Borje Salming

Börje Salming är uppväxt i Kiruna och Salmi som son till Karin född Persson 1927 och Erland Salming 19211956. A superior all-around defenceman and the first Swedish star ever to play in.

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He was 71 years old.

. 5 hours agoSalming was a two-time runner-up for the Norris Trophy for the leagues best defenseman finishing his NHL career with 150 goals and 637 assists for 787 points in 1148. He played more than 1148 regular-season games for the. 5 hours agoBorje Salming center took part in a ceremonial puck drop on Nov.

1 hour agoBorje Salming 1951-2022. 3 hours agoFormer Toronto Maple Leafs player Borje Salming center joined by his wife Pia Salming left and other family members is honored during a ceremony prior to NHL hockey. Borje Salming represented Sweden at Olympic Games World Championships and Canada Cups and was admired by fans on both sides of the Atlantic.

5 hours agoSalmings 17th NHL season was the Detroit Red Wings before he retired after the 1989-90 season. Fadern som var gruvarbetare och av samiskt påbrå omkom i en olycka. He was accompanied onto the ice on Friday by fellow Maple Leafs greats Mats Sundin and Darryl Sittler and received a lengthy standing ovation.

Getty Images Nobody will ever forget this moment this game this night Darryl Sittler another Leafs Hall of Famer said per. Over the course of 16 seasons and 1099 regular season games in blue and. 4 hours agoPublished Nov.

Focus on SportGetty Images Salming played for the Maple Leafs for 16 years and appeared in 1099 games. Indeed Salming is the most famous person with Sami heritage beating the odds to have a global impact on the sport. 4 hours agoBorje Salming playing for the Maple Leafs in 1979.

Earlier this month Rasmus Sandin shared a story of when he was drafted by the. 1 hour agoSalming wept too unabashedly the pathos almost unbearable. Checkout the latest stats of Börje Salming.

Salmings playing career spanned from 1967 to 1993. TORONTO -- Borje Salming was The King when he played for Toronto. Anders Börje Salming was born in Kiruna Sweden on April 17 1951.

Few witnessed later when Salming shuffled off the ice hugged by players in awe all along the Leaf bench. 24 2022 1005 am. 5 hours agoSalmings Maple Leafs career began when he signed as a free agent prior to the 1973-74 season.

Salming forged a particular bond with Swedish players especially ones that became a Maple Leaf. Defense Born Apr 17 1951 -- Kiruna Sweden 71 yrs. 12 in Toronto with Oliver Ekman-Larsson of the Canucks and William Nylander of the Maple Leafs both.

On Saturday night the Maple Leafs gave Salming a royal -- and overwhelmingly emotional --. A teary-eyed Sittler helped. The Maple Leafs and fans honor former defensemen Borje Salming who caps off the special tribute by dropping the ceremonial puck.

Toronto Maple Leafs legend Börje Salming has died after a battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ALS He was 71. He grew up in Kiruna in the far north of Sweden. Statistics of Borje Salming a hockey player from Kiruna Sweden born Apr 17 1951 who was active from 1973 to 1993.

Salming drops puck on emotional night. 5 hours agoLegendary NHL defenceman Börje Salming who was a fixture on the Toronto Maple Leafs blue line for 16 years has died. His father Erland Salming 1921-1956 died in a mine.

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