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Mikael Renberg Born May 5, 1972
Djupviken, Piteå, SWEHeight 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Weight 220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb) Position Right wing Shot Left Played for NHL
Philadelphia Flyers
Tampa Bay Lightning
Phoenix Coyotes
Toronto Maple Leafs
Elitserien
Luleå HF
Skellefteå AIKNational team 
SwedenNHL Draft 40th overall, 1990
Philadelphia FlyersPlaying career 1990–2009 Mikael Renberg (born May 5, 1972) is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player, last playing for Skellefteå AIK in Elitserien. He spent ten seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) and eight in the Swedish Elitserien.
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Playing career
Renberg began his NHL career with the Philadelphia Flyers, who drafted him 40th overall in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. He set the Flyers' club record for most points in a season scored by a rookie with 82 points (38 goals and 44 assists) in 83 games. Renberg played with them for four seasons and in Philadelphia he became popular with fans for playing on the feared "Legion of Doom" line with John LeClair and Eric Lindros. Renberg, and the top line helped the team to the 1997 Stanley Cup Finals, where they were swept in four games by the Detroit Red Wings.
He was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Chris Gratton after the Stanley Cup run and was named the Lightning's captain. Two seasons later the teams would virtually undo the trade, sending him back to Philadelphia for two more years. He was traded to the Phoenix Coyotes in exchange for Rick Tocchet during the 1999–2000 NHL season. He returned to Sweden to play for Luleå HF for one season and returned to the NHL by signing with the Toronto Maple Leafs. After three seasons in Toronto, Renberg once again returned to play for Luleå HF to be close to his family.[1] After captaining Luleå from 2005–07, he moved onto nearby rival Skellefteå AIK (SAIK). After two seasons with SAIK, Renberg decided to retire due to persistent groin problems that cut his final season short.[2]
International career
Medal record Competitor for SwedenMen's ice hockey World Championships Bronze 2001 Germany Gold 1998 Switzerland Silver 1993 Germany World Junior Championships Silver 1992 Germany Mikael Renberg's first international experience came at the European Junior Championship, in which he helped Sweden secure a gold medal by scoring 7 goals in 6 game against Europe's top competition. Mikael next wore the tre kronor in the 1992 World Juniors and scored six goals and four assists, playing with future NHL stars Peter Forsberg, Michael Nylander, and Markus Näslund. Renberg finished fourth in the scoring behind his three aforementioned countrymen. Despite the high offensive output of the Swedes, they only returned home with a silver medal.
After graduating out of junior, Renberg represented Sweden again at the 1993 World Championships (WC). He continued his torrid international pace by being named to the tournaments' All-star team after netting 5 goals and 3 assists in 8 games. However, like before, Renberg and Sweden again went home with silver.
The potential crowning point of Mikael Renberg's international career came in 1998. 1998 was the first year that NHL players could participate in the Olympics held in Nagano, Japan. Since Mikael was playing in the NHL at the time of the Olympics, he could not partake in Team Sweden's gold medal over Canada at the 1994 games in Lillehammer. So now Renberg was named to the team to defend its gold and was assigned to play on the first line with friends and countrymen Peter Forsberg and Markus Näslund, all players from smaller northern towns. Renberg tallied a goal and two assist in Sweden's four game, as the young Swedish roster finished in fifth place at the 1998 Olympics playing against older teams in the Canadians, Americans, and Russians.
Renberg would continue representing his country in international tournaments throughout his career. After the Olympic disappointment, at the 1998 WC, Renberg and the Swedes won the gold medal, the first for their country since 1992. Renberg final two WC's were in 2001 and 2003, with the 2001 team taking Renberg home a bronze medal. Mikael's second and final try at the Olympics in 2002 held in Salt Lake City, United States. Again, despite countryman Mats Sundin leading the Olympics in scoring, Mikael and the Swedes went home empty-handed as fifth-place finishers. Unfortunately, Mikael Renberg was unable to go to the 2006 Olympics due to injury, where his countrymen led by Nicklas Lidström and Henrik Lundqvist reached the promised land once more to win the gold medal at the Olympic games.
Awards
- Gold medal at the Junior European Championships in 1990.
- Named to the World Championships All-Star Team in 1993.
- Named to the SEL All-Star team in 1993, 1995, and 2001
- Named to the NHL All-Rookie Team in 1994
- Awarded the Pelle Lindbergh Memorial (Most Improved Player - Philadelphia Flyers) in 1994.
- Awarded the Yanick Dupre Memorial (Class Guy Award - Philadelphia Flyers) in 1995.
- Awarded the Viking Award (Top Swedish player in the NHL) in 1995.
- Gold Medal at the World Championships in 1998.
- Awarded the Golden Puck (Elitserien Player of the Year) in 2001.
- He was inducted into the Piteå Wall of Fame in 2006.
Records and milestones
- Philadelphia Flyers' franchise record for most points in a season by a rookie, 82 (1993–94)
- Scored 200th NHL career point with an assist vs. Vancouver Canucks (December 1, 1996)
- Scored 100th NHL career goal vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (February 16, 1997)
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1989–90 Luleå HF SEL 2 1 0 1 0 — — — — — 1990–91 Luleå HF SEL 29 11 6 17 12 — — — — — 1991–92 Luleå HF SEL 38 8 15 23 20 — — — — — 1992–93 Luleå HF SEL 39 19 13 32 61 — — — — — 1993–94 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 83 38 44 82 36 — — — — — 1994–95 Luleå HF SEL 10 9 4 13 16 — — — — — 1994–95 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 47 26 31 57 20 15 6 7 13 6 1995–96 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 51 23 20 43 45 11 3 6 9 14 1996–97 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 77 22 37 59 65 18 5 6 11 4 1997–98 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 68 16 22 38 34 — — — — — 1998–99 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 20 4 8 12 4 — — — — — 1998–99 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 46 11 15 26 14 6 0 0 0 0 1999–00 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 62 8 21 29 30 — — — — — 1999–00 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 10 2 4 6 2 5 1 2 3 4 2000–01 Luleå HF SEL 48 22 32 54 36 11 6 5 11 35 2001–02 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 71 14 38 52 36 3 0 0 0 2 2002–03 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 67 14 21 35 36 7 1 0 1 8 2003–04 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 59 12 13 25 50 2 0 0 0 4 2004–05 Luleå HF SEL 22 6 5 11 16 — — — — — 2005–06 Luleå HF SEL 44 15 19 34 32 5 0 0 0 10 2006–07 Luleå HF SEL 48 18 32 50 34 — — — — — 2007–08 Skellefteå AIK SEL 41 13 20 33 30 5 0 1 1 4 2008–09 Skellefteå AIK SEL 21 3 3 6 16 11 0 0 0 2 NHL totals 661 190 274 464 372 67 16 21 37 42 International
International stats are final, as per Mikeal Renberg's retirement[3]
Year Team Event GP G A Pts +/- PIM 1990 Sweden EJC 6 7 1 8 -- 6 1992 Sweden WJC 7 6 4 10 -- 8 1993 Sweden WC 8 5 3 8 +5 6 1998 Sweden WC 10 5 3 8 -- 6 1998 Sweden Oly 4 1 2 3 -- 4 2001 Sweden WC 9 4 3 7 +5 6 2002 Sweden Oly 4 1 0 1 +2 4 2003 Sweden WC 9 1 4 5 +5 8 Senior int'l totals 44 17 15 32 +21 34 Junior int'l totals 13 13 5 18 -- 14 References
- ^ "Redo att vända blad". svd.se. January 12, 2010. http://www.svd.se/sportspel/nyheter/redo-att-vanda-blad_203281.svd. (in Swedish)
- ^ "Sore groin forces Renberg to retire". sportingnews.com. January 12, 2010. http://www.sportingnews.com/nhl/article/2008-04-22/sore-groin-forces-renberg-retire.'
- ^ "Mikael Renberg career stats". eurohockey.net. January 12, 2010. http://www.eurohockey.net/players/show_player.cgi?serial=10554.'
External links
- Mikael Renberg's career stats at Eliteprospects.com
- Mikael Renberg – player profile and career stats at European Hockey.Net
- Mikael Renberg's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
- Mikael Renberg at Hockey-Reference.com
- Mikael Renberg's biography at Legends of Hockey
- Mikael Renberg's NHL player profile
Preceded by
Paul YsebaertTampa Bay Lightning captain
1997–98Succeeded by
Rob ZamunerPreceded by
Mikael JohanssonGolden Puck
2001Succeeded by
Henrik ZetterbergCategories:- 1972 births
- Living people
- Luleå HF players
- Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Olympic ice hockey players of Sweden
- People from Piteå
- Philadelphia Flyers draft picks
- Philadelphia Flyers players
- Phoenix Coyotes players
- Skellefteå AIK players
- Swedish ice hockey players
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Canada
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Tampa Bay Lightning players
- Toronto Maple Leafs players
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