Stefan Persson (ice hockey player)
Date of birth | December 22, 1954 |
place of birth | Umeå , Sweden |
size | 185 cm |
Weight | 86 kg |
position | defender |
Shot hand | Left |
Draft | |
NHL Amateur Draft |
1974 , 14th lap, 214th position New York Islanders |
Career stations | |
until 1973 | Piteå IF |
1973-1977 | Brynäs IF |
1977-1986 | New York Islanders |
Eric Stefan Persson (born December 22, 1954 in Umeå ) is a former Swedish ice hockey player (defender) who played for the New York Islanders in the National Hockey League from 1977 to 1986 .
Career
After he had played in Sweden at Piteå IF and Brynäs IF , he finished second at the Ice Hockey World Championship in 1977 with the Swedish national ice hockey team .
In the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft , the New York Islanders secured the rights to him in the 14th round. For the 1977/78 season he moved to the Islanders and immediately prevailed. He and Anders Kallur were the first Europeans to win the Stanley Cup in 1979 . In the following three years he won the Cup with the then outstanding Islanders. He stayed with the Islanders until the 1985/86 season . He then played for a few years in the third-class Swedish Division 1 at Borås HC .
He later served as the general manager of the Swedish junior national team.
NHL statistics
Seasons | Games | Gates | Assists | Points | Penalty minutes | |
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Regular season | 9 | 622 | 52 | 317 | 369 | 574 |
Playoffs | 8th | 102 | 7th | 50 | 57 | 69 |
Web links
- Stefan Persson at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Stefan Persson at hockeydb.com (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Persson, Stefan |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Persson, Eric Stefan |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 22, 1954 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Umeå |