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Sean Bergenheim (born February 8, 1984) is a Finnish former professional
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winger who played in the
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(NHL) for the
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,
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,
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and
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.


Playing career

Bergenheim played in
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of the
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for three seasons, from 2001 to 2004, winning the Finnish championship in 2002. He was drafted by the
New York Islanders The New York Islanders (colloquially known as the Isles) are a professional ice hockey team based in Elmont, New York. The Islanders compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (N ...
as their first pick in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft, 22nd overall. In 2003, Bergenheim signed a three-year contract with the Islanders and played 18 games for the Islanders in his debut season, 2003–04. He scored his first NHL goal—a short-handed goal—against the
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. He was transferred back to
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in January 2004, and moved back to the
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(AHL)'s
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in April for the
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and for the subsequent
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, during the
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. Bergenheim spent most of the 2005–06 season playing in the AHL for the Sound Tigers. His breakout in the AHL finally brought him back to the Islanders, but he was unable to agree to a new contract with the team in the 2006 off-season, after which he signed with
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Hockey Club Lokomotiv (, ), also known as Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, is a professional ice hockey club based in Yaroslavl, Russia. It is a member of the Tarasov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). The name of the team is derived from its ...
in the
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. On October 31, 2006, Bergenheim signed a one-year contract with
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of the Swedish
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. In Frölunda, he found instant chemistry with forwards Steve Kariya and
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to form a very successful line. On June 18, 2007, Bergenheim signed a one-year contract with the Islanders to return to the NHL. During the 2007–08 season, his first full season in the NHL, on March 4, 2008, he became the 350th different New York Islander skater to register a goal at
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. Having scoring 10 goals in 78 games with the Islanders in the 2007–08 season, on July 14, 2008, Bergenheim signed a two-year contract extension with the club. With higher expectations for the 2008–09 season, he scored 7 points in the first 16 games before he was felled by injury and illness that caused him to miss 26 games. Returning to health in the second half of the season, Bergenheim had his first multi-goal game with two goals to help the Islanders shut-out the
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2–0 on February 28, 2009. His strong form with New York continued, and on March 7, 2009, Bergenheim recorded his first career NHL hat-trick, against the
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. He finished the season with a career-high 15 goals in 59 games. After the 2009–10 season, on August 17, 2010, Bergenheim left the Islanders and signed as a free agent to a one-year contract with the
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. In his first appearance in the
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, despite having only 14 goals in 80 games during the regular season, Bergenheim finished with 9 goals in 16 games en route to series victories over the Pittsburgh Penguins and a sweep of the
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before the Lightning finally fell to the eventual
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champions, the
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, in seven games. On July 1, 2011, Bergenheim signed a four-year, $11 million contract with the
Florida Panthers The Florida Panthers are a professional ice hockey team based in the Miami metropolitan area. The Panthers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. The team initially played it ...
. In the final year of his contract in the 2014–15 season, Bergenheim was used in rotation in the Panthers' starting lineup. After requesting a trade, on February 24, 2015, he was traded (along with a seventh-round pick in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft) to the
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in exchange for a third-round draft pick in the same draft. At the conclusion of his contract, and as an un-signed free agent over the summer, on October 7, 2015, Bergenheim returned to Europe to sign a one-year contract (with the option for two more years) for the 2015–16 season with
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of the Swiss
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(NLA). In signing with Bern, Bergenheim re-united with former NHL head coach
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from his tenure with the Lightning. Under Boucher's successor, Lars Leuenberger, Bergenheim won the 2016 Swiss championship with Bern, but missed parts of the season (including the playoffs) due to a concussion. As a free agent in the following off-season, on September 20, 2016, Bergenheim returned to North America to participate in the
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' training camp on a professional try-out contract. Upon his release from the Ducks' roster, he returned to Europe, signing with Swedish powerhouse Frölunda HC on November 4, 2016, where he had played during the 2006–07 campaign. In February 2018, Bergenheim announced his retirement from professional hockey.


International play

Bergenheim has represented
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in the World U18 Championships as well as the World Junior Championships, winning one and three bronze medals, respectively.


Career statistics


Regular season and playoffs


International


Awards and honours


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bergenheim, Sean 1984 births SC Bern players Bridgeport Sound Tigers players Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Russia Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Finnish ice hockey left wingers Florida Panthers players Frölunda HC players HIFK (ice hockey) players Jokerit players Living people Lokomotiv Yaroslavl players Minnesota Wild players NHL first-round draft picks New York Islanders draft picks New York Islanders players Ice hockey people from Helsinki Swedish-speaking Finns Tampa Bay Lightning players 21st-century Finnish sportsmen