Thomas Steen

Thomas Steen is regarded as one of the major figures in Winnipeg Jets historyArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceArticle in SportbladetRead the sourceArticle in SVT SportRead the sourceClose. Thomas SteenArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose played football and hockey with the same friends in Grums, and they organised their own summer leagues, he told Hockeysverige in September 2019. He recalled training with 12-year-olds when he was just 9 and often playing in several age groups during the same seasonArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose.

In the same interview, Steen recalled attendingArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose Juha Widing and Bob Berry’s hockey camp in Leksand at the age of 12. He also remembered getting his first opportunity with Grums’ senior team at 14, in a game in NorwayArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose. He moved to Leksand ahead of the 1976/77Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose season.

Another LeksandArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose memory in the 2019 interview concerned a charity game where, in Steen’s recollection, he was 32 and sat beside 16-year-old Fredrik Jax. It reminded him of being 16 himself and playing alongside Fredrik’s father, Hans JaxArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose, who was then 32.

In September 2023, Steen told Hockeysverige about his work with Sundsvall’s junior players and hockeygymnasiumA Swedish hockeygymnasium combines upper-secondary (high school) studies with scheduled ice hockey training.Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose, an upper secondary programme with a hockey focus, where his duties included leading on-ice sessions. He also described working alongside his son Alexander in SundsvallArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose.