Tommy Albelin

Tommy Albelin (born 21 May 1964) is a Swedish former ice hockey defenceman and coach. He most recently served as an assistant coach for the New York Islanders. He was formerly an assistant coach for Switzerland's national team. He also was world champion in 1987 and competed in the men's tournament at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Playing career

Albelin has, over the course of a 24-year professional career, played a total of 952 games for three NHL teams: the Quebec Nordiques, the New Jersey Devils, and the Calgary Flames. Albelin was drafted 152nd overall by Quebec in the 1983 NHL entry draft. Before joining the club he played five seasons for Djurgårdens IF in the Swedish Elitserien, winning the Swedish championship in his first year (1982–83). Albelin left for Quebec upon the conclusion of the 1986–87 season. He played a year and a half for the Nordiques before being traded to New Jersey. It would be with the Devils that he would play 10 seasons for and win two Stanley Cups, in 1995 and 2003. In 1996, he was traded to Calgary, but he signed to play with New Jersey again in 2001. His best season was the 1988–89 season when he put up 37 points. Albelin announced his retirement from hockey on 29 July 2004, however the Devils re-signed him in December 2005 (abbreviating his retirement after he had practiced with the team as an unsigned player for nearly half the season). He finished out his final year in 2006 playing for the Devils.

Coaching career On 25 July 2007, Albelin was hired by the New Jersey Devils as an assistant coach to head coach Brent Sutter. It was his first NHL coaching job.

On 10 August 2010, Albelin was named assistant coach of the Albany Devils, the AHL affiliate of the New Jersey Devils. On 9 September 2014, following Scott Stevens' decision to step down from a coaching position in New Jersey, Albelin was promoted to be an assistant coach under Peter DeBoer in the 2014–15 season.

On 1 July 2024, he was hired as an assistant head coach of the New York Islanders. On 29 May 2025, he was relieved of his duties.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1979–80 Stocksunds IF SWE III 1 0 0 0 — — — — — — 1980–81 Stocksunds IF SWE III 18 6 1 7 — — — — — — 1981–82 Stocksunds IF SWE III 22 6 2 8 — — — — — — 1982–83 Djurgårdens IF SEL 19 2 5 7 4 6 1 0 1 2 1983–84 Djurgårdens IF SEL 30 9 5 14 26 4 0 1 1 2 1984–85 Djurgårdens IF SEL 32 8 8 16 22 8 2 1 3 4 1985–86 Djurgårdens IF SEL 35 4 8 12 26 — — — — — 1986–87 Djurgårdens IF SEL 33 7 5 12 42 2 0 0 0 2 1987–88 Quebec Nordiques NHL 60 3 23 26 47 — — — — — 1988–89 Quebec Nordiques NHL 14 2 4 6 27 — — — — — 1988–89 Halifax Citadels AHL 8 2 5 7 4 — — — — — 1988–89 New Jersey Devils NHL 46 7 24 31 40 — — — — — 1989–90 New Jersey Devils NHL 68 6 23 29 63 — — — — — 1990–91 Utica Devils AHL 14 4 2 6 10 — — — — — 1990–91 New Jersey Devils NHL 47 2 12 14 44 3 0 1 1 2 1991–92 Utica Devils AHL 11 4 6 10 4 — — — — — 1991–92 New Jersey Devils NHL 19 0 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 0 1992–93 New Jersey Devils NHL 36 1 5 6 14 5 2 0 2 0 1993–94 Albany River Rats AHL 4 0 2 2 17 — — — — — 1993–94 New Jersey Devils NHL 62 2 17 19 36 20 2 5 7 14 1994–95 New Jersey Devils NHL 48 5 10 15 20 20 1 7 8 2 1995–96 New Jersey Devils NHL 53 1 12 13 14 — — — — — 1995–96 Calgary Flames NHL 20 0 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 1996–97 Calgary Flames NHL 72 4 11 15 14 — — — — — 1997–98 Calgary Flames NHL 69 2 17 19 32 — — — — — 1998–99 Calgary Flames NHL 60 1 5 6 8 — — — — — 1999–2000 Calgary Flames NHL 41 4 6 10 12 — — — — — 2000–01 Calgary Flames NHL 77 1 19 20 22 — — — — — 2001–02 New Jersey Devils NHL 42 1 3 4 4 6 0 0 0 0 2002–03 Albany River Rats AHL 5 0 2 2 2 — — — — — 2002–03 New Jersey Devils NHL 37 1 6 7 6 16 1 0 1 2 2003–04 New Jersey Devils NHL 45 1 3 4 4 4 0 1 1 0 2005–06 New Jersey Devils NHL 36 0 6 6 2 2 0 0 0 2 SEL totals 149 30 30 60 120 20 3 2 5 10 NHL totals 952 44 211 255 417 81 7 15 22 22

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1983 Sweden WJC 7 0 3 3 6 1984 Sweden WJC 7 1 3 4 10 1985 Sweden WC 10 1 0 1 10 1986 Sweden WC 10 3 0 3 12 1987 Sweden WC 10 1 5 6 12 1987 Sweden CC 6 2 2 4 2 1989 Sweden WC 7 0 2 2 8 1991 Sweden CC 6 0 0 0 6 1996 Sweden WCH 4 1 0 1 2 1997 Sweden WC 11 1 3 4 2 1998 Sweden OG 3 0 0 0 4 Junior totals 14 1 6 7 16 Senior totals 68 9 11 20 58

Coaching statistics