Arto Blomsten

{{short description|Swedish ice hockey player}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| position = Defence

| alt =

| image = Arto Blomsten 2013-02-01 001.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| caption = Arto Blomsten as a colour commentator in February 2013

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 204

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|3|16|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Vaasa, Finland

| career_start = 1985

| career_end = 2000

| draft = 239th overall

| draft_year = 1986

| draft_team = Winnipeg Jets

| played_for = Winnipeg Jets
Los Angeles Kings

}}

Arto Tapio Blomsten (born March 16, 1965) is a Finnish-born Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted in the twelfth round, 239th overall, by the Winnipeg Jets in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft. He played twenty-five games in the National Hockey League: nineteen with the Jets and six with the Los Angeles Kings. Born in Finland, Blomsten moved to Sweden when he was four years old.[https://web.archive.org/web/20161010181058/http://www.dn.se/arkiv/sport/valkommen-hem-pappa-sa-melina-40-000-jublade-at-tre/ Välkommen hem pappa, sa Melina. 40 000 jublade åt Tre Kronor på Sergels torg] {{in lang|sv}} Dagens Nyheter

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="5"|Regular season

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! colspan="5"|Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

1983–84

| Djurgårdens IF

| SWE

| 3

0004

| —

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| 1984–85

| Djurgårdens IF

| SWE

| 8

0008

| 8

0008
1985–86

| Djurgårdens IF

| SWE

| 8

0336

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1986–87

| Djurgårdens IF

| SWE

| 29

24628

| 2

0110
1987–88

| Djurgårdens IF

| SWE

| 39

1261836

| 2

1010
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1988–89

| Djurgårdens IF

| SWE

| 40

1081838

| 8

4048
1989–90

| Djurgårdens IF

| SWE

| 37

5202528

| 8

0116
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1990–91

| Djurgårdens IF

| SWE

| 38

291142

| 7

21312
1991–92

| Djurgårdens IF

| SWE

| 39

681434

| 10

2028
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| 1992–93

| Djurgårdens IF

| SWE

| 40

4162056

| —

1993–94

| Winnipeg Jets

| NHL

| 18

0226

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1993–94

| Moncton Hawks

| AHL

| 44

6273325

| 20

410148
1994–95

| Winnipeg Jets

| NHL

| 1

0002

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1994–95

| Springfield Falcons

| AHL

| 27

3161920

| —

1994–95

| Los Angeles Kings

| NHL

| 4

0110

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1994–95

| Phoenix Roadrunners

| IHL

| 2

1230

| 8

3696
1995–96

| Los Angeles Kings

| NHL

| 2

0110

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1995–96

| Phoenix Roadrunners

| IHL

| 47

4151910

| 4

0442
1996–97

| Västra Frölunda

| SWE

| 41

4101422

| 3

0000
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| 1997–98

| Västra Frölunda

| SWE

| 45

44818

| 7

00010
1998–99

| Västerås IK

| SWE

| 47

22442

| —

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| 1999–00

| Västerås IK

| SWE

| 11

0006

| —

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! colspan="3"| SWE totals

! 425 !! 51 !! 90 !! 141 !! 368

! 64 !! 9 !! 4 !! 13 !! 58

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! colspan="3"| NHL totals

! 25 !! 0 !! 4 !! 4 !! 8

! — !! — !! — !! — !! —

=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

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! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

1985

| Sweden

| WJC

| 5

0006
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| 1992

| Sweden

| WC

| 8

4046
1993

| Sweden

| WC

| 8

00016
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! colspan="4"| Junior totals

! 5 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 6

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! colspan="4"| Senior totals

! 16 !! 4 !! 0 !! 4 !! 22

References

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