Samuel Pahlsson Olympic medal record Men's Ice hockey Gold 2006 Turin Ice hockey Samuel Påhlsson (born December 17, 1977, in Ånge, Sweden) is a professional ice hockey player who currently plays for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the National Hockey League. Påhlsson started his professional career in Sweden for MODO Hockey and was drafted by the Colorado Avalanche 176th overall in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. After spending his whole Colorado spell playing for MODO Hockey, he was traded without playing a single game on March 6, 2000, along with Brian Rolston and Martin Grenier and a first round pick in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft to the Boston Bruins for veterans Dave Andreychuk and Raymond Bourque. Påhlsson managed to play 17 games for Boston before once again being traded. On November 18, 2000, Påhlsson was traded to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim for Andrei Nazarov and Patrick Traverse. Since moving to the Ducks, Pahlsson has played more games and picked up more points, his best season came in the 2003-04 NHL season where Påhlsson scored a career high in goals with 8 and points with 22, he also hit 14 assists, matching his career best in 2000-01, Pahlsson always had a career high in games by playing all 82 regular season games that season. During the 2004-05 NHL lockout he played for Frölunda HC in Sweden and became champion of Elitserien. Pahlsson was named to the Swedish Elitserien post-season All-Star Team.
In 2005-06, Pahlsson played for the Swedish Olympic Team at the Torino Olympics, where he won a Gold Medal.
