Tony Martensson

Tony Mårtensson is a Swedish forward who started his career with the Wings HC Arlanda in 1996. He then transferred into the Brynäs IF club, before being picked in the 2001 NHL Draft by the Anaheim Mighty Ducks. He started playing in the club's system in the 2002/2003 season, and played only six matches for the first team. After spending time with Anaheim's far club Tony returned home to Sweden, and became a player of Linköping. He spent five seasons in a row there, five seasons which were enough to impress Ak Bars Kazan for the 2008/2009 season. In 2007 and 2008 Tony won the silver medal of the Swedish championship, and also in 2008 he was the top scorer and the MVP of the whole season. In his first season in Russia with Ak Bars he won the Gagarin Cup. Not long later in 2010 Tony became a SKA player, and in that same year he won the Spengler Cup with the club. Since then he has won the Continental Cup and a bronze medal of the KHL in 2013 with SKA. He took part in the KHL All-Star match both in 2009 and 2012. Internationally he started playing for the Swedish national team in 1998 where he took part in the European Youth Championship, and in that tournament he claimed a gold medal for himself. He took part in the 2000 World Youth Championship. Tony started becoming a regular in the main Swedish team in 2004, and in 2009 and 2010 his team finished third at the World Championship. Earlier in 2006 though with Tony in the squad, Sweden became world champions.