Marcus Nilson
 Marcus Nilson 
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| Date of birth | March 1, 1978 |
| place of birth | Bålsta , Sweden |
| size | 187 cm |
| Weight | 83 kg |
| position | Left wing |
| Shot hand | Right |
| Draft | |
| NHL Entry Draft |
1996 , 1st round, 20th position Florida Panthers |
| Career stations | |
| until 1998 | Djurgårdens IF |
| 1998-2004 | Florida panthers |
| 2004-2008 | Calgary Flames |
| 2004-2005 | Djurgårdens IF |
| 2008-2009 | Yaroslavl locomotive |
| 2009–2012 | Djurgårdens IF |
| 2012-2015 | HV71 |
| 2015 | Djurgårdens IF |
Marcus Rolf Börje Nilson (born March 1, 1978 in Bålsta ) is a former Swedish ice hockey player who played 555 games for the Florida Panthers and Calgary Flames in the National Hockey League on the left during his active career between 1994 and 2015 Flügelstüremrs has denied. In addition, he completed another 483 games in his home country for Djurgårdens IF and HV71 from the Swedish Elitserien and Svenska Hockeyligan . Nilson celebrated his greatest career success in the jersey of the Swedish national team by winning numerous medals at world championships . His brother Patrik was also a professional ice hockey player.
Career
The 1.88 m tall winger began his career at Djurgårdens IF , for which he was finally used from 1995 in the Elitserien , the highest Swedish professional game class. In the 1996 NHL Entry Draft , the right-handed shooter was selected ( drafted ) as 20th in the first round by the Florida Panthers .
In 1998 Nilson finally went to North America, where he completed his first NHL missions for the Panthers, but most of the time was used with their farm team , the Beast of New Haven , in the American Hockey League . In the 2000/01 season , the attacker became a regular in Florida, but on March 8, 2004 he was transferred to the Calgary Flames in exchange for a second round pick for the 2004 draft . The Panthers eventually used the draft pick to select David Booth . During the lockout in the 2004/05 season , the Swede returned to his hometown club Djurgårdens IF for one season.
After ten years, Nilson left the NHL in the summer of 2008 and moved to Lokomotive Yaroslavl in the newly founded Continental Hockey League . For the 2009/10 season he returned to Sweden to his youth club Djurgårdens IF and acted there as team captain in the 2011/12 season . In June 2012, the attacker first signed a contract with MODO Hockey , which was terminated a week later. He was then on the ice for HV71 for two and a half years before returning to Djurgårdens IF in January 2015. Following the 2014/15 season , Nilson received no new contract and has been without a club since then.
International
With the Swedish national ice hockey team , Marcus Nilson won the silver medal at the 2003 World Cup , and he also competed in the 2004 World Cup of Hockey and the 1996 and 1997 U20 World Championships .
Achievements and Awards
- 1998 Swedish runner-up with Djurgårdens IF
- 2010 Swedish runner-up with Djurgårdens IF
- 2010 Elitserien All-Star Team
International
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Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
| 1994/95 | Djurgårdens IF | J20 SuperElit | 24 | 7th | 8th | 15th | 22nd | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1995/96 | Djurgårdens IF | J20 SuperElit | 25th | 19th | 17th | 36 | 46 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1995/96 | Djurgårdens IF | Elitserien | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1996/97 | Djurgårdens IF | J20 SuperElit | 12 | 10 | 8th | 18th | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1996/97 | Djurgårdens IF | Elitserien | 37 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1997/98 | Djurgårdens IF | Elitserien | 41 | 4th | 7th | 11 | 18th | 15th | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 | ||
| 1998/99 | Beast of New Haven | AHL | 69 | 8th | 25th | 33 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1998/99 | Florida panthers | NHL | 8th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1999/00 | Louisville Panthers | AHL | 64 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 52 | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1999/00 | Florida panthers | NHL | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2000/01 | Florida panthers | NHL | 78 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 74 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2001/02 | Florida panthers | NHL | 81 | 14th | 19th | 33 | 55 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2002/03 | Florida panthers | NHL | 82 | 15th | 19th | 34 | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2003/04 | Florida panthers | NHL | 69 | 6th | 13 | 19th | 26th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2003/04 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 14th | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14th | 26th | 4th | 7th | 11 | 12 | ||
| 2004/05 | Djurgårdens IF | Elitserien | 48 | 17th | 22nd | 39 | 110 | 7th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | ||
| 2005/06 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 70 | 6th | 11 | 17th | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2006/07 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 63 | 5 | 10 | 15th | 27 | 6th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2007/08 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 47 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2008/09 | Yaroslavl locomotive | KHL | 36 | 5 | 3 | 8th | 30th | 15th | 3 | 1 | 4th | 28 | ||
| 2009/10 | Djurgårdens IF | Elitserien | 53 | 24 | 27 | 51 | 32 | 16 | 4th | 9 | 13 | 6th | ||
| 2010/11 | Djurgårdens IF | Elitserien | 38 | 7th | 16 | 23 | 38 | 7th | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2011/12 | Djurgårdens IF | Elitserien | 51 | 11 | 21st | 32 | 45 | 10 1 | 1 | 5 | 6th | 2 | ||
| 2012/13 | HV71 | Elitserien | 53 | 18th | 16 | 34 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2013/14 | HV71 | SHL | 54 | 5 | 12 | 17th | 22nd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2014/15 | HV71 | SHL | 22nd | 3 | 2 | 5 | 20th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2014/15 | Djurgårdens IF | SHL | 7th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2015/16 | without a contract | not played after resignation | ||||||||||||
| 2016/17 | without a contract | not played after resignation | ||||||||||||
| 2017/18 | Bålsta HC | Division 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | 4th | 4th | 2 | ||
| J20 SuperElit overall | 61 | 36 | 33 | 69 | 68 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Elitserien / Svenska hockey clothes overall | 416 | 90 | 128 | 218 | 357 | 67 | 8th | 21st | 29 | 36 | ||||
| AHL total | 133 | 17th | 48 | 65 | 62 | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| NHL overall | 521 | 67 | 101 | 168 | 270 | 34 | 4th | 7th | 11 | 14th | ||||
International
Represented Sweden at:
| year | team | event | result | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | |
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| 1995 | Sweden | U18 European Championship |
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5 | 4th | 4th | 8th | 0 | |
| 1996 | Sweden | U20 World Cup |
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7th | 3 | 5 | 8th | 12 | |
| 1996 | Sweden | U18 European Championship |
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5 | 3 | 5 | 8th | 10 | |
| 1997 | Sweden | U20 World Cup | 8th place | 6th | 0 | 4th | 4th | 29 | |
| 1998 | Sweden | U20 World Cup | 6th place | 7th | 3 | 5 | 8th | 4th | |
| 2003 | Sweden | WM |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 | Sweden | World cup | 5th place | 4th | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4th | |
| 2008 | Sweden | WM | 4th Place | 9 | 4th | 2 | 6th | 2 | |
| 2009 | Sweden | WM |
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9 | 3 | 3 | 6th | 6th | |
| 2010 | Sweden | WM |
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9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Juniors overall | 30th | 13 | 23 | 36 | 55 | ||||
| Men overall | 32 | 9 | 6th | 15th | 14th | ||||
( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1 play-downs / relegation )
Web links
- Marcus Nilson at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Marcus Nilson at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Marcus Nilson at hockeydb.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ modohockey.se Nilson not to MODO Hockey (Swedish)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Nilson, Marcus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nilson, Marcus Rolf Börje (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish ice hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bålsta , Sweden |