Michael Nylander

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Michael Nylander
Date of birth 3rd October 1972
place of birth Stockholm , Sweden
size 185 cm
Weight 88 kg
position center
number # 92
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1991 , 3rd lap, 59th position
Hartford Whalers
Career stations
until 1991 Huddinge IK
1991-1992 AIK Stockholm
1992-1994 Hartford Whalers
1994-1995 JYP Jyväskylä
1994-1996 Calgary Flames
1996-1997 HC Lugano
1997-1999 Calgary Flames
1999 Tampa Bay Lightning
1999-2002 Chicago Blackhawks
2002-2004 Washington Capitals
2004 Boston Bruins
Kärpät Oulu
2004-2005 SKA Saint Petersburg
2005 Ak Bars Kazan
2005-2007 New York Rangers
2007-2010 Washington Capitals
2010 Jokerit Helsinki
2010-2011 Rochester Americans
2011 ZSC Lions
2013 Södertälje SK
2013 Rögle BK
2014 AIK Stockholm

Michael Nylander (born October 3, 1972 in Stockholm ) is a former Swedish ice hockey player and current coach . The center forward completed his active career from 1989 to 2014, which was characterized by constant club changes, including 967 games in the National Hockey League . With the Swedish national team he was world champion in 1992 and 2006 . His sons William and Alexander Nylander are also ice hockey players.

Career

Michael Nylander began his career in 1989 in Sweden in the 1st division at Huddinge IK , for which he played two years. In the 1991 NHL Entry Draft he was selected by the Hartford Whalers in the third round at position 59. Shortly thereafter, he moved to the Elitserien , the top division in Sweden, to AIK Stockholm and was chosen after the season to Årets nykomling of the Elitserien. After just a year at AIK, Nylander went to North America.

The 1992/93 season he completed mostly with the Hartford Whalers in the NHL and only had to play four games in the farm team in the AHL . During the 1993/94 season he was transferred from the Whalers to the Calgary Flames .

Since the season 1994/95 only started in January 1995 because of a lockout , Nylander played the first few months in the Finnish SM-liiga for JYP Jyväskylä , but later returned to Calgary.

In 1996 Nylander left the Calgary Flames because they could not agree on a new contract. He decided to go to the Swiss National League A and play for HC Lugano . In 36 games he scored 55 points. In the summer of 1997 he returned to the Calgary Flames and played for them for another year and a half before he was transferred to the Tampa Bay Lightning in January 1999 . He did not stay with the team for a long time and in November 1999 he was sent to the Chicago Blackhawks . In the 2000/01 season he showed his hitherto best scorer performance in the NHL with 64 points.

Nylander at the face-off in the jersey of the Washington Capitals

After playing in Chicago for nearly three years, he was again part of a transfer deal when the Blackhawks transferred him to the Washington Capitals in November 2002 . He stayed there for only a year and a half and was handed over to the Boston Bruins in March 2004 . Nylander had only been able to play 18 games during the season after sustaining a knee injury.

In the summer of 2004 Nylander was a free agent and signed a contract with the New York Rangers , but he had to wait over a year for his first appearance with his new team, as the 2004/05 NHL season was canceled due to a lockout. Instead, Nylander played in the Finnish SM-Liiga for Oulun Kärpät , as well as in the Russian Superliga for Ak Bars Kazan and SKA Saint Petersburg .

In autumn 2005, his first season with the Rangers began and also the most successful of his career. With 79 points in 81 games, he set a personal best. In the 2006/07 season he was able to surpass this again and scored 83 points, where he particularly benefited from the fact that he played with Jaromír Jágr in a row. In the playoffs he was even the top scorer of the Rangers with 13 points in ten games. However, when the Rangers signed two competitors for the center position with Chris Drury and Scott Gomez after the season , they did not extend Nylander's contract, after which he returned to the Washington Capitals.

In mid-December 2012 he briefly moved to Italy for HC Bozen , but returned to Sweden in January 2013 and subsequently played for Södertälje SK . In August of the same year he was signed by Rögle BK , for whom he played until mid-December 2013. In 2014 he returned to the AIK before ending his active career and directly taking over the position of assistant coach with the team.

Together with his son Alexander, he moved to the Mississauga Steelheads in the Canadian Ontario Hockey League for the 2015/16 season , where he also worked as an assistant for a year.

International

Nylander represented his home country in both the junior and senior level.

With the juniors he won the gold medal at the 1990 European Junior Championship and the silver medal at the 1992 World Junior Championship . In addition, Nylander was named the best striker after the Junior World Cup and was elected to the All-Star team after scoring the most points, goals and assists of all players. However, he shared the top scorer's crown with Markus Näslund , Jan Čaloun and Jarkko Varvio . Nylander also played at the 1991 World Junior Championship .

Among the seniors, Nylander completed a total of ten world championships , two Olympic Winter Games and the 1996 World Cup of Hockey between 1992 and 2010 . In 1992 and 2006 the Swedes became world champions. In addition, he won the silver medal in 1993 and 1997 and the bronze medal in 1999 , 2002 and 2010 . At the 1997 World Cup, Nylander was named Best Striker and elected to the tournament's All-Star Team; In 1993 he shared the title of Best Assistants with Andrei Chomutow , Shayne Corson , Dave Manson and Paul Kariya .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Michael Nylander (2009)
Nylander and Martin Straka face off in the game against the Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1989/90 Huddinge IK Division 1 31 7th 15th 22nd 4th 5 3 0 3 0
1990/91 Huddinge IK Division 1 33 14th 20th 34 10 2 0 0 0 0
1991/92 AIK Solna Elitserien 40 11 17th 28 30th 3 1 4th 5 4th
1992/93 Hartford Whalers NHL 59 11 22nd 33 36 - - - - -
1992/93 Springfield Indians AHL - - - - - 3 3 3 6th 2
1993/94 Hartford Whalers NHL 58 11 33 44 24 - - - - -
1993/94 Springfield Indians AHL 4th 0 9 9 0 - - - - -
1993/94 Calgary Flames NHL 15th 2 9 11 6th 3 0 0 0 0
1994/95 JYP Jyväskylä SM-liiga 16 11 19th 30th 63 - - - - -
1994/95 Calgary Flames NHL 6th 0 1 1 2 6th 0 6th 6th 2
1995/96 Calgary Flames NHL 73 13 38 51 20th 4th 0 0 0 0
1996/97 HC Lugano NLA 36 12 43 55 28 8th 3 8th 11 8th
1997/98 Calgary Flames NHL 65 13 23 36 24 - - - - -
1998/99 Calgary Flames NHL 9 2 3 5 2 - - - - -
1998/99 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 24 2 7th 9 6th - - - - -
1999/00 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 11 1 2 3 4th - - - - -
1999/00 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 66 23 28 51 26th - - - - -
2000/01 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 82 25th 39 64 32 - - - - -
2001/02 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 82 15th 46 61 50 5 0 3 3 2
2002/03 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 9 0 4th 4th 4th - - - - -
2002/03 Washington Capitals NHL 71 17th 39 56 36 6th 3 2 5 8th
2003/04 Washington Capitals NHL 3 0 2 2 8th - - - - -
2003/04 Boston Bruins NHL 15th 1 11 12 14th 6th 3 3 6th 0
2004/05 Kärpät Oulu SM-liiga 23 5 15th 20th 22nd - - - - -
2004/05 SKA Saint Petersburg Super league 8th 2 5 7th 0 - - - - -
2004/05 Ak Bars Kazan Super league 5 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
2005/06 New York Rangers NHL 81 23 56 79 76 4th 0 1 1 0
2006/07 New York Rangers NHL 79 26th 57 83 42 10 6th 7th 13 0
2007/08 Washington Capitals NHL 40 11 26th 37 24 - - - - -
2008/09 Washington Capitals NHL 72 9 24 33 32 3 0 0 0 2
2009/10 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 24 2 16 18th 14th - - - - -
2009/10 Jokerit Helsinki SM-liiga 14th 3 4th 7th 58 3 2 1 3 0
2010/11 Rochester Americans AHL 7th 4th 2 6th 8th - - - - -
2011/12 ZSC Lions NLA 15th 5 5 10 8th - - - - -
2011/12 Kloten Flyers NLA 8th 0 5 5 4th 2 0 1 1 2
2012/13 HC Vita Hästen Hockeyettan 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2012/13 HC Bolzano Series A 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2012/13 Södertälje SK HockeyAllsvenskan 18th 5 14th 19th 4th 10 3 4th 7th 20th
2013/14 Rögle BK HockeyAllsvenskan 25th 3 6th 9 22nd - - - - -
2013/14 HC Vita Hästen Hockeyettan 1 1 1 2 0 - - - - -
2013/14 AIK Solna SHL 8th 0 1 1 4th 9 1 2 1 3 1 5 1 3 1
2014/15 AIK Solna HockeyAllsvenskan 11 1 1 2 8th - - - - -
Hockeyettan overall 2 1 1 2 0 - - - - -
1. Division / Hockeyallsvenskan total 121 30th 56 86 48 17th 6th 4th 10 20th
Elitserien / SHL overall 48 11 18th 29 34 12 3 7th 10 8th
SM-liiga total 53 19th 38 57 143 3 2 1 3 0
Super league overall 13 2 6th 8th 2 - - - - -
NLA total 59 17th 53 70 40 10 3 9 12 10
AHL total 35 6th 27 33 22nd 3 3 3 6th 2
NHL overall 920 209 470 679 468 47 12 22nd 34 14th

International

Represented Sweden at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1990 Sweden U18 European Championship 1st place, gold 6th 2 4th 6th 0
1991 Sweden U20 World Cup 6th place 7th 6th 5 11 8th
1992 Sweden U20 World Cup 2nd place, silver 7th 8th 9 17th 6th
1992 Sweden WM 1st place, gold 8th 0 1 1 0
1993 Sweden WM 2nd place, silver 7th 1 7th 8th 4th
1996 Sweden WM 6th place 3 2 3 5 0
1996 Sweden World cup 3rd place 4th 2 1 3 0
1997 Sweden WM 2nd place, silver 11 6th 5 11 6th
1998 Sweden Olympia 5th place 4th 0 0 0 6th
1999 Sweden WM 3rd place, bronze 10 2 4th 6th 8th
2000 Sweden WM 7th place 7th 1 5 6th 6th
2002 Sweden Olympia 5th place 4th 1 2 3 0
2002 Sweden WM 3rd place, bronze 8th 1 6th 7th 0
2004 Sweden WM 2nd place, silver 7th 2 4th 6th 8th
2006 Sweden WM 1st place, gold 6th 1 8th 9 4th
2010 Sweden WM 3rd place, bronze 8th 1 2 3 4th
Juniors overall 20th 16 18th 34 14th
Men overall 87 20th 48 68 46

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Nylander, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd October 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockholm