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Born: May 11, 1950 in Nynäshamn, Sweden.

WHA

2 times Avco Cup Champion

2 times Best Center

1976
Score leader in the Play Offs

1976
Most Valuable Player (Play Offs)

1975
Rookie Record (Most Points)

1976-77 1977-78
Best Playmaker

1975-76 1977-78
Most Valuable Player, Winnipeg Jets

4 times in the All-Stars 

NHL

1979
Stanley Cup Finalist

1978-79
Most Valuable Player in New York Rangers

1978-79
Viking Award

1978-79
Played in the All-Star Game

1979
Played for NHL All-Stars against the Soviet Union

1981-82
Most Points in Stanley Cup 1981-82 for New York Rangers

Statistics

WHA

300 Games
484 Points (140+344)

42 Play Off Games
67 Points (14+53)

NHL

170 Games
169 Points (57+112)

25 Stanley Cup Games
22 Points (8+14)

Ulf "Lill-Pröjsarn" Nilsson, "Another Flying Swede".

As a son to Gösta "Pröjsarn" Nilsson, Ulf started his sports career at the age of 14.

He played bandy, football (soccer) and ice hockey. The swedish club AIK (Solna AIK) contracted Ulf as both a football- and ice hockey player.

Due to injuries with his knees, he had to stop playing football. From 1968 he was 100% focused on ice hockey. He made the debut in AIK later the same year and from the Season 1969-70 Ulf Nilsson was self written in the team.

He made his debut playing for team Sweden "Tre Kronor" in Moscow 1973. The Swedes won a Silver Medal.

After the 1974 World Championships, Ulf signed up for Winnipeg Jets in the WHA league. Together with fellow Swede Anders Hedberg and Bobby Hull he made big success in the WHA.

Even with a previous career including many injuries, he made a fantastic career as a professional player. Each of his Seasons in the WHA, Ulf made more than 100 Points. Ulf Nilsson is the 3rd best playmaker in the WHA History.

The line-up, Ulf Nilsson, Anders Hedberg, Bobby Hull, made more than 1,500 Points in 365 Games and was one of the most fearful line-ups in the professional league.

Ulf Nilsson became, together with Anders Hedberg,  the best paid hockey player in the world (5.5 million SEK) when he signed the contract for New York Rangers in 1978.

After his career, Ulf stayed in America and is now a business man.

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Ulf Nilsson
#14 Winnipeg Jets
"Another Flying Swede"