Fredrik Sjöström

Infobox Ice Hockey Player


image_size = 230px
position = Right Wing
shoots = Left
nickname =
height_ft = 6
height_in = 1
weight_lb = 217
team = New York Rangers
former_teams = Phoenix Coyotes
league = NHL
nationality = Sweden
birth_date = Birth date and age|1983|5|6|mf=y
birth_place = Färgelanda, Sweden
draft = 11th overall
draft_year = 2001
draft_team = Phoenix Coyotes
career_start = 2000

Fredrik Sjöström (born May 6, 1983, in Färgelanda, Sweden) is a Swedish professional ice hockey right winger with the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League.

Playing career

Sjöström is a big but speedy forward who plays an intensive physical game. He produced a lot of points in his junior years but at the senior level he has not had the same success. He started his elite career playing for Frölunda HC in Swedish Elitserien and after being drafted by the Phoenix Coyotes in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft with their first pick, 11th overall, he went overseas and played for the Calgary Hitmen in the WHL. It was not until the 2003-04 NHL season that Sjöström got to play with the Coyotes scoring 13 points in 57 games in his first NHL season. [cite web | title=Fredrik Sjöström | work=Elite Prospects | url=http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=473&lang=en | accessdate=2006-07-14]

On July 13, 2006, Sjöström signed a new deal with the Coyotes. The contract is a one-way contract worth $1.5 million over two years. [cite web | title=Sjöström fortsätter i Phoenix | author=Tomas Ros | publisher=Aftonbladet.se | language=Swedish | url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/sport/story/0,2789,856736,00.html | date=2006-07-14 | accessdate=2006-07-14]

On February 26, 2008 he was traded to the New York Rangers along with David LeNeveu and Josh Gratton for Marcel Hossa and Al Montoya. Sjöström plays on the Rangers' fourth line. On March 2, 2008, he scored his first goal as a Ranger, beating Antero Nittymaki of the Philadelphia Flyers, with assists from Blair Betts and Marek Malík. [cite news| url=http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?service=page&page=Recap&gameNumber=990&season=20072008&gameType=2 | title=Rangers 5, Flyers 4, SO | date=2008-03-02 | accessdate=2008-03-04]

Career statistics

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External links

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