Tony Mårtensson

Infobox Ice Hockey Player


image_size = 230px
team = Aq Bars Kazan
former_teams =
league = KHL
position = Center
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 0.5
weight_lb = 190
nationality = SWE
birth_date = Birth date and age|1980|6|23|mf=y
birth_place = Upplands Väsby, SE
draft = 224th overall
draft_year = 2001
draft_team = Anaheim Ducks
career_start = 2000

Tony Mårtensson (born June 23, 1980, in Upplands Väsby, Sweden) is a professional Swedish ice hockey center, currently with Linköpings HC in the Swedish elite league Elitserien. Mårtensson will spend the 2008–09 season on loan to the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) team Aq Bars Kazan.

Playing career

Mårtensson was drafted by Anaheim Ducks in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft in the 7th round as the 224th pick overall. He only played in six games with the Mighty Ducks during the 2003–04 season, scoring two points. Since season 2004–05 he has played for Linköpings HC in the Swedish elite league Elitserien. During the Elitserien season 2007-08 he won the league with most points (67) and most assists (59); and was also awarded Guldhjälmen as the most valuable player in the league during the regular season.

For the 2008–09 season Mårtensson is on a ten-month loan to the Russian team Aq Bars Kazan of the Continental Hockey League. [cite news | title=Kazan bekräftar svenskvärvningarna | publisher=Hockeysverige.se | last=Abrahamsson | first=Jante | language=Swedish | url=http://hockeysverige.se/news_show_kazan_bekraftar_svenskvarvningarna.html?id=493860 | date=2008-04-23 | accessdate=2008-04-23]

Awards

* Gold medal at the World Championship in 2006.
* Awarded Guldhjälmen in 2008.

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