Peter Forsberg

Peter Mattias Foppa Forsberg bornJuly 1973 is a Swedish retired professional ice hockey player and the current assistant general manager of Modo Hockey. Known for his onice vision and physical play, Forsberg is considered one of the greatest players of his generation. Although his career was shortened by persistent injuries, as of 2014, he stands eighth alltime in career pointspergame and fourth alltime in career assistspergame in the NHL, only behind Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux and Bobby Orr.

Peter Forsberg was born in rnskldsvik, Sweden, the son of Kent Forsberg, a former coach of Modo Hockey and the Swedish national team. Forsberg was coached by his father for a significant part of his career the two teamed up from 199194 with Modo and later for the national team in the 1996 World Cup, 1998 Olympics and 1998 World Championship, which Sweden won.

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