Note: Translation mainly done by Marty Sedin (no relation to the Sedin twins), with extensive editing done on my part. It is by no means complete. And God knows when it will be. Hopefully an English translation will come out. But until that day comes, this will have to suffice.

PETER FORSBERG'S BIOGRAPHY MAGIC BOY

Chapter 1. Olympics in Lillehammer 1994

Peter Forsberg from MoDo, now at Quebéc. He takes the puck goes towards Corey Hirsch who is in the Canadian goal. He goes to the right and Hirsch hasn't got a chance. It's a classic goal in Swedish hockey history. That goal and that penalty has forever made Forsberg a part of history at the age of 20. Everything has gone fast for Forsberg. His career is amazing. And you can say that reality has beaten fiction. 1988 Peter won the TV-puck with Ångermanland, 5-3 against Stockholm in the final. Peter wasn't the big star in that team. The star was Marcus Naslund, who scored a hat trick in the final. He was also named the MVP of TV-puck. In the summer of 90 Peter tried out to be on the roster of MoDo's elite team. He didn't make it. The coach told him that he must get some more muscles. But they couldn't wait anymore. He made his debut in November the 4th against HV Blue Bulls. Ever since that game, Peter been one of the best players in MoDo. On the 10th of May he become really big. Not even 19 years old and he won the World Championship in Prague in Czechoslovakia. He scored one goal in the final against Finland. On the 27th of February he was Olympic champion. It only took 3,5 years between the victory in TV-pucken until he won the WC. 18 months from the debut in the Swedish league until he won the WC. Not even 21 and Peter has won almost everything that a person can win. WC 92, Olympics 94 and the silver in the Swedish league 94. He won the Goldenpuck for the second straight year. They have to change the rules so that he could get it one more time. Other things that he has won: 2 WJC silvers 92 in Germany and 93 in Gavle. Junior Championships in Sweden 92,93. The Junior of the year 93. Nominated to the Swedish all star team in 92,93,94. He has been involved in what has been elected the best sports event in his country for three years.

Chapter 2. Our King is called Foppa

It was after Lillehammer it all began. The fame, fan letters and so on. People cheered to him wherever he was and everybody wanted autographs. Even before the Olympics he got fan mail in his family home in Domsjö just outside Ornskoldsvik. But it could be even worst. It was totally chaos when MoDo reach the finals in 94. The whole season had been rough, but in the playoffs MoDo started to play great hockey. They started the playoffs to beat the season leaders Leksand with 3-1 in games. In the semifinals, they beat Djurgårdens IF with 2-0 in games. And they had 2-0 in games in the finals. The whole thing was a beautiful story. The people in Örnsköldsvik will never forget that spring in 94. From the 15 of March until the 15 of April it was hockey fever in Örnsköldsvik. Never before has one player dominated a team such as Forsberg did. He almost won the championships by himself. 10 goals in the quarterfinals against Leksand. Peter scored 4 goals and had 2 assist. 2 goals and 1 assist in the semifinals. He finished the playoffs with 3 goals and 4 assists in the finals. Malmö won the last three games and became the champions. But it was Forsberg and MoDo who almost did the impossible. Before the season, no one thought that they would have a chance. Örnsköldsvik got a new name by the fans during the playoffs. The city is called Foppaland=Foppascountry by all hockey fans. Even today it can be hard to find Forsberg's family home. If you come from the wrong direction it's just a sign which says Foppaland. Forsberg and MoDo run in the playoffs couldn't have come at a better time. It was 15 years since MoDo won their latest and only gold medal in the Swedish league. But most of all, Örnsköldsvik celebrated its 100 year anniversary as a city. The Swedish king and his family made a visit to the city in '94. He visited a school, and the children knew that the king was coming for a visit. When the children saw that it was the king of Sweden who came, they got disappointed and sad, "Oh it is that king. Our king is Forsberg". Peter is very interested in horse racing and has a horse with some hockey friends in Sweden.

Chapter 3. I was probably hated by many

It was the fall of '90 when Peter made it to the Swedish league. His real debut took place in Allsvenskan in an away game against Huddinge in the spring of '90. Peter was just 17 then, and his big goal was to be in MoDos roster for the next year. Marcus Naslund made it, Peter didn't. The coach thought that he was too thin. When he made his debut on the 4th of November he got some trouble. He had to find someone who could sell game programs for him. His best friend Lars Hörnqvist sold them for him. 7 goals and 10 assist was Peter's scoring the first year. He only played 25 games that year. In 1991-92, he was one of the stars from the beginning. 9 goals and 19 assist that year. But he collected also 72 minutes in the penalty box. The goal for the next season was obviously; fewer penalty minutes and more points. He got 92 minutes the next season!!. There were several stars in the Swedish league who thought that he played too hard and dirty. The truth, says Peter, is that I was probably hated by many that year. One explanation is that I hate to lose, and I would do "anything" to win. Sometimes Peter gets mad even today. His mother Gudrun knows the cause. I can see already in the warm up that he isn't in shape. Tuesday the 12 of November 1991 MoDo fired Jan-Åke Andersson and replaced him with Peter's dad Kent Forsberg. Kent was the coach for the wining TV-puck team back in 1988. It was no secret that Kent and his assistant coach Anders Medlinder had been working in the juniors in hopes of coaching in the Swedish league. For many people in Sweden, MoDo is one of the classic teams, and there was a high "uppståndelse" when they fired the coach. There was much talk about MoDo's young players at that time. Could they really make some much muscles in such a short time ?? But his reply is hard work. Peter and Marcus and the others at the hockey gymnasium trained not only during the regular season they trained a few hours by themselves almost every day.

Chapter 4. Can I show real emotions ?

It was not only one or two hockey fans who couldn't understand what they heard after the last final. Forsberg was very disappointed, angry and tired. He broke his stick to 3 parts after the game. Just after the game, a journalist wanted to do an interview with him. Peter said this: "We did a great game, but I am disappointed at the referee Börje Johansson. He was so bad that I wanted to knock him down. Its true." I can't understand that reporter who interviewed him right after the game. If he knew Peter, he would have known that Peter gets very disappointed after a lost. The biggest paper in Sweden had this line in the paper the next day about the finals. Malmö IF 3-Peter Forsberg 2. The things that Peter said right after the game was bad PR for him and MoDo. Peter mother Gudrun remember some other loss. I remember when he was 10 and lost a cup final in hockey, he was very disappointed. And I also remember a cup final loss in Umeå (that where I studies), where he got an award for MVP and got a nice bag. Gudrun said what a nice bag, but Peter responded, "What a nice bag???? We lost the game!. Peter forgot the game pretty soon. He began to be interviewed in TV, radio and papers. The happiest persons in Malmö was probably 4 girls. They said this to Peter: "we like Malmö, but we don't like what they are shouting at you." The girls bagged everything of Forsberg. They got almost everything. Peter didn't score a single point in the last three final games. But before that, he had two points in every game. MoDo Hockey chose a different mode of transportation before the last game. They took a plane of the their own together with The Reds (that's MoDos fan club). The Malmö police said that MoDos fans were great. I have never seen something like that. When they started to sing congratulations to Malmö, I thought that I would die. I am very proud to live in Ornskoldsvik said Peter. The support the team has got in the last weeks is incredible. It's here in Ornskoldsvik I wanna live, but now begins the adventure over there.

Chapter 5. It was the Olympics and the Swedish championships that I wanted to win

If Peter had a short term mind set and wanted to play in the NHL, he would have been pro already in the autumn of '92. But it was the summer of '92 that all of Sweden waited for an answer from Peter. Would he become pro or would he stay another year? I thought about it for a long time. But this year it was the Olympics in Lillehammer, and I didn't want to miss that. No money in the world could change that. My two big goals for the season was to win the Olympics and the Swedish Championships. With the help of his agent Don Baizley, Peter negotiated a contract with Quebec. He was a great help to me, says Peter. He never rushed me into a contract. He said that I should be ready before I take the step into NHL. Peter had a press conference one day before the start of the Swedish League. In that conference, he said that he would play for MoDo this season. The next day, MoDo played against HV Blue Bulls. That game was televised all over Sweden, and MoDo won that game. I think that I have never been so nervous before a game, said Peter. Peter had a second press conference a few day later. I have signed a contract with Quebec. After this season with MoDo and the Olympics, it will be the Stanley Cup with Quebec. MoDo got some money when Peter signed the contract. Having never saw an NHL game live, he had signed the best contract for a Swedish player in history. The contract was for 40 million Swedish crowns for three years with the Nords. MoDo, Quebec and the Swedish hockey union all know that he had played his last national that season after the final in the Olympics. Peter didn't play in the world championships in Italy '94. When MoDo made it to the finals, Quebec was already out of the playoffs when Peter was free. Peter was totally exhausted after that enormous season. The Swedish coach Curt Lundmark tried to persuade him to play the world championships. Peter and his dad Kent went over to the US to watch some NHL games and find a place where Peter could live. It was an 11 days tour. He saw 9 games. WC in Italy started the 25 of April. Peter didn't come home until the 28 of April. I am prepared to wait, said Curt Lundmark over and over again. Curt wanted a decision before the 25th. The night before the 24th he got the decision from Peter. I promised Curt that I would think about it. But I am tired, and I don't have the motivation. Swedish papers was filled with headlines such as "Peter's good-bye to WC, Hello Quebec." You could see flags in Italy that said "20 years and already tired." During the trip in the US, Peter and Kent read the papers which said that he was a "SVIKARE." He said, I guess that the Olympics in Lillehammer is just history now. The truth is that Peter should have had a good conscious anyway. Not many could have resist the money from the NHL and stay another season in Sweden, as Peter did. And finally Sweden got their first goal in the Olympics in hockey.

Chapter 6. Father Kent. Peter was right not to not play the WC

Peter's dad Kent was elected coach of the year in 93-94. He got the award for taking MoDo to the finals and for almost winning the gold in the finals. Sure, I understood that many would be angry when Peter said that he wouldn't play the WC. But I think the decision was the best for all parties. He wasn't in shape. He was tired and exhausted. If he had play it would have been like the WC '93 in Germany. There, he didn't make anyone happy. It was Teemu Selanne who showed the way that you can wait a few years before you go to NHL. Peter waited and so did Paul Kariya. It was Philadelphia who took Peter as the number 6 in the '91 draft. Peter's best friend Marcus Naslund was taken by the Penguins as the number 16 pick. It was the former Maple Leaf player Binge Hammarstrom who convinced the Flyers to take Peter with their first pick. Inge was sure that he was a future star. Whether the Flyers made a mistake when they traded Peter and a couple of other players for Eric Lindros, only time can tell. Quebec got Forsberg, Hextall, Simon, Ricci, Duchesne and Huffman. They also got some draft picks (Thibault and Deadmarsh).

Chapter 7. A product from the best school

MoDo Hockey is the best team in Sweden when it comes to finding young talent and bringing them up to the team. No one can disagree with that statement. A person who has followed Peter for a long time is his principal for the hockey gymnasium, Anders Melinder, later coach for MoDo. When it comes to Peter, he has some natural talent. But it is all about blood, sweat, and tears. Peter and Marcus trained a lot. In the hockey gymnasium, we had 2 pass for everyone. Peter and Marcus did at least 5 pass a week.

Chapter 8. The mistakes I never will forget

I lost a face-off in the WJC of '92 in Fussen against Russia. Russia took the puck, scored and won the tournament on that goal.

Chapter 9. The radio summary who says it all

Yeah, I have heard.

Chapter 10. With Sundin you can't fail

It was.

Chapter 11. Gavlerinken is my second home arena

With time, Gavlerinkens has become my second home arena. It was there he first scored more then 1 point in a game. It was January 1991 when MoDo won, 6-4, and Peter had 1 goal and 1 assist. It was also here that great game was played. MoDo played against Brynäs, and the game was televised all over Sweden. It was the December, 2 1993. Brynäs lead, 2-1, after one period. Then it all started. MoDo totally dominated the rest of the game, most of all Peter Forsberg. No one who saw the game will ever forget the game. MoDo scored 7 goals in 5 minutes and 29 sec. It was a world record for the fastest goals. MoDo won that game with 10-3. Peter had 2 goals one assist. The day after the game it was not hard to find any articles in the local papers about Forsberg. He had became one of the favorites in that arena in the WJC in 1992-93. Peter had already won the big WC, but this was the time when Peter proved to the rest of the world how good he was. It became a WJC that the world will never forget. Sweden played great hockey, but they lost the game against Canada, 6-5. Canada took the gold, and Sweden took the silver. But this was the WJC of Peter Forsberg. No player before and probably no player after him will ever dominate a WJC like he did. In 7 games, Peter scored 7 goals and had 24 assist for 31 points. It's a record that will probably not be unbroken. In his first WJC in Fussen in Germany, Peter scored 11 points. That totals 42 points in two WJC. That's also a record. Robert Reichel scored 40 points in three WJC.

Chapter 12. NHL Entry draft come as a shock

It was the summer of '89 when Mats Sundin became a part of Swedish hockey history. He was the first Swede who was selected number 1 in the NHL Entry Draft. But the summer of 91 was more historic. It was the year when they selected players born 1973. This time three Swedes were selected in the first round. And two of them played together since the TV-puck. Peter Forsberg was selected number 6 by the Philadelphia Flyers. Flyers took him after the Swedish scout Inge Hammarstrom had convinced the Flyer's general manager that he was a future prospect. He thought that Peter was something special, and besides, the Flyers had many old centers. I was convinced that Peter would play in the NHL in the near future. It was also with the Flyers that Peter negotiated a contract for the first time. It was during the World Championships in Prague 1992. The tip before the draft was that Marcus would be selected in the first round and Peter among the top 25. Naslund was number 16 in the draft. The Pittsburgh Penguins took him. Peter was shocked when he heard his name so soon in the draft. I thought that Marcus would go before me. After all he is a great scorer. During whole 1990-91 season, MoDo understood that the duo would go high in the draft. Almost in every game in Kempehallen, there was at least a few scouts from the NHL. The NHL Draft 91 took place in Buffalo Memorial Auditorium with 10,000 in the crowd. Live on TV to both Canada and US. Peter's dad Kent was also there! Peter has never had a favorite team in the NHL. The only thing he knew about the Flyers before the draft was that they took Renberg in the draft the year before, and that Per-Erik Eklund played there right now. Peter made his debut in NHL 3.5 years after the draft. Peter and Marcus became a dream line as soon as Marcus left Ornskoldsvik Hockey as a 15 year old. Marcus was ahead of Peter in his career. Marcus was the big star in the TV-puck 1988. When the European Junior Championships was held in Ornskoldsvik in 1990, Marcus made the team. Peter didn't. Marcus made his debut in the Swedish national team in the fall of '91. This happened at the same time that Peter made his debut in MoDo. Peter's first point in Elitserien come in the 22nd game of the season. MoDo won that game, 4-2, and made it to the serie after the Christmas break. Peter scored his first goal in Elitserien against Västerås in early 1991. After that game, Peter always been a key player in MoDo. You can say that Peter went ahead of Marcus' career in the spring of '92. Peter made it to the Swedish world championships team, Marcus was the last player chosen for the squad. They played two whole seasons together in the Swedish league. In 1991-92 Marcus scored 39 points, and Peter 28 points. In 92-93, Marcus scored 39 points, and Peter 47 points. Marcus became a pro in the summer of '93. He chose to sign a contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Peter chose to stick to his two big goals: The Olympics and the Swedish championships with MoDo. In the lockout season 1994-95 the duo almost made a reunion in Elitserien. Peter played 11 games for MoDo during the lookout. The whole hockey Sweden was waiting for Peter and Marcus to play together again. In a cup game in Östersund (that's Ulf Dahlen's hometown,) MoDo beat Vålerengen, 15-2; Östersund, 12-2; Södertälje, 4-3. The duo played together in these games. They knew exactly where the other guy was. Its not hard to play with Peter said Marcus. You always know where the pucks will come. Here is what Marcus says about Peter: cool, shy, the girls' favorite, and the boy with the golden skates. Peter says this about Marcus: married, Christian, and never drinks either beer or wine.

Chapter 13. Conny knew all time...

When Peter made his debut in 1990.

Chapter 14. We could scamp with the results

Bosse Lindgren, Tore Nyberg, Dan Lundgren and Kent Forsberg were Peter's first four trainers. Kent trained those born in 1970. Bosse had the 1972'ers and Dan had the 1973'ers. The trainer says it was in that time when all players should play exactly the same time as they rest. We played with 4 lines, and Peter played dman often just so we could have him on the ice more often. When we had some crises in the game, I just told Peter to go out and score. And then he went out on the ice and scored. Today Dan Lundgren never misses a MoDo home game, but he says that it's a little bit empty ever since they retired Peter's jersey.

Chapter 15. So I missed being a soccer star

Could Peter have been a soccer star too? The ones who have seen him play say so. Impossible, says Peter. I was too slow and lazy. Peter was a star in Domsjö IF soccer team. And it was just a stroke of luck that made him stop playing soccer. He and Andreas Salomonsson (also a MoDo Hockey player) went as always to soccer practice. The coach had called Andreas and told him that the practice would start 30 minutes earlier. They forget about that, and when they reached the soccer ground, the training had began for a long time ago. We just left and never came back. In the summer of '94, an Ornskoldsvik Fame team played against the TV-team in soccer. Peter and Marcus played that game. They both had a great game. The spring of 1992, Peter was a part of the WJC and the WC team and was gone for six straight weeks from school. I don't understand how he did it says his mother Gudrun. Nolaskolan (Peters and Marcus' school in the gymnasium) got special teachers for them. Sure it was a hard time says Peter, but I didn't think about skipping school. Peter finished school with a 3.1 out of 5.0 in grades.

Chapter 16. The goals we never forget

Despite his youth, Peter has scored a three of the most memorable goals in Swedish hockey history. #1: The 1-0 victory in the WC final against Finland in 1992. #2: The penalty shoot in Lillehammer against Canada and Corey Hirsch #3: The sudden death goal in the second final of the Swedish league in 1994, after 36.52 minutes of sudden death. 75 goals in 165 games with MoDo, and he wasn't even a scorer. A total of 171 points in MoDo. Forsberg says about the 1-0 victory against Finland: It was a great goal. We had practiced that goal. Sundin had the puck. He passed to me behind the net. Garpenlov was in front of the net and took away some player. I just turned around and scored.

Chapter 17. Sure I had idols too

When MoDo in March 79.

Chapter 18. He had technique over natural ability.

Tommy Tomth

Chapter 19. He has the things to create a winner

Curt Lundmark

Chapter 20. Should you score 40 or 50 goals ?

1II Peter Forsberg

Chapter 21. The last summer as an amateur

Sunday the 17 of April, Peter said good-bye to the fans of MoDo Hockey. It became a great moment just three days after the last final in the Swedish league. Over 5,000 fans were in Kempehallen during that ceremony, in which at the end, Forsberg's number 21 was retired. I'm sure gonna miss the boys in the team, said Peter in his good-bye speech. That summer he followed the World Cup of soccer in the US. After the Swedish soccer team had won the bronze medal, Peter said, "This was even greater then what we did in Lillehammer". He also went on a trip to Cyprys. He played golf. Peter also bought a horse with his friends in MoDo. The horse's name is Orbit Air. The highlights of the last summer was: 1) With the rest of the gold medal winning team from Lillehammer, they got the Princess Victoria award 2) With Malmö and the NHL ALL STAR team, Peter got the Golden Helmet for the second time. The first of September Peter went over to Canada. His last question before the trip was: I wonder if I have enough muscle now?

Chapter 22. The hottest export goods after Absolute

The first of September Peter went towards his big goal as a hockey player--to play in the best league in the world. It felt right to go, said Peter. But it was hard with all the good-byes back home in Ornskoldsvik. Only 12 hours before the plane would leave, Peter trained for the last time with his friends in MoDo. He get up at 4:00 in the morning. The plane left from Ornskoldsvik at 6:20 in the morning. One day later he was in Quebec. He took four flights. Ornskoldsvik to Stockholm, Stockholm to Newark, Newark to Montreal, Montreal to Quebec. Then Peter finally ended up in Quebec. He didn't have anything to say about it. He thought it was better to play in a small town rather then playing in New York. Quebec reminds me of Ornskoldsvik, particularly the climate. Quebec's training arena Pepsi Arena was filled (2,500) when Peter entered the Canadian ice for the first time. The crowed stood up and gave him a standing ovation. He couldn't believe that it was true. 4 TV stations, 3 radio stations and 20 newspapers followed his first training camp. Something that Peter didn't expect was the hard training routine in Quebec. Before his first training camp, Peter had done some shopping at IKEA. He bought furniture for his apartment. Quebec's biggest newspaper had three pages about the new star the same day he arrived. Many hockey journalists had him as one of the contenders for Rookie of the Year. Peter almost won that award in Sweden. He was one of the finalists, but Tommy Söderström won the award. One of the hockey papers that Peter read on the flight, had him on their ALL STAR team before the season, despite the fact he hadn't played one NHL game. Despite the fact Mats Sundin had left the team, everything was great in Quebec. The opportunity he had wait for two years came closer and closer. Sure, I did the right thing when I waited to go, Peter says. An Olympic gold medal and a silver medal with MoDo.

Chapter 23. The debut. The worst I have ever done

Hardly two weeks into training camp, and it was time for the first pre-season game. Place: Coils de Quebec, Nordiques home arena which can seat 15,399 people. Opponent team: Philadelphia Flyers. Time for hot feelings right away. Quebec will never forget that Eric Lindros refused to play for the team, and eventually got traded to Flyers for Forsberg and some other players. Quebec lost that game, 4-5. In that game there were 144 penalty minutes! Peter's line mates in the first game were Andrei Kovalenko and Chris Simon. Peter had one goal and one assist in that game. The crowed booed everytime Lindros got the puck. The crowed showed that they hadn't forget. Peter was selected Quebec's best player in that game

Chapter 24. The move to the apartment had to wait

Pretty soon

Chapter 25. The historic Elitserie game

The NHL conflict took longer and longer. Days went by, weeks went by. The Swedish crowd just waited for the NHL players to enter the Swedish league. The Swedish hockey league's manager Rickard Fagerlund said that it's ok NHL pros to play in the Swedish League. Peter stayed with MoDo seven games without playing. In a game in Stockholm he had to hide from the crowd. They went crazy when they saw who was there. The Swedish league voted 8-4 against having NHL pros in the games. MoDo was one of the team that wanted pros in the games. Wednesday the 26th of October MoDo held a press conference. We found out that it was impossible for Peter should play in another team in Europe. Therefore he will play in MoDo on Thursday. MoDo, one of the small clubs in the league, did something odd. Rickard Fagerlund was very glad about the decision. Thursday the 27th of October. Place: Kempehallen in Ornskoldsvik. MoDo against Västerås, which had 3 pros in the roster that day. 5,738 in Kempehallen in just an ordinary game. Forsberg get a standing ovation when he entered the ice. You could compare that to what Borje Salming got in Toronto in the 1976 Canada Cup. The result of the game was 3-3, and Peter was the best player on the ice. When MoDo has let Forsberg play, many other team followed. Tomas Sandstrom played in Malmo, Mats Sundin in Djurgarden and Mikael Renberg in Lulea. Forsberg played 11 games in MoDo and scored 14 points. MoDo had 12 points in 11 games with Forsberg. In the 29 games without him, MoDo took 12 points. Forsberg played one game after Christmas break, and now there was another former MoDo player ready to start to play--Marcus Naslund. If MoDo got Naslund to play, they will he a strong contender for the championships, said one of the other team coaches. The fall of '94 we will never forget. Sweden got a dream team in a tournament at Izvestija, Russia. Forsberg, Sundin, Lidstrom, Renberg, Carnback and Nylander played in that tournament.

Chapter 26. The stamp means Foppa fever again

In the middle of his first NHL season, it was Foppa fever once again in Orsnkoldsvik. Forsberg would be on a stamp. The motif was the penalty shot in the Olympic final against Canada. Corey Hirsch didn't want to be on the stamp. He threatened to sue the Swedish post office, so they changed the number of the Canadian goalie from number 1 to 11, and the jersey colour from red to blue. But everyone still knew who is on that stamp.

Chapter 27. Has it happen something else in Sweden ?

Kent Forsberg says that the Forsberg story began in 1978. It was then Peter was just 5 years old and wanted to follow his brother Roger, who is two years older, to training camp. You couldn't stop Peter from going to training camp. Peter played on his first team in the 1978-79 season (the same season that MoDo won the Swedish championships). On Forsberg's team, mostly everyone was born in 1970. Only Peter was born in 1973. Peter didn't trained much before the TV-puck 1988. But Ångermanland (a Swedish province) beat Stockholm in the final with 5-3. The fall of 95 became the ultimate father and son duo for the whole hockey Sweden. Forsberg senior became head coach of MoDo. After the WC 92 in Prague, each took another direction. Peter is now one of the best Swedes ever to play. Kent Forsberg became head coach for Sweden's National team on the 14th of March 1995. What did Peter say when he found out?, a reporter asked. He congratulated me and asked if it hasn't happened somewhere other than in Sweden. Kent has always tried to treat Peter like just one of the guys in the team. A reporter on a big Swedish magazine said this when Kent was announced head coach: He is too nice and a bad coach. I went almost crazy when Kent coached MoDo. He had one of the best players, but he didn't take take advantage of that. Every time I saw MoDo play, I thought that he gave Peter way too little ice time. Hockey history was made every year in the Forsberg family. In 1992, Peter won the WC as a 18 years. 1993, he won the Golden Puck (as Sweden's MVP). 1994 Olympic gold medal in Lillehammer. 1995 NHL debut, Rookie of the Year, and Kent named head coach of Sweden. 1996 Won the Stanley Cup. 1997 What will happen this year?

Chapter 28. Sure he forgets things

MoDo Hockey

Chapter 29. He was always good and outstanding

Quiet

Chapter 30. So was the longest wait over

In stead

Chapter 31. I have never been a great scorer

Chapter 32. First NHL goal something special

Chapter 33. I wish I was home

Chapter 34. Lindros ? He is big

Chapter 35. He was strong as a person

Don Baizley is one of the men who works in the NHL, who has a very good reputation. Baizley is a lawyer, but mostly works as a nagent for hockey players. Baizley love for Swedish hockey is strong. It was 1974 when he first got in contact with Swedish players. Don helped Anders Hedberg and Ulf Nillson to good contracts with the Winnipeg Jets, the team in Don's hometown. What great guys, Don remembers. Ever since that, he has had a special feeling about Swedish hockey. He will never lose contact with Anders and Ulf. It was also Hedberg, one of the big talents ever in MoDo, who tipped Peter and Kent about Don Baizley. Yeah it was so. Anders recommended him to me and it's on that way. Don earns a lot of money for his players, but he is known for always standing on the players side. Kent and Gudrun (Peter's mother) are very happy that Don helped their son adjust to the NHL. We have great confidence in Don, says Kent. He is a great man.

Chapter 36. The Volvo president and Theodor

It was the last day of March 1995 when Peter made his first visit to Madison Square Garden in New York. In the crowed was Kent, 30 other people from Ornskoldsvik, the Volvo president (he is from Ornskoldsvik). Theodor, 9 years old, was also there. He had come all the way from Sweden to see his idol play. Quebec won 5-4 and Peter had 3 assists. After the game, Peter talked to Theodor. They meet in Halmstad (Per Gessles birth town) in '94. Theodor sits in a wheelchair. Theodor was supposed to visit Peter early in the season, but the lookout came.

Chapter 37. I think it will be a long career in NHL.

PLEASE REMEMBER MARTIN SEDIN (THE GENTLE SWEDE) HAS NOT FINISHED HIS TRANSLATION, BUT WE ARE THANKFUL FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE SO FAR!

E-mail me at info @ shenny_dot_net