, competing in the 1998 World Championships, Sweden won a gold medal. Forsberg had recorded 11 points over seven games. In November 1999, Forsberg played for Sweden in the Karjala Cup, a tournament that included his 100th game for the Swedish national team against Russia on 7 November. Nearly five years later, he made his fourth World Championships appearance in
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. He scored nine points in eight games to help Sweden to a silver medal. The following year, he helped Sweden to another silver medal at the 2004 tournament, recording an assist in two games. Returning to best-on-best competition at the 2004 World Cup, Forsberg recorded three points in four games. Sweden finished in fifth place. Two years later, he won his second Olympic gold, helping Sweden to a championship at the 2006 Games in
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,
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. As part of a subsequent interview about the championship over five years later, Forsberg was interpreted to insinuate that Sweden lost their preliminary round game against Slovakia on purpose, so as to draw Switzerland as their quarterfinal opponent, rather than Canada or Russia. Swedish forward
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, who played alongside Forsberg on the 2006 team denied the notion while adding that Forsberg's comments in the interview were misconstrued. Forsberg's next appearance in international competition came at the
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in
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,
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. He was named Sweden's
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for the opening ceremonies. Two years removed from NHL competition (Forsberg had been playing in the Elitserien while attempting an NHL comeback), Forsberg played a lesser role with the Swedish team and recorded an assist over four games. Sweden finished in fifth place, failing to defend their 2006 gold medal.


Style of play

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-like" passing touch, he has been complimented by journalists and players for making the players around him better. Because of his physicality on the ice, he has been credited with helping to change the perception that Swedish hockey players were not tough.


Injury proneness

Forsberg's style of play led him to deal with several severe injuries. It has been said in the press that he was injury-prone because he did not soften his game as he got older. In his 14 seasons as an NHL player, Forsberg missed an entire regular season and played in less than 90% of regular-season games in eight other seasons. The first season in which he missed a significant part was 1996–97. Due to a
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d
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, Forsberg was out on 14 regular season games and three playoff games. In the off season before the 1999–2000 season, Forsberg underwent
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surgery and missed the first 23 games of the season. He missed an extra 10 games due to shoulder injuries, a
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and a hip pointer. After missing eight games due to a
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injury in the 2000–01 regular season, Forsberg suffered a severe injury in the playoffs. After the last game of the conference semifinal against the
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on 9 May 2001, he underwent surgery to remove a ruptured spleen and it was announced that he would not play until the following season. In the beginning of the 2001–02 season, he took a
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to heal his injuries. In January 2002, the
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held a press conference but instead of announcing the expected return of Forsberg, announced that he had been submitted to
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on the peroneal
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s of his left foot (Forsberg would return for the playoffs that season, but foot problems would plague Forsberg for the rest of his career and eventually end it). In 2003–04 season, he missed 43 games: 19 with a
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and
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injury During the lockout, while playing for
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, Forsberg had surgery after dislocating his left wrist and breaking a bone in his hand, and because of a bursa sac removal.


Personal life

Philanthropically, Forsberg and childhood friend
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founded
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, an organization that brings together professional ice hockey players for exhibition games to raise money for charities. In late 2010, Forsberg became engaged to fellow Swede Nicole Nordin in
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. In June 2012, the couple had their first child, a son. In September 2014, their second child, a daughter, was born. In May 2016 they had their third child. The family resided in
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, Switzerland from 2018. On May 1, 2023, the couple announced their separation through a post on Peter's Instagram account.


Career statistics


Regular season and playoffs


International


All-Star Games


Career achievements


Awards


NHL


Elitserien


International


Other awards


Records

* Forsberg set an all-time tournament record at the 1993 World Junior Championships with 31 points in only seven games. Also, he ranks first in career points among tournament scorers with 42 points (10 goals and 32 assists).QuantHockey
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/ref> * With his second Olympic Gold in 2006, he became the third player in history to have enough titles to be a member of the
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twice (the others being
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and
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). * , Forsberg stands eighth in NHL all-time points-per-game, with 1.25 points-per-game in his career. * He is ranked fourth all-time in NHL career assists-per-game with 0.898, behind only
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,
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and
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. Awards information taken from NHL.com.


References


External links

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