Tommy Albelin (born 21 May 1964) is a
Swedish
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former
ice hockey
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defenceman
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who is currently an assistant coach for
Switzerland's national team. He also was world champion in
1987
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and competed in the
men's tournament at the
1998 Winter Olympics
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.
Playing career
Albelin has, over the course of a 24-year professional career, played a total of 952 games for three
NHL
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teams: the
Quebec Nordiques
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, the
New Jersey Devils
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, and the
Calgary Flames
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. Albelin was drafted 152nd overall by
Quebec
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in the
1983 NHL Entry Draft. Before joining the club he played five seasons for Djurgårdens IF in the Swedish
Elitserien
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, winning the Swedish championship in his first year (1982–83). Albelin left for Quebec upon the conclusion of the 1986–87 season. He played a year and a half for the Nordiques before being traded to New Jersey. It would be with the Devils that he would play 10 seasons for and win two
Stanley Cups
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, in 1995 and 2003. In 1996, he was traded to Calgary, but he signed to play with New Jersey again in 2001. His best season was the 1988–89 season when he put up 37 points. Albelin announced his retirement from hockey on 29 July 2004, however the Devils re-signed him in December 2005 (abbreviating his retirement after he had practiced with the team as an unsigned player for nearly half the season). He finished out his final year in 2006 playing for the Devils.
Coaching career
On 25 July 2007, Albelin was hired by the
New Jersey Devils
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as an assistant coach to head coach
Brent Sutter
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. It was his first NHL coaching job.
On 10 August 2010, Albelin was named assistant coach of the
Albany Devils
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, the
AHL affiliate of the
New Jersey Devils
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. On 9 September 2014, following Scott Stevens' decision to step down from a coaching position in New Jersey, Albelin was promoted to be an assistant coach under
Peter DeBoer
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in the 2014–15 season.
In July 2016, he was appointed as assistant coach of the Swiss men's national team.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
Coaching statistics
Season Team Lge Type W - L - OT/SO
2007–08 New Jersey Devils NHL Assistant 46 - 29 - 7
2008–09 New Jersey Devils NHL Assistant 32 - 16 - 3
References
External links
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* 2004
NHL Official Guide & Record Book
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* 2005
NHL Official Guide & Record Book
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Scott Stevens leaves Devils coaching staff, Albelin to replace
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1964 births
Albany River Rats players
Calgary Flames players
Djurgårdens IF Hockey players
Halifax Citadels players
Living people
New Jersey Devils coaches
New Jersey Devils players
Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Olympic ice hockey players of Sweden
Quebec Nordiques draft picks
Quebec Nordiques players
Ice hockey people from Stockholm
Stanley Cup champions
Swedish expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
Swedish ice hockey defencemen
Switzerland men's national ice hockey team coaches
Toronto Maple Leafs scouts
Utica Devils players