Former NHL netminder Tommy Salo, who played over 500 games in the NHL, has been sentenced to prison time for aggravated drunk driving. Salo, who played for the Edmonton Oilers, New York Islanders and Colorado Avalanche, will spend up to two months in prison for an incident that happened in August of 2020.
According to police, Salo crashed his car into the middle railing on a highway east of Köping, Sweden. Police arrived at the scene and found Salo sleeping in his car. A blood sample showed that Salo was heavily intoxicated with a blood-alcohol content 15 times the legal limit in Sweden in his blood stream.
Salo denied crashing his car. While the court seemed to agree with that assertion, Salo received prison time for the extremely high blood-alcohol content while behind the wheel of a car.
"I can only say that it is a good thing that this matter has finally been resolved after these months," Salo told media outlet Aftonbladet.
Salo, now 49, won Olympic gold with Sweden at the 1994 Winter Olympics. He also won gold, solver and bronze with his home country while participating at several Wold Championships. He is the single-season leader in shutouts for the Oilers, racking up eight in 2000-01 and also holds the team's record for lowest Goals Against Average for a single season with at least 2000 minutes played, recording a 2.22 GAA in 2001-02. After leaving the NHL, he became involved in hockey at the executive level, serving as general manager of Leksands IF of the SHL.
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