Tommy Söderström (born July 17, 1969) is a Swedish former professional

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. He played in the

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with the

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and

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from 1992 to 1996. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1989 to 2000, was mainly spent in the Swedish

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. Internationally Söderström played for the Swedish national team in three

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, winning two gold medals and one silver, and the

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Career

Söderström played 156 games in the

(NHL) with the

and

over parts of five seasons from 1992 to 1996. He also played for

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Djurgårdens IF is an s ...

, with which he won three Swedish Championships.

Honours

Djurgården * Swedish Champion: 1988–89, 1989–90, 1999–2000 Sweden *

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1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

Personal life

He participated in ''

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'' in 2014.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Soderstrom, Tommy 1969 births Living people Djurgårdens IF (men's hockey) players Hershey Bears players Ice hockey people from Stockholm Ice hockey players at the 1992 Winter Olympics New York Islanders players Olympic ice hockey players for Sweden Philadelphia Flyers draft picks Philadelphia Flyers players Rochester Americans players Swedish expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Swedish ice hockey goaltenders Utah Grizzlies (IHL) players