Peter "Humlan" Hammarström (born 23 March 1969) is a Swedish former professional

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player and the current general manager and head coach of HV71 Dam, an ice hockey team in the

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(SDHL).

Playing career

Hammarström played a total of seventeen seasons in the

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, the top men's professional league in Sweden (renamed Swedish Hockey League in 2013). He made his Elitserien debut at age 19 with AIK in the 1987–88 season, recording seven

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in seven games played. He played with AIK until 1993 and then spent three seasons with

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. Hammarström returned to AIK in

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and was named an

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ahead of the 1997–98 season. During the 1998–99 season with AIK, he recorded the best single-season point total of his career, notching 18 goals and 19 assists for 37 points in 44 games (0.841

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) and ranking third on the team for scoring – only his linemates, left winger Stefan Gustavson and centre Kristian Gahn, ranked ahead of him. Hammarström then played two seasons in the

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(DEL) with the

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. In the 1999–2000 season, he was one of four Swedes on a majority-international team and found success on lines with Canadian expats. He registered 23 assists, a career-high, and exceeded his single-season points per game record with 0.923 points per game from 36 points in 39 games. The 2000–01 season saw significant shuffling of the lines, which resulted in much diminished totals for Hammarström, who recorded just 12 points in 45 games. Following two seasons in Germany, Hammarström returned to the Elitserien and joined Färjestads BK during the 2001–02 to 2003–04 seasons. He spent the 2004–05 season as an alternate captain with the

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and returned to HV71 to conclude his career in the 2005–06 season. After his retirement in 2006, he worked as a

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for

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hammarstrom, Peter 1969 births Living people AIK IF players Eisbären Berlin players Färjestad BK players HV71 players HV71 (women) coaches Ice hockey commentators Ice hockey people from Stockholm Malmö Redhawks players Swedish expatriate ice hockey players in Germany Swedish ice hockey right wingers Swedish Women's Hockey League coaches