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PLAYING CAREER

Nilsson started his professional career with the Winnipeg Jets of the WHA in 1977 after coming over from Sweden. He scored two consecutive 100 point seasons in the WHA, and he did not miss a beat when the league merged with the NHL. He was claimed by the Atlanta Flames and in his first season with the team he scored 93 points. His next season was even better, when Atlanta moved to Calgary , and he scored 131 points in the 1980-81 Season , which is still to this day the team record. {Link without Title}

Nilsson played with the Flames until 1984-85 when he was traded to the Minnesota North Stars for a draft pick that the Flames used to draft Joe Nieuwendyk . Nilsson won his first and only Stanley Cup while playing with the Edmonton Oilers in 1987 . However, he returned to Europe after that season, although he had a short 6 game comeback with Edmonton in 1995 before leaving the NHL for good.


AWARDS

  • Won Lou Kaplan Trophy (WHA Rookie of the Year) (1978)

  • Won Paul Daneau Trophy (WHA Most Gentlemanly Player) (1979)

  • Played in NHL All-Star Game (1980, 1981)

  • Member of the Swedish World All-Star Team (1985, 1989, 1990)

  • Named Swedish Player of the Year (1989)



RECORDS

  • Most points scored by a Swedish player in a single NHL season (131 in 1980-81)

  • Calgary Flames team record for points in a single season (131 in 1980-81)

  • Calgary Flames team record for assists in a single season (82 in 1980-81)

  • Calgary Flames team record for shorthanded goals in a single season (9 in 1983-84)



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    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM PM PP SH GW GP G A Pts PIM
1973-74 Djurgarden Sweden 8 1 2 3 4 - - -
- 14 8 6 14 2/td>
1974-75 Djurgarden Sweden 34 20 15 35 18 - - -
- - - - - -
1975-76 Djurgarden Sweden 36 28 26 54 10 - - -
- - - - - -
1976-77 Djurgarden Sweden 36 30 19 49 18 - - -
- - - - - -
1977-78 Winnipeg Jets WHA 80 42 65 107 8 - - -
- 9 2 8 10 10
1978-79 Winnipeg Jets WHA 78 39 68 107 8 - - -
- 10 3 11 14 4
1979-80 Atlanta Flames NHL 80 40 53 93 10 -3 14 0
3 4 0 0 0 2
1980-81 Calgary Flames NHL 80 49 82 131 26 +15 20 0
8 14 3 9 12 2
1981-82 Calgary Flames NHL 41 26 29 55 8 -20 13 0
0 3 0 3 3 2
1982-83 Calgary Flames NHL 80 48 56 104 10 +5 16 4
6 9 1 11 12 2
1983-84 Calgary Flames NHL 67 31 49 80 22 -24 7 9
5 - - - - -
1984-85 Calgart Flames NHL 77 37 62 99 14 -4 9 3
3 3 0 1 1 0
1985-86 Minnesota North Stars NHL 61 16 44 60 10 +4 8 0
2 5 1 4 5 0
1986-87 Minnesota North Stars NHL 44 13 33 46 12 +2 8 0
1 - - - - -
1986-87 Edmonton Oilers NHL 17 5 12 17 4 +10 1 0
0 21 6 13 19 6
1987-88 HC Bolzano Italy 35 60 72 132 48 - - -
- 8 14 14 28 -
1987-88 SC Langnau Switz. 2 2 0 2 - - - -
- - - - - -
1988-89 Djurgarden Sweden 35 21 21 42 36 - - -
- 1 0 1 1 0
1989-90 EHC Kloten Switz. 36 21 19 40 - - - -
- 5 4 5 9 -
1990-91 EHC Kloten Switz. 33 37 39 76 - - - -
- 8 3 8 11 -
1991-92 EHC Kloten Switz. 17 11 14 25 8 - - -
- 2 0 0 0 2
1992-93 Djurgarden Sweden 40 11 20 31 20 - - -
- 6 2 3 5 0
1993-94 EC Graz Austria 57 23 42 65 - - - -
- - - - - -
1994-95 VIF Valerengen Norway 6 1 1 2 8 - - -
- - - - - -
1994-95 Edmonton Oilers NHL 6 1 0 1 0 -5 1 0
0 - - - - -
1995-96 Nynashamn Sweden-3 2 2 3 5 6 - - -
- - - - - -
1997-98 CH Majadahonda Spain 6 8 12 20 - - - -
- 2 3 8 11 -
9 seasons NHL career 553 264 422 686 116 -20 97 16 28 59 11 41 52 14



INTERNATIONAL PLAY

  • Played for Sweden in the 1973 European Junior Championships.

  • Played for Sweden in the 1974 European Junior Championships.

  • Played for Sweden in the 1975 World Junior Championships.

  • Played for Sweden in the 1976 World Junior Championships.

  • Played for Sweden in the 1981 Canada Cup.

  • Played for Sweden in the 1984 Canada Cup.

  • Played for Sweden in the 1985 World Championships.

  • Played for Sweden in the 1987 Canada Cup.

  • Played for Sweden in the 1989 World Championships.

  • Played for Sweden in the 1990 World Championships.


International Statistics


SEE ALSO



REFERENCES

  • Kent Nilsson on HockeyDB

  • ''Total Hockey'' (Second Edition), Editor - Dan Diamond, ISBN 1-892129-85-X