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| Position | Left Wing |
| Shoots | Left |
| Nickname(s) | Homer, Demolition Man |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 202 lb (92 kg) |
| NHL Team | Detroit Red Wings |
| Nationality | Sweden |
| Born | January 23 1973 , Piteå, SWE |
| NHL Draft | 257th overall, 1994 Detroit Red Wings |
| Pro Career | 1994 – present |
Tomas Holmström (born January 23, 1973, in Piteå, Sweden) is a Swedish ice hockey winger, currently with the Detroit Red Wings in NHL.
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Holmström was drafted 257th overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft and has played for the Red Wings since 1996 with the exception of the season lost due to the 2004-05 NHL lockout where Holmström returned to Sweden to play for his old team, Luleå HF in the Swedish elite league Elitserien.
He won the Stanley Cup in 1997, 1998 and 2002. He was inducted into the Piteå Wall of Fame in 2006.
Holmström is known for standing in front of goal to screen the opposing goaltender to try to tip in goals.[1] Because he has to withstand hits from pucks as well as his opponents in this position, he wears several extra pads to protect his body.[2] Holmström is known to many fans in Detroit by the nickname of "Homer." He acquired the nickname "Demolition Man" while playing in Sweden (where he was also called "Holma").
On April 7, 2007, Holmström scored his 30th goal of the 2006-07 season against Chicago Blackhawks, achieving the first 30 goal season of his career.
In a recent issue of Sports Illustrated, Holmström said that he wears three similar gray shirts (one before warm-ups, one during warm-ups, and one during the game), but says that he cannot mix them up because of their purposes.
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | ||
| 1994-95 | Luleå HF | SEL | 40 | 14 | 14 | 28 | - | 56 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 20 | ||
| 1995-96 | Luleå HF | SEL | 34 | 12 | 11 | 23 | - | 78 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 8 | - | 22 | ||
| 1996-97 | Adirondack Red Wings | AHL | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1996-97 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 47 | 6 | 3 | 9 | -10 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | ||
| 1997-98 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 57 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 44 | 22 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 9 | 16 | ||
| 1998-99 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 82 | 13 | 21 | 34 | -11 | 69 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1999-00 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 72 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 4 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 16 | ||
| 2000-01 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 73 | 16 | 24 | 40 | -12 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 8 | ||
| 2001-02 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 69 | 8 | 18 | 26 | -12 | 58 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 8 | ||
| 2002-03 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 74 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 11 | 62 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2003-04 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 67 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 8 | 38 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | ||
| 2004-05 | Luleå HF | SEL | 47 | 14 | 16 | 30 | -10 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 | 18 | ||
| 2005-06 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 81 | 29 | 30 | 59 | 14 | 66 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 12 | ||
| 2006-07 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 77 | 30 | 22 | 52 | 13 | 59 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 14 | ||
| SEL Totals | 121 | 40 | 41 | 81 | - | 184 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 11 | - | 60 | ||||
| AHL Totals | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| NHL Totals | 699 | 155 | 192 | 347 | 11 | 512 | 108 | 32 | 30 | 62 | 21 | 92 | ||||
Holmström has played for Sweden in the following competitions:
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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| 1996 | Sweden | WC | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | |
| 2002 | Sweden | Oly | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2004 | Sweden | WCup | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |
| 2006 | Sweden | Oly | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| Senior int'l totals | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 32 | |||
Statistics as of May 25, 2007
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