Tuomas Grönman

Tuomas Oskar Grönman (born 22 March 1974 ) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League and SM-liiga.

This article is about the ice hockey player. For the biathlete, see Tuomas Grönman (biathlete).

Tuomas Grönman
Born (1974-03-22) 22 March 1974
Viitasaari, Finland
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 219 lb (99 kg; 15 st 9 lb)
Position Defenceman
Shot Right
Played for Pittsburgh Penguins
Chicago Blackhawks
Lukko Rauma
TPS Turku
Jokerit Helsinki
National team  Finland
NHL Draft 29th overall, 1992
Quebec Nordiques
Playing career 1991–2003

Playing career

Grönman was drafted in the second round of the 1992 NHL Entry Draft by the Quebec Nordiques. After spending 4 years in Finland developing his skills Colorado Avalanche (formally the Quebec Nordiques) still owned his negotiating rights but Gronman was not offered a professional contract by the Avalanch, however soon after Quebec transferred their franchise to Colorado renaming themselves the Avalanche, Gronman's NHL negotiating rights were traded to the Chicago Blackhawks by the Colorado Avalanche on July 10th, 1996 in exchange for The Chicago Blackhawks Second Round Pick in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, Colorado selected Phillippe Sauve with that pick. A little more than a year later on October 27th, 1997 the Chicago Blackhawks traded Gronman to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for veteran forward Greg Johnson. On October 18th, 1998 while playing in a game for Pittsburgh's farm team the Kansas City Blades of the IHL, Gronman suffered a significant knee injury causing him to miss the majority of the 1998-1999 IHL season. Soon after Gronman's contract expired and with no NHL or Minor League interest - Gronman's Professional North American career was over so he took his game overseas and played for TPS, Lukko and Jokerit. Gronman would also play a role and help Finland win a bronze medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1990–91 Lukko FIN Jr 25 10 15 25 14 — — — — —
1991–92 Tacoma Rockets WHL 61 5 18 23 102 4 0 1 1 2
1992–93 Lukko FIN Jr 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1992–93 Lukko Liiga 45 2 11 13 46 3 1 0 1 2
1993–94 Lukko Liiga 44 4 12 16 60 9 0 1 1 14
1994–95 TPS FIN Jr 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1994–95 TPS Liiga 47 4 20 24 66 12 3 3 6 43
1995–96 TPS Liiga 32 5 7 12 85 11 1 4 5 16
1996–97 Indianapolis Ice IHL 51 5 16 21 89 4 1 1 2 6
1996–97 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 16 0 1 1 13 — — — — —
1997–98 Indianapolis Ice IHL 6 0 3 3 6 — — — — —
1997–98 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 22 1 2 3 25 1 0 0 0 0
1997–98 Syracuse Crunch AHL 33 6 14 20 45 — — — — —
1998–99 Kansas City Blades IHL 4 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1999–2000 Jokerit Liiga 51 1 9 10 72 1 0 0 0 0
2000–01 Lukko Liiga 25 0 4 4 74 3 0 0 0 14
2001–02 Lukko Liiga 18 0 2 2 26 — — — — —
2002–03 TPS Liiga 52 3 6 9 85 7 0 0 0 8
Liiga totals 314 19 71 90 514 46 5 8 13 97
NHL totals 38 1 3 4 38 1 0 0 0 0

International
Medal record
Men's ice hockey
Representing  Finland
Olympic Games
1998 Nagano Team
Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
1991 Finland EJC 6 1 1 2 4
1992 Finland EJC 6 2 2 4 4
1992 Finland WJC 7 1 0 1 10
1993 Finland WJC 7 1 2 3 14
1994 Finland WJC 7 0 4 4 10
1998 Finland OG 4 0 0 0 2
Junior totals 33 5 9 14 42
Senior totals 4 0 0 0 2


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