Samuel Polsson ( Swede Samuel Påhlsson ; December 17, 1977 , , Sweden ) - Swedish hockey player , striker. He is currently a member of the MODO club.
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| Position | Center forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 183 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 96 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grab | Left | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 17, 1977 (41 years old) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NHL draft | in 1996, selected in the 7th round under a general 176 number by the Colorado Avalanche club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Game career
He started playing in the MODO hockey club. In the NHL draft of 1996, he was selected by the Colorado Avalanche club in the seventh round under a common 176th number. Before leaving for the NHL, he played four seasons in the Swedish League.
On March 6, 2000, the Colorado Avalanche exchanged rights to Polsson at the Boston Bruins . In the 2000/01 season , he joined the Bruins and played 17 matches, after which he was exchanged at Anaheim Mighty Ducks for Andrei Nazarov and Patrick Travers. In the 2002/03 season, Polsson, with the Anaheim Mighty Ducks team, reached the Stanley Cup finals, where the “ducks” lost to the New Jersey Devils in seven games.
During a shutout in the NHL in the 2004/05 season, Polsson played in Sweden for the Frölund team and won the national championship with them.
In the 2006/07 season, along with Anaheim, he won the Stanley Cup . The link of Travis Moen , Rob Niedermeier and Samuel Polsson strengthened the defensive ability of the team, this played an important role in the victory of Anaheim in the Stanley Cup. In total, Polsson played 21 games in this playoff and scored 12 points, including a winning goal in the second game of the final. He was nominated for Frank J. Selky Trophy , but the prize went to Rod Brindamor.
At the end of the 2008/09 season he was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks , for which he spent the rest of the season - the hawks reached the finals of the Western Conference, where they lost to Detroit . On July 1, 2009, he signed a three-year contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets club. February 27, 2012 was traded to the Vancouver Canucks . June 18, 2012 signed a contract with MODO.
Achievements
- Team
- Silver medalist of the Swedish Championship (1999, 2000) as part of MODO
- Champion of Sweden (2005) as a member of the Frölund
- Stanley Cup Winner (2007) at Anaheim Ducks
- International
- Olympic champion in 2006
- Bronze medalist of the 1999 World Hockey Championship
- Silver medalist at the 2004 World Hockey Championship
- Silver medalist at the World Youth Championships in 1996
Statistics
Club career
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | AND | G | P | ABOUT | Shtr | AND | G | P | ABOUT | Shtr | ||
| 1994–95 | MODO | Shse | one | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1995–96 | MODO | Shse | 36 | one | 3 | four | eight | four | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1996–97 | MODO | Shse | 49 | eight | 9 | 17 | 83 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1997–98 | MODO | Shse | 23 | 6 | eleven | 17 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 1998–99 | MODO | Shse | 50 | 17 | 17 | 34 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ten | ||
| 1999–00 | MODO | Shse | 47 | sixteen | eleven | 27 | 87 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | eight | ||
| 2000-01 | Boston bruins | NHL | 17 | one | one | 2 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2000-01 | Anaheim Mighty Ducks | NHL | 59 | 3 | four | 7 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2001–02 | Anaheim Mighty Ducks | NHL | 80 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2002–03 | Cincinnati Mighty Ducks | AHL | 13 | one | 7 | eight | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2002–03 | Anaheim Mighty Ducks | NHL | 34 | four | eleven | 15 | 18 | 21 | 2 | four | 6 | 12 | ||
| 2003–04 | Anaheim Mighty Ducks | NHL | 82 | eight | 14 | 22 | 52 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2004–05 | Frölund | Shse | 48 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 56 | 14 | four | 7 | eleven | 24 | ||
| 2005-06 | Anaheim Mighty Ducks | NHL | 82 | eleven | ten | 21 | 34 | sixteen | 2 | 3 | five | 18 | ||
| 2006–07 | Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 82 | eight | 18 | 26 | 42 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 20 | ||
| 2007–08 | Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 56 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 52 | five | ten | 15 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2008–09 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 13 | 2 | one | 3 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 3 | five | four | ||
| 2009–10 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 79 | 3 | 13 | sixteen | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2010–11 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 82 | 7 | 13 | 20 | thirty | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2011–12 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 61 | 2 | 9 | eleven | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2011–12 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | nineteen | 2 | four | 6 | 12 | five | one | 0 | one | four | ||
| 2012–13 | MODO | Shse | 23 | 0 | four | four | eight | five | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Total in the NHL | 798 | 68 | 131 | 199 | 356 | 86 | ten | nineteen | 29th | 58 | ||||
International Competitions
| Year | National team | Tournament | A place | AND | G | P | ABOUT | Shtr | |
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| 1995 | Sweden (junior) | UCHE (under 18) | five | one | four | five | 2 | ||
| 1996 | Sweden (mol.) | MFM (up to 20) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total (youth and junior) | 12 | one | four | five | 2 | ||||
| 1999 | Sweden | World Cup | ten | one | 3 | four | four | ||
| 2000 | Sweden | World Cup | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | four | |
| 2004 | Sweden | World Cup | 9 | one | 3 | four | eight | ||
| 2004 | Sweden | KM | five | four | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 2005 | Sweden | World Cup | four | 9 | 2 | five | 7 | 28 | |
| 2006 | Sweden | OI | eight | 2 | 2 | four | eight | ||
| 2010 | Sweden | OI | five | 3 | 0 | one | one | 2 | |
| Total (main team) | 50 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 60 | ||||
Links
- Samuel Polsson - profile on NHL website
- Samuel Polsson - statistics on The Internet Hockey Database
- Samuel Polsson - statistics on Eliteprospects.com