Hardy Åström

Hardy Åström
Date of birth	March 29, 1951
place of birth	Skelleftea , Sweden
size	181 cm
Weight	80 kg
position	goalkeeper
Catch hand	Left
Career stations
1974-1977	Skellefteå AIK
1977-1988	New Haven Nighthawks
1978-1979	Skellefteå AIK
1979-1981	Colorado Rockies
1981-1982	Oklahoma City Stars
1982-1983	Örebro HK
1983-1984	MoDo AIK
1984-1986	Södertälje SK

Hardy Åström (born March 29, 1951 in Skellefteå ) is a former Swedish ice hockey goalkeeper who played for the New York Rangers and Colorado Rockies in the National Hockey League from 1974 to 1986 .

Career

Hardy Åström began his career as a hockey player in his hometown at Skellefteå AIK , for whose professional team he was active in the top Swedish league from 1974 to 1977 - first in Division 1 and from the 1975/76 season in the newly founded Elitserien . He then signed a contract as a free agent with the New York Rangers , for which he made his debut in the National Hockey League in the 1977/78 season . In his four appearances, he had an average goal against 3.50 per game. The rest of the season he spent with his farm team New Haven Nighthawks in the American Hockey League . He spent the 1978/79 season at his home club Skellefteå AIK in the Elitserien.

On July 2, 1979 Åström was transferred from the New York Rangers in exchange for Bill Lochead to the Colorado Rockies , for which he was regularly used in the NHL in the following two years. In the 1980/81 season , the Swede was also in a total of eight games for the Fort Worth Texans in the Central Hockey League . In the CHL he also spent the entire 1981/82 season with the Oklahoma City Stars . For the 1982/83 season he returned to Sweden, where he was initially active until the end of the season for Örebro HK in the now second-rate Division 1. He then played for a year for MoDo AIK in the Elitserien and two seasons for their league rivals Södertälje SK . With the latter he was Swedish champion in the 1984/85 season . In the following season he was runner-up with the team, whereupon he ended his career at the age of 35.

International

For Sweden , Åström took part in the 1976 Canada Cup and the 1977 and 1978 World Championships . At the 1977 World Cup, he and his team won the silver medal.

Achievements and Awards

• 1977 silver medal at the world championship
• 1985 Swedish champion with the Södertälje SK
• 1986 Swedish runner-up with the Södertälje SK

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Victories	Defeats	draw	Shutouts	ATM
Regular season	3	83	17th	44	12	0	3.74
Playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Web links

• Hardy Åström at hockeydb.com (English)
• Hardy Åström at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Hardy Åström at eurohockey.com
• Hardy Åström at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Hardy Åström at hockeygoalies.org