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Tomas Sandström

1964 - Today

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Tomas Sandström (born September 4, 1964) is a Finnish-born Swedish former professional ice hockey right winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1984 to 1999. Born in Finland, Sandström grew up in Fagersta, Sweden. A skilled power forward, he was effective when healthy but his career was marred by injuries due to his physical style of play. He was a member of the 1997 Stanley Cup winning Detroit Red Wings team, and assisted on Darren McCarty's game-winning goal in the deciding Game 4. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Tomas Sandström is the 160th most popular hockey player (up from 163rd in 2024), the 508th most popular biography from Finland (up from 525th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Finnish Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Tomas Sandström ranks 160 out of 676. Before him are Hooley Smith, Randhir Singh Gentle, Frank Fredrickson, Jiří Šlégr, Marián Hossa, and Andres Ambühl. After him are Oleg Znarok, Leonardo Genoni, Robert Lang, Jere Lehtinen, Mariusz Czerkawski, and Sergei Zubov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Tomas Sandström ranks 757. Before him are Jose Canseco, Ayman Nour, Martín Jaite, Allen Covert, Celso Luis Gomes, and Jim Pugh. After him are Nasrin Oryakhil, Moses Sithole, Stefano Cerioni, Peter Cattaneo, Hein Vanhaezebrouck, and Eugene Vodolazkin.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Tomas Sandström ranks 508 out of 751. Before him are Tim Sparv (1987), Tapio Korjus (1961), Tero Pitkämäki (1982), Tapio Sipilä (1958), Joonas Kolkka (1974), and Kaija Kärkinen (1962). After him are Tanja Poutiainen (1980), Jere Lehtinen (1973), Elina Valtonen (1981), Ville Peltonen (1973), Jani Liimatainen (1980), and Joel Pohjanpalo (1994).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Finland

Among hockey players born in Finland, Tomas Sandström ranks 8. Before him are Teemu Selänne (1970), Saku Koivu (1974), Esa Tikkanen (1965), Raimo Helminen (1964), Petteri Nummelin (1972), and Olli Jokinen (1978). After him are Jere Lehtinen (1973), Ville Peltonen (1973), Teppo Numminen (1968), Sami Kapanen (1973), Jarmo Myllys (1965), and Kimmo Timonen (1975).

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