Alexander Steen

Infobox Ice Hockey Player
position = Centre
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 1
weight_lb = 205
team = Toronto Maple Leafs
league = NHL
nationality = Sweden
nationality_2 = Canada
birth_date = birth date and age|1984|3|1
birth_place = Winnipeg, MB, CA
career_start = 2005
draft = 24th overall
draft_year = 2002
draft_team = Toronto Maple Leafs

Alexander Steen (born March 1, 1984, in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League of Swedish and Canadian background. Steen is a centre and wears number 10 on the Toronto Maple Leafs. Internationally, Alexander represents Sweden.

His father is former Winnipeg Jets star Thomas Steen, a forward who scored 817 points in 950 NHL games between 1981 and 1995. Alexander has three siblings: Cassandra, Hamilton, and the late Amadeus. Alex has a wife named Sophie and a son named Kingston.

NHL career

Steen played for Frölunda HC from 1999–2004. He spent the 2004/05 season with MoDo Hockey after a highly controversial signing. [cite news
title= Steen till Modo upprör Frölunda
url= http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=672&a=259566
publisher = Dagens Nyheter
accessdate= 2007-01-12
language = Swedish] [cite news
title= Alexander Steen till Modo
url= http://www2.unt.se/avd/1,,MC=4-AV_ID=316182,00.html
publisher = Upsala NYa Tidning
accessdate= 2007-01-12
language = Swedish]

In the 2002 NHL Entry Draft, Steen was selected in the first round by the Toronto Maple Leafs and 24th overall. He played his first game with the Leafs on October 5, 2005 during the season opener against the rival Ottawa Senators, and registered a minor penalty.

His first career NHL goal came in the next game on October 8 against the Montreal Canadiens. This goal marked the first time a Swedish father and son both scored in the NHL (beating Robert Nilsson by 21 days).

Steen scored his first career hat-trick on January 4, 2007 against the Boston Bruins, ending with a 5 point game night. [cite news
title = Maple Leafs burn Bruins with 10 goals
url = http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=190892&hubname=nhl
publisher = Associated Press
date = 2007-01-04
accessdate = 2007-01-04]

Career statistics

ee also

*List of family relations in the National Hockey League

Notes

External links

* [http://www.alexandersteen.ca Alexander Steen's Official Website]
*nhlprofile|8470257
*hockeydb|62760
* [http://www.amadeussteenfoundation.org/ Amadeus Steen Foundation]

Persondata
NAME= Steen, Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Swedish-Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH= March 1, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH= Winnipeg, MB, CA
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=