Thom Eklund

{{short description|Swedish ice hockey player}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's Ice Hockey}}

{{MedalBronze| 1984 Sarajevo | Team}}

{{MedalBronze| 1988 Calgary | Team}}

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Thom Lennart Eklund (born October 28, 1958) is an ice hockey player who played for the Swedish national team. He won a bronze medal at the 1984 and 1988 Winter Olympics.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417203457/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ek/thom-eklund-1.html Thom Eklund's profile at Sports Reference.com] He played for the clubs Södertälje SK, IF Björklöven, VIK Västerås HK and in Italy. He won the World Championship for Sweden in 1987 and a silver for Sweden at the World Championships in 1986 and he also won a Swedish title with Södertälje in 1985.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="5" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

1974–75

| Enköpings IS

| SWE IV

| 19

| 10

| 8

| 18

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 1977–78

| Västerås IK

| SWE II

| 36

| 11

| 6

| 17

| 32

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

1978–79

| Västerås IK

| SWE II

| 33

| 17

| 13

| 30

| 42

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 1979–80

| Västerås IK

| SWE II

| 35

| 20

| 6

| 26

| 42

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

1980–81

| Västerås IK

| SWE II

| 25

| 10

| 9

| 19

| 41

| 3

| 2

| 1

| 3

| 8

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| 1981–82

| IF Björklöven

| SEL

| 13

| 1

| 2

| 3

| 8

| 7

| 1

| 2

| 3

| 8

1982–83

| IF Björklöven

| SEL

| 36

| 9

| 14

| 23

| 34

| 3

| 1

| 1

| 2

| 6

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| 1983–84

| IF Björklöven

| SEL

| 33

| 6

| 7

| 13

| 40

| 3

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 4

1984–85

| Södertälje SK

| SEL

| 34

| 16

| 13

| 29

| 36

| 8

| 7

| 3

| 10

| 12

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| 1985–86

| Södertälje SK

| SEL

| 34

| 19

| 10

| 29

| 48

| 7

| 3

| 1

| 4

| 10

1986–87

| Södertälje SK

| SEL

| 36

| 21

| 14

| 35

| 40

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 1987–88

| Södertälje SK

| SEL

| 40

| 17

| 15

| 32

| 46

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

1988–89

| Södertälje SK

| SEL

| 37

| 16

| 22

| 38

| 62

| 5

| 1

| 1

| 2

| 8

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| 1989–90

| Södertälje SK

| SEL

| 38

| 13

| 14

| 27

| 40

| 2

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 2

1990–91

| Södertälje SK

| SEL

| 19

| 6

| 9

| 15

| 20

| 2

| 1

| 1

| 2

| 0

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| 1991–92

| Södertälje SK

| SEL

| 18

| 1

| 3

| 4

| 16

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

1991–92

| Södertälje SK

| Allsv

| 17

| 4

| 5

| 9

| 10

| 8

| 2

| 1

| 3

| 10

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! colspan="3" | SWE II totals

! 129

! 58

! 34

! 92

! 157

! 3

! 2

! 1

! 3

! 8

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! colspan="3" | SEL totals

! 338

! 125

! 123

! 248

! 390

! 39

! 14

! 10

! 24

! 50

=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

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! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

1983

| Sweden

| WC

| 10

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 4

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| 1984

| Sweden

| OG

| 7

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 2

1986

| Sweden

| WC

| 10

| 2

| 3

| 5

| 14

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| 1987

| Sweden

| WC

| 10

| 4

| 3

| 7

| 8

1987

| Sweden

| CC

| 6

| 1

| 2

| 3

| 6

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| 1988

| Sweden

| OG

| 7

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 6

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! colspan=3 | Senior totals

! 50

! 9

! 9

! 18

! 40

References