Thomas Rhodin

Thomas Rhodin
Born	(1971-04-08) April 8, 1971 Karlstad, SWE
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Right
Played for	Färjestad BK Eisbären Berlin HC Fribourg-Gottéron Genève-Servette HC Leksands IF
National team	Sweden
Playing career	1990–2010

Thomas Rhodin (born April 8, 1971) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman.

Career

Rhodin started his career with Färjestad BK in 1989 and has played a total of twelve seasons with them. He has also played with the German club Eisbären Berlin between 1997 and 2000 and with the Nationalliga A teams HC Fribourg-Gottéron (2003–05) and Genève-Servette HC (2005). In 2002, 2003 and 2005, he represented Sweden at the Ice Hockey World Championship. Before the start of the 2005/06, he was offered a contract by NHL club the Dallas Stars, but turned it down. Instead, he signed with Färjestad, was named as alternate captain, and was eventually released on 9 April 2009. On 8 May 2009, he signed with Skåre BK. On 5 September 2009 it was announced that he had signed with Leksands IF. He had opted to use a clause in his contract with Skåre BK which allowed him to sign with a team from a higher division.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1988–89	Färjestad BK	SWE U20
1989–90	Färjestad BK	SEL		6	0	2	2	4		—	—	—	—	—
1990–91	Färjestad BK	SEL		36	1	12	13	16		8	0	0	0	4
1991–92	Färjestad BK	SEL		25	0	1	1	10		5	0	1	1	0
1991–92	Grums IK	SWE.2		12	2	5	7	8		—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	Färjestad BK	SEL		40	5	3	8	40		3	1	2	3	0
1993–94	Färjestad BK	SEL		22	0	4	4	28		—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	Färjestad BK	Allsv		14	0	3	3	12		3	0	1	1	6
1994–95	Färjestad BK	SEL		40	3	4	7	80		4	0	0	0	2
1995–96	Färjestad BK	SEL		40	3	7	10	42		8	0	0	0	4
1996–97	Färjestad BK	SEL		50	9	16	25	36		14	4	8	12	14
1997–98	Eisbären Berlin	DEL		40	5	19	24	22		10	1	4	5	2
1998–99	Eisbären Berlin	DEL		49	5	22	27	36		8	1	7	8	8
1999–2000	Eisbären Berlin	DEL		56	5	22	27	32		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Färjestad BK	SEL		50	7	24	31	77		16	1	8	9	20
2001–02	Färjestad BK	SEL		50	11	21	32	61		9	0	5	5	10
2002–03	Färjestad BK	SEL		50	14	18	32	62		13	2	6	8	8
2003–04	HC Fribourg–Gottéron	NLA		48	16	19	35	44		4	1	1	2	6
2004–05	HC Fribourg–Gottéron	NLA		42	6	24	30	48		—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Genève–Servette HC	SUI.2		1	0	1	1	0		—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	Färjestad BK	SEL		43	5	16	21	38		18	5	9	14	2
2006–07	Färjestad BK	SEL		55	9	36	45	50		9	3	5	8	8
2007–08	Färjestad BK	SEL		55	9	14	23	60		12	2	7	9	24
2008–09	Färjestad BK	SEL		38	7	9	16	18		6	0	3	3	2
2009–10	Leksands IF	SWE.2		42	7	26	33	40		10	0	6	6	14
SEL totals				600	83	187	270	622		125	18	54	72	98
DEL totals				145	15	63	78	90		18	2	11	13	10

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1991	Sweden	WJC		7	1	0	1	0
2002	Sweden	WC		9	4	1	5	10
2003	Sweden	WC		9	1	1	2	10
2005	Sweden	WC		8	1	2	3	4
Senior totals				26	6	4	10	24

References

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database