Thomas Rhodin
| Thomas Rhodin | |||
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| Born |
April 8, 1971 Karlstad, SWE | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| HA team Former teams |
Leksands IF Eisbären Berlin (DEL) HC Fribourg-Gottéron (NLA) Genève-Servette HC (NLA) Färjestads BK (SEL) Skåre BK (Swe-3) | ||
| Playing career | 1990–present | ||
Thomas Rhodin (born April 8, 1971 in Karlstad) is an ice hockey defenceman and is currently a player of Leksands IF.
Career
Rhodin started his career with Färjestad in 1989 and has played a total of twelve season with them. He has also played with the German club Eisbären Berlin between 1997 and 2000 and with the Nationalliga A teams HC Fribourg-Gottéron (2003–05) and Genève-Servette HC (2005). In 2002, 2003 and 2005, he represented Sweden at the Ice Hockey World Championship. Before the start of the 2005/06, he was offered a contract by NHL club Dallas Stars, but turned it down. Instead, he signed with Färjestad, here was named as alternate captain and was than released on 9 April 2009, later on 8 May 2009 signed with Skåre BK. On 5 September 2009 it was announced that he had signed with Leksands IF. Thereby he opted to use a clause in his contract with Skåre BK which allowed him to sign with a team from a higher division.