Peter Mattias Forsberg (b. July 20th 1973 in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden) is a retired Swedish professional centre. Already recognised as an elite player at a young age, Forsberg joined the junior team of MoDo Hockey in 1989. After playing 23 games with the senior squad in 1991, Forsberg was drafted to the NHL by the Flyers 6th overall in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft. He was a bit later involved in one of the most significant trades of the 1990's, when Eric Lindros, who had previously refused to join the Quebec Nordiques, the team that had drafted him, was traded to the Flyers for Ron Hextall, Steve Duchesne, Kerry Huffman, Chris Simon, Mike Ricci, two first round draft picks, $15,000,000 cash and Peter Forsberg.