Ulf Hendry Sandström (born 24 April 1967 in

Härnösand Härnösand () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Härnösand Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 25,012 inhabitants in 2023. It is called "the gate to the High Coast" because of the world heritage landscape just ...

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) is a retired Swedish

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

player. Among the clubs he played for are

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Luleå HF Luleå Hockeyförening, also known as Luleå Hockey, is a professional ice hockey club from Luleå, Sweden. The club has been playing in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), the top tier of ice hockey in Sweden, since the 1984–85 season. They are ...

and

Modo Hockey Modo Hockey (or MoDo with uppercase letters) is a professional ice hockey club in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The team currently plays in Sweden's second-tier league HockeyAllsvenskan after losing to HV71 after the play out following the 2024/25 se ...

. He has also appeared 47 times in the Swedish national ice hockey team, and participated in

1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Calgary 1988 were a multi-sport event held from February 13 to 28, 1988, with Calgary, Calgary, Alberta as the main host city. This marks the m ...

, where the team took the bronze medal. Sandström was drafted by the

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in the 5th round of the 1987 NHL Entry Draft, as 92nd overall. A tragic bicycle accident has left Sandström paralyzed from the waist down.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

External links

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Ulf Sandström at the Swedish Olympic Committee homepage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sandstrom, Ulf 1967 births Swedish ice hockey players Chicago Blackhawks draft picks Modo Hockey players Luleå HF players Ice hockey players at the 1988 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Sweden Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden People from Härnösand Municipality Living people Olympic medalists in ice hockey Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics Ice hockey people from Västernorrland County