Ulf Dahlén

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Ulf Dahlén
Date of birth January 21, 1967
place of birth Ostersund , Sweden
size 188 cm
Weight 88 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1985 , 1st lap, 7th position
New York Rangers
Career stations
1983-1985 Östersunds IK
1985-1987 IF Björklöven
1987-1990 New York Rangers
1990-1993 Minnesota North Stars
1993-1994 Dallas Stars
1994-1997 San Jose Sharks
1997 Chicago Blackhawks
1997-1999 HV 71 Jönköping
1999-2002 Washington Capitals
2002-2003 Dallas Stars

Ulf Reinhold Dahlén (born January 21, 1967 in Östersund ) is a former Swedish ice hockey player , coach and scout , who played 1051 games for the New York Rangers , Minnesota North Stars , Dallas Stars in the course of his active career between 1983 and 2003 , San Jose Sharks , Chicago Blackhawks and Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League as well as 118 others for IF Björklöven and the HV71 in the Swedish Elitserien on the position of right winger . Dahlén celebrated his greatest career success in the jersey of the Swedish national team , with which he won the gold medal at the 1998 World Cup . After retiring from his career, he worked as a trainer in North America and Sweden between 2003 and 2014. His son Jonathan Dahlén is also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Dahlén first played in the Swedish second division before he was drawn in the first round of the 1985 NHL Entry Draft in seventh place by the New York Rangers . However, he stayed in Sweden for two more years and played for IF Björklöven in the Elitserien .

In the summer of 1985, the Swede then moved to North America to the Rangers, who brought him into the National Hockey League after two appearances with the farm team . There he played until March 1990 before he was transferred to the Minnesota North Stars for Mike Gartner . Dahlén played four years with the North Stars and had in the 1992/93 season , measured by his point yield, his best year in the NHL with 74 points. After the season he moved with the team from Minnesota to Dallas and played from then on for the Dallas Stars , who gave him in March 1994 in exchange for Doug Zmolek and Mike Lalor to the San Jose Sharks . In the Sharks, the Swede often had to contend with injuries, which caused his performance to fluctuate considerably. This led to the next swap deal the Swede was involved in at the end of January 1997. San Jose gave him, along with two other players, to the Chicago Blackhawks , who in return gave Ed Belfour off . In Chicago, the winger played only six months until the end of the 1996/97 season . Then he returned to his home in Sweden.

Dahlén signed at the beginning of the 1997/98 season a two-year contract with HV 71 Jönköping in the Swedish Elitserien. At the end of the first year of the game, he was awarded the guldpucken for the best player in the league. After the end of his two-year engagement in Sweden, Dahlén returned to the NHL. He played three seasons for the Washington Capitals and showed similarly strong performances as in the early 1990s with the North Stars. For his final NHL season he returned to the Dallas Stars, where he ended his career.

After retiring, he was assistant coach for the Swedish national team for two years . In 2005 he returned to the Dallas Stars organization and was responsible as a scout for observing players in European countries. From the 2006/07 season he worked in Dallas as Dave Tippett 's assistant coach . After two years he left the stars to become head coach at Frölunda HC . In his first season he led this to third place in the regular season before the team failed in the playoff semifinals at HV71 . After the team did not get beyond the first round in the following season, Dahlén was removed from office in April 2010. For the 2011/12 season he was hired by the HV71 as head coach. The engagement ended in the course of the 2013/14 season with his early release.

In 2014 Dahlén was inducted into the Swedish Ice Hockey Hall of Fame .

International

Dahlén represented his home country Sweden at numerous international tournaments. He played at the Canada Cup in 1991 , World Cup of Hockey 1996 , the World Championships in 1993 , 1998 , 2002 and ran at the Winter Olympics in Nagano in 1998 and in Salt Lake City in 2002 .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1983/84 Östersunds IK Division 1 31 15th 11 26th 18th - - - - -
1984/85 Östersunds IK Division 1 31 27 26th 53 24 6 1 6th 2 8th 4th
1985/86 IF Björklöven Elitserien 22nd 4th 3 7th 8th - - - - -
1986/87 IF Björklöven Elitserien 31 9 12 21st 20th 6th 6th 2 8th 4th
1987/88 Colorado Rangers IHL 2 2 2 4th 0 - - - - -
1987/88 New York Rangers NHL 70 29 23 52 26th - - - - -
1988/89 New York Rangers NHL 56 24 19th 43 50 4th 0 0 0 0
1989/90 New York Rangers NHL 63 18th 18th 36 30th - - - - -
1989/90 Minnesota North Stars NHL 13 2 4th 6th 0 7th 1 4th 5 2
1990/91 Minnesota North Stars NHL 66 21st 18th 39 6th 15th 2 6th 8th 4th
1991/92 Minnesota North Stars NHL 79 36 30th 66 10 7th 0 3 3 2
1992/93 Minnesota North Stars NHL 83 35 39 74 6th - - - - -
1993/94 Dallas Stars NHL 65 19th 38 57 10 - - - - -
1993/94 San Jose Sharks NHL 13 6th 6th 12 0 14th 6th 2 8th 0
1994/95 San Jose Sharks NHL 46 11 23 34 11 11 5 4th 9 0
1995/96 San Jose Sharks NHL 59 16 12 28 27 - - - - -
1996/97 San Jose Sharks NHL 43 8th 11 19th 8th - - - - -
1996/97 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 30th 6th 8th 14th 10 5 0 1 1 0
1997/98 HV71 Elitserien 29 9 22nd 31 16 5 1 3 4th 12
1998/99 HV71 Elitserien 25th 14th 15th 29 4th - - - - -
1999/00 Washington Capitals NHL 75 15th 23 38 8th 5 0 1 1 2
2000/01 Washington Capitals NHL 73 15th 33 48 6th 6th 0 1 1 2
2001/02 Washington Capitals NHL 69 23 29 52 8th - - - - -
2002/03 Dallas Stars NHL 63 17th 20th 37 14th 11 1 3 4th 0
Division 1 total 62 42 37 79 42 6th 6th 2 8th 4th
Elitserien total 107 36 52 88 48 11 7th 5 12 16
NHL overall 966 301 354 655 230 85 15th 25th 40 12

International

Represented Sweden at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1985 Sweden U18 European Championship 1st place, gold 5 7th 4th 11 0
1986 Sweden U20 World Cup 4th Place 7th 3 4th 7th 4th
1987 Sweden U20 World Cup 3rd place, bronze 7th 7th 8th 15th 2
1989 Sweden WM 4th Place 10 2 2 4th 2
1991 Sweden Canada Cup 4th Place 6th 2 1 3 5
1993 Sweden WM 2nd place, silver 6th 5 2 7th 0
1996 Sweden World cup 3rd place 4th 1 1 2 0
1998 Sweden Olympia 5th place 4th 1 0 1 2
1998 Sweden WM 1st place, gold 10 3 3 6th 0
2002 Sweden Olympia 5th place 4th 1 2 3 0
2002 Sweden WM 3rd place, bronze 9 5 2 7th 0
Juniors overall 19th 17th 16 33 6th
Men overall 53 20th 13 33 9

( 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

Commons : Ulf Dahlén  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dahlen To coach at Frolunda in Sweden. In: stars.nhl.com. May 29, 2008, accessed January 4, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Dahlén, Ulf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dahlen, Ulf; Dahlén, Ulf Reinhold (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey player, coach and scout
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Ostersund , Sweden