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| 1979 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Mats Naslund
Selected in second round
No.
37 overall by
Montreal Canadiens
Born October 31, 1959
 | Position: Left Wing
Height:
5-7 Weight: 160
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Gavle (Sweden)
Birthplace: Timra, Sweden
Hometown:
Timra, Sweden |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM |
| 1975-76 |
Timra | Sweden |
3 | 0 |
0 | 0 |
0 | | 1976-77 |
Timra | Sweden |
17 | 15 |
13 | 28 |
-- | | 1977-78 |
Timra | Sweden |
35 | 13 |
6 | 19 |
14 | | 1978-79 |
Gavle | Sweden |
36 | 12 |
12 | 24 |
19 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
World Championships: 1979 (bronze medal)
World Junior Championships:
1978 (silver), 1979 (bronze)
European Junior Championships: 1977 (gold medal)
World Junior Championships All-Star First Team: 1978
Swedish Junior Player of Year: 1976-77
(Timra)
Sweden World All-Star Team: 1978-79 (Gavle) |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 11, 1982 (Montreal at
Quebec)
Numbers: 26 (Montreal); 26 (Boston)
Stanley Cup:
1986.
Playing Status: Retired for final time in 1995 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1982-1995 |
Montreal, Boston | 651 |
251 | 383 |
634 | 111 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1983-1995 |
Montreal, Boston | 102 |
35 | 57 |
92 | 33 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Lady Byng
Trophy: 1987-88 (Montreal)
NHL All-Star Second Team: 1985-86 (Montreal)
NHL All-Rookie Team: 1982-83 (Montreal)
All-Star Game: 1984,
1986, 1988, 1989 (injured, did not play) (Mont.)
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1989 (Montreal)
Montreal Molson Cup (Three-Stars Leader): 1985-86, 1986-87
NHL
Records: Most assists in one All-Star Game (5 for Wales Conference in
1988)
Montreal Records: Most points by a rookie in one season (71 in 1982-83,
shares record), most points by a left wing in one season (110 in
1985-86), most assists by a left wing in one season (67 in 1985-86)
100-Point Seasons: 1985-86 (Montreal) (110)
Montreal Points Leader:
1984-85 (79), 1985-86 (110), 1986-87 (80), 1988-89 (84)
Montreal Goals
Leader: 1984-85 (42), 1985-86 (43), 1988-89 (33)
Montreal Assists
Leader: 1985-86 (67), 1986-87 (55)
Montreal Playoffs Points Leader:
1984 (14), 1985 (11, tie), 1986 (19), 1987 (22)
Montreal Playoffs Goals
Leader: 1983 (1, tie), 1985 (7)
Montreal Playoffs Assists Leader:
1988 (7)
Miscellaneous: Missed start of 1988-89 season with mouth injury
suffered in Montreal's Sept. 25, 1988, preseason game vs. Pittsburgh. ...
Missed part of 1988-89 season and 1989 NHL All-Star Game with sprained ankle,
an injury suffered in Montreal's Jan. 31, 1989, game at Pittsburgh. ... Missed
parts of 1989-90 season with bruised shoulder, suffered in Montreal's Oct. 7,
1989, game vs. Buffalo, and with groin injury, suffered during Montreal's
March 21, 1990, game at Winnipeg. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Gavle (Sweden); Lugano
(Switzerland); Malmo (Sweden)
Olympics: 1980
(bronze medal), 1992 (fifth place), 1994 (gold medal)
Canada Cup: 1984
(second), 1987 (third), 1991 (fourth)
World Championships: 1981
(silver medal), 1982 (fourth place),
1983 (fourth place), 1991 (gold medal)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
IIHF Hall of Fame: Inducted 2005
Swedish Championship:
1980 (Gavle), 1992, 1994 (Malmo)
Sweden Golden Puck Award (Player of Year): 1979-80 (Gavle)
Sweden World All-Star Team: 1979-80, 1980-81, 1981-82 (Gavle), 1982-83
(Montreal)
Sweden Points Leader: 1980-81 (Gavle)
(42 points)
Sweden Assists Leader: 1980-81 (Gavle) (25 assists)
Miscellaneous: Retired after the 1993-94 season and worked as a horse
trainer and harness driver in Malmo, Sweden, for seven months before being
invited back to NHL by Boston. He had caught scouts' attention while playing
in an exhibition game against Wayne Gretzky's traveling All-Star team during
the NHL lockout in 1994. ... Worked as instructor at hockey school in Malmo,
Sweden, after his retirement. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| RETIREMENT/FREE AGENCY: Naslund retired from
the NHL on May 4, 1990, so that he could return to Europe and play for the
Swiss team Lugano. After two years outside the NHL, he became an unrestricted
free agent. He eventually signed with Boston on February 21, 1995. |
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SNAPSHOT '79 | | Total Selected: |
126 | | Forwards: |
74 | | Defense: |
41 | | Goaltenders: |
11 | | Major Junior: |
97 | | College Players: |
15 |
| Canadian: |
109 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
1 | | USA Citizens: |
10 | | U.S.-Born: |
10 |
| European: |
6 |
| Reached NHL: |
103 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
23 | | Hall of Fame: |
3 |
| All-Star Game: |
23 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
10 |
| Olympians: |
15 |
| Picks Traded: |
17 |
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