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Kent Nilsson

International Nicknamed "Magic Man" ... Played in 94 games for the Swedish National Team ... Participated at 1985 and 1989 World and European Championships ... Played at the 1981, 1984 and 1987 Canada Cup tournaments ... Sweden was a finalist in 1984.

Career Began his hockey career with Djurgardens IF Stockholm in 1975-76 ... Next season played for AIK Solna ... Joined the Winnipeg Jets (World Hockey Association) in 1977-78 and played two seasons with the team ... Winnipeg won the AVCO Cup in 1978 ... Made his debut in the NHL in 1979-80 ... Played eight seasons with Atlanta, Calgary, Minnesota and Edmonton ... Won the Stanley Cup with the Oilers in 1987 ... Later played for HC Bolzano (Italy) and HC Lugano (Switzerland) in 1987-88, Djurgarden in 1988-89, Swiss club EHC Kloten from 1989 to 1992, back with Djurgarden in 1992-93, ATSE Graz (Austria) in 1993-94, Valerengens IF Oslo (Norway) and the Edmonton Oilers in 1994-95 ... In his NHL career, played in 553 games, accumulating 264 goals and 422 assists for 686 points.

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Career International Tournament Statistics
Year Tournament No. GP G A TP PIM
1990 Men's Senior World Championships -- Pool A 10 10 10 2 12 6
1989 Men's Senior World Championships -- Pool A 10 10 3 11 14 0
1987 Canada Cup 15 6 0 4 4 0
1985 World & European Championships -- Pool A 24 8 6 5 11 6
1984 Canada Cup 14 8 3 8 11 4
1981 Canada Cup 14 5 0 2 2 4
1976 Izvestia/Baltica Cup 19 3 2 0 2 2
1976 World Junior Championships -- Pool A 17 4 1 3 4 2
1975 European Junior Championships -- Pool A 16 5 5 5 10 0
1975 Izvestia/Baltica Cup 18 1 0 0 0 0
1975 World Junior Championships -- Pool A 16 - 3 3 6 -
1974 European Junior Championships -- Pool A - 5 8 7 15 2
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