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Peter Mattias "Foppa" Forsberg - Born July 20, 1973 in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden is a retired ice Hockey centre and assistant general manager.

- World Junior Ice Hockey Championships Silver Medal Winner 1992, 1993 with Sweden.
Voted Best Forward & All-Star Team in 1993.

- World Ice Hockey Champion 1992, 1998 with Sweden.
Voted Best Forward & All-Star Team in 1998.

- Men's Ice Hockey World Championships Silver Medal Winner 1993, 2003, 2004 with Sweden.

- Winter Olympics Gold Medal Champion 1994, 2006 with Sweden. Forsberg scored the 1994 Golden Goal in the shootout.

- Calder Memorial Trophy Winner 1995 with Quebec Nordiques.

- Stanley Cup Champion 1996, *2001 with Colorado Avalanche.
*didn't play in 3rd round or finals.

- Clarence S. Campbell Bowl Champion 1996, *2001 with Colorado Avalanche.
*didn't play in conference final.

- Art Ross Trophy Winner 2003 with Colorado Avalanche.

- Hart Memorial Trophy Winner 2003 with Colorado Avalanche.

- NHL President’s Trophy Champion 1997, 2001.

- Guldpucken / The Golden Puck Winner 1993, 1994.
- Guldhjälmen / The Gold Helmet Winner 1993, 1994.
- Viking Award Winner 1996, 1998, 1999.

After playing his junior and senior Hockey with MoDo Hockey in Sweden, Forsberg who was originally drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers, would trade his rights, along with 2 1st round draft picks, 5 players and $15 million cash to Quebec Nordiques for the NHL rights to Eric Lindros.

Forsberg made his NHL debut with the Nordiques on January 21, 1995 vs Philadelphia Flyers at CoreStates Spectrum in a 3-1 Nordiques win. He assisted on the game winner.

Forsberg scored his 1st NHL goal vs Grant Fuhr of Buffalo Sabres at 4:05 of 3rd period on January 21, 1995 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium in a 7-3 Nordiques win.

While playing with Colorado Avalanche, Forsberg scored his 1st NHL hat-trick vs Ron Hextall & EN of Philadelphia Flyers on February 11, 1996 at CoreStates Spectrum in a 5-3 Colorado win.

Forsberg played in 708 regular season NHL games, scoring 249 goals (43 GWG / 4 OTG), 636 assists with 690 penalty minutes and 151 NHL playoff games, scoring 64 goals (14 GWG / 3 OTG), 107 assists with 163 penalty minutes.

Forsberg played in NHL All-Star Games 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003.

NHL First All-Star Team 1998, 1999 & 2003.

Forsberg represented Sweden 93 times at International Competitions.
- Junior 20 times, scoring 15 goals, 44 assists with 54 penalty minutes. 2 World Championships.
- Senior 63 times, scoring 19 goals, 38 assists with 46 penalty minutes. 4 Olympic Winter Games, 5 World Championships, 2 World Cups.

Forsberg jersey number 21 is retired by both Colorado Avalanche and Modo Hockey.

Triple Gold Club (twice) Stanley Cup Champion - World Champion - Winter Olympics Gold Medal Champion.

Sweden's flag bearer for the opening ceremonies of 2010 Winter Olympics.

Peter Forsberg was inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame in 2012.

Peter Forsberg was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation / IIHF Hall of Fame in 2013.

Peter Forsberg was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2014.

In 2017 Forsberg was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.

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