Anton Stralman, 38, has retired from skilled hockey and can now coach girls’s soccer in Sweden, Robin Olausson of Hockey Sverige stories. Stralman, a veteran of 938 NHL video games between the Toronto Maple Leafs, Columbus Blue Jackets, New York Rangers, Tampa Bay Lightning, Florida Panthers, Arizona Coyotes, and Boston Bruins, final performed within the 2023-24 season with HV71 of the Swedish Hockey League.
Stralman was drafted 216th total within the 2005 NHL Draft by the Maple Leafs. He made his NHL debut within the 2007-08 season, registering 9 factors (three objectives and 6 assists) in 50 video games. He was a key contributor to the Rangers throughout their Jap Convention Closing run in 2012 and their Stanley Cup Closing run in 2014.
Stralman’s greatest season of his profession sport was throughout his 2014-15 marketing campaign with the Lightning. He registered 39 factors (9 objectives and 30 assists) in 82 video games and completed thirteenth in Norris Trophy voting. He final performed within the NHL with the Bruins within the 2022-23 season, going pointless in eight appearances.
Stralman additionally performed 59 video games for Sweden’s worldwide staff from 2006-2017, scoring 31 factors (15 objectives and 16 assists) in 59 video games throughout 5 totally different appearances. He gained the World Championship Bronze Medal within the 2008-09 season and World Championship Gold Medal within the 2016-17 season.
Now, Stralman is about to affix Skultorps IF, a girls’s soccer membership in Sweden. The Tibro, Sweden native has gone full circle, returning to his house nation following an impressive hockey profession.