Mats Näslund

Date of Birth: Oct 31, 1959
Age: 67
Place of Birth: Timrå, SWE
Nation: Sweden
Youth Team: Timrå IK
Position: LW
Height: 170 cm / 5'7"
Weight: 73 kg / 161 lbs
Shoots: L
Status: Retired

Mats Näslund Facts

Drafted: 1979 round 2 #37 overall by Montréal Canadiens

Father: Torsten Näslund, Son: Robert Näslund, Cousins: Stefan Pettersson, Håkan Pettersson

Mats Näslund was selected 37th overall in 1979 after scoring 24 points with Brynäs IF and winning bronze with Sweden at the World Juniors and World Championship. He won an SHL Championship the following year and scored 71 points as a rookie for the Canadiens in 1983. He won a Stanley Cup in 1986 after setting career highs of 43 goals and 110 points and won a Lady Byng in 1988 before leaving the Canadiens in 1990 to play overseas. Näslund won World Championship gold in 1991 and SHL Championships in 1992 and 1994, as well as Olympic gold, which made him a member of the Triple Gold Club. He returned to the NHL in 1995 and scored 22 points in 34 games for the Bruins. The 3x All-Star retired with 251 goals and 634 points in 651 games.

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Mats Näslund Statistics

									Post
1975-1976	Timrå IK J20	Juniorserien	-	-	-	-	-	-
1975-1976	Timrå IK	Elitserien	3	0	0	0	0	-
1975-1976	Sweden U16 (all)	International-Jr	5	4	-	-	-	-
1976-1977	Timrå IK J20	Juniorserien	-	-	-	-	-	-
1976-1977	Timrå IK	Division 1	17	14	13	27	-	-
1976-1977	Sweden U18	EJC-18	6	9	3	12	2	-
1976-1977	Sweden U18 (all)	International-Jr	7	9	-	-	-	-
1976-1977	Sweden U20	WJC-20	7	2	0	2	14	-
1976-1977	Sweden U20 (all)	International-Jr	2	1	-	-	-	-
1977-1978	Timrå IK	Elitserien	35	13	6	19	14	-
1977-1978	Sweden U20	WJC-20	7	2	8	10	6	-
1977-1978	Sweden U20 (all)	International-Jr	4	3	-	-	-	-
1977-1978	Sweden B (all)	International	3	0	-	-	-	-
1978-1979	Brynäs IF	Elitserien	36	12	12	24	19	-
1978-1979	Sweden U20 "C"	WJC-20	6	3	2	5	6	-
1978-1979	Sweden U20 (all)	International-Jr	3	2	-	-	-	-
1978-1979	Sweden	WC	8	5	2	7	8	-
1978-1979	Sweden (all)	International	5	3	1	4	-	-
1979-1980	Brynäs IF	Elitserien	36	18	19	37	34	-	Playoffs	7	2	2	4	4	-
1979-1980	Sweden Olympics	OG	7	3	7	10	6	-
1979-1980	Sweden (all)	International	14	1	3	4	-	-
1980-1981	Brynäs IF	Elitserien	36	17	25	42	34	-
1980-1981	Sweden	WC	8	0	3	3	8	-
1980-1981	Sweden (all)	International	25	5	6	11	-	-
1981-1982	Brynäs IF	Elitserien	36	24	18	42	16	-
1981-1982	Sweden	WC	10	2	4	6	6	-
1981-1982	Sweden B (all)	International	2	1	-	-	-	-
1981-1982	Sweden (all)	International	13	4	6	10	-	-
1982-1983	Montréal Canadiens	NHL	74	26	45	71	10	34	Playoffs	3	1	0	1	0	-
1982-1983	Sweden (all)	International	10	3	4	7	2	-
1982-1983	Sweden	WC	10	3	4	7	2	-
1983-1984	Montréal Canadiens	NHL	77	29	35	64	4	5	Playoffs	15	6	8	14	4	-
1984-1985	Montréal Canadiens	NHL	80	42	37	79	14	19	Playoffs	12	7	4	11	6	-
1984-1985	Sweden	CC	8	2	3	5	6	-1
1984-1985	Sweden (all)	International	13	4	3	7	10	-
1985-1986	Montréal Canadiens "A"	NHL	80	43	67	110	16	11	Playoffs	20	8	11	19	4	-
1986-1987	Montréal Canadiens "A"	NHL	79	25	55	80	16	-3	Playoffs	17	7	15	22	11	-
1987-1988	Montréal Canadiens "A"	NHL	78	24	59	83	14	17	Playoffs	6	0	7	7	2	0
1987-1988	Sweden	CC	6	1	2	3	2	-1
1987-1988	Sweden (all)	International	13	2	4	6	6	-
1988-1989	Montréal Canadiens "A"	NHL	77	33	51	84	14	34	Playoffs	21	4	11	15	6	5
1989-1990	Montréal Canadiens "A"	NHL	72	21	20	41	19	3	Playoffs	3	1	1	2	0	0
1990-1991	HC Lugano	NLA	33	26	31	57	12	-	Playoffs	9	4	9	13	0	-
1990-1991	Sweden	WC	10	3	5	8	0	-
1990-1991	Sweden (all)	International	16	6	5	11	0	-
1991-1992	Malmö IF	Elitserien	39	15	24	39	10	-	Playoffs	10	3	2	5	0	-
1991-1992	Sweden	CC	6	1	3	4	0	-2
1991-1992	Sweden Olympics	OG	8	1	5	6	27	-
1991-1992	Sweden (all)	International	26	6	11	17	29	-
1992-1993	Malmö IF	Elitserien	33	11	21	32	10	-	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0	-
1993-1994	Malmö IF "A"	Elitserien	40	14	30	44	8	-	Playoffs	11	2	4	6	4	-
1993-1994	Sweden Olympics	OG	8	0	7	7	0	-
1993-1994	Sweden (all)	International	12	2	9	11	4	-
1994-1995	Boston Bruins	NHL	34	8	14	22	4	-4	Playoffs	5	1	0	1	0	-3

Mats Näslund Tournament Statistics

									Post
1974-1975	Medelpad	TV-Pucken	-	-	-	-	-	-
1975-1976	Medelpad	TV-Pucken	-	-	-	-	-	-
1980-1981	Brynäs IF	European Cup	-	-	-	-	-	-	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0	-
1985-1986	Montréal Canadiens	Super Series	1	1	0	1	0	-
1989-1990	Montréal Canadiens	Super Series	1	0	1	1	0	-
1990-1991	HC Lugano	European Cup	3	4	2	6	-	-	Playoffs	2	1	1	2	-	0
1991-1992	Malmö IF	Spengler Cup	4	1	2	3	-	-
1992-1993	Malmö IF	European Cup	3	1	1	2	-	-	Playoffs	4	3	0	3	-	-
1993-1994	Malmö IF "A"	European Cup	-	-	-	-	-	-	Playoffs	4	1	2	3	-	-

Mats Näslund Career Totals by League


CC	3	20	4	8	12	0.60	8	-4	0
Division 1	1	17	14	13	27	1.59	-	-	0
EJC-18	1	6	9	3	12	2.00	2	-	0
Elitserien (SHL)	9	294	124	155	279	0.95	145	-	4	29	7	8	15	0.52	8	-
European Cup	2	6	5	3	8	1.33	-	-	4	11	5	3	8	0.73	0	0
International	11	152	37	52*	89*	0.59*	51*	-	0
International-Jr	4	21	19	-	19*	0.90*	-	-	0
Juniorserien	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
NHL	9	651	251	383	634	0.97	111	116	9	102	35	57	92	0.90	33	2*
NLA (NL)	1	33	26	31	57	1.73	12	-	1	9	4	9	13	1.44	0	-
OG	3	23	4	19	23	1.00	33	-	0
Spengler Cup	1	4	1	2	3	0.75	-	-	0
Super Series	2	2	1	1	2	1.00	0	-	0
TV-Pucken	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
WC	5	46	13	18	31	0.67	24	-	0
WJC-20	3	20	7	10	17	0.85	26	-	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Mats Näslund Career Totals by Team


Boston Bruins	1	34	8	14	22	0.65	4	-4	1	5	1	0	1	0.20	0	-3
Brynäs IF	4	144	71	74	145	1.01	103	-	2	8	2	2	4	0.50	4	-
HC Lugano	1	36	30	33	63	1.75	12*	-	1	11	5	10	15	1.36	0	0
Malmö IF	3	119	42	78	120	1.01	28*	-	3	30	9	8	17	0.57	4*	-
Medelpad	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Montréal Canadiens	8	619	244	370	614	0.99	107	120*	8	97	34	57	91	0.94	33	5*
Sweden	5	46	13	18	31	0.67	24	-	0
Sweden (CC)	3	20	4	8	12	0.60	8	-4	0
Sweden (all)	10	147	36	52	88	0.60	51*	-	0
Sweden B (all)	2	5	1	-	1*	0.20*	-	-	0
Sweden Olympics	3	23	4	19	23	1.00	33	-	0
Sweden U16 (all)	1	5	4	-	4*	0.80*	-	-	0
Sweden U18	1	6	9	3	12	2.00	2	-	0
Sweden U18 (all)	1	7	9	-	9*	1.29*	-	-	0
Sweden U20	3	20	7	10	17	0.85	26	-	0
Sweden U20 (all)	3	9	6	-	6*	0.67*	-	-	0
Timrå IK	3	55	27	19	46	0.84	14*	-	0
Timrå IK J20	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Mats Näslund Career Highlights

Season	Awards
1974-1975	TV-Pucken Silver Medal
1975-1976	TV-Pucken Best Forward (Sven Tumbas Stipendium)
1976-1977	Swedish Junior Hockey Player of the Year (Årets Junior) U18 EJC Gold Medal
1977-1978	U20 WJC All-Star Team U20 WJC Silver Medal
1978-1979	Elitserien All-Star Team Sweden All-Star Team U20 WJC Bronze Medal World Championship Bronze Medal World Championship Most Points by U20 Junior (7)
1979-1980	Elitserien All-Star Team Olympic Bronze Medal Elitserien Best Player (Guldpucken) Elitserien Champion Sweden All-Star Team
1980-1981	Elitserien All-Star Team Elitserien Most Assists Elitserien Most Points Sweden All-Star Team World Championship Silver Medal
1981-1982	Elitserien All-Star Team Sweden All-Star Team World Championship Bronze Medal
1982-1983	NHL All-Rookie Team Sweden All-Star Team
1984-1985	Canada Cup Runner-Up NHL Best Swedish Player (Viking Award)
1985-1986	NHL Best Swedish Player (Viking Award) NHL Gentleman Conduct (Lady Byng Trophy) Finalist NHL Second All-Star Team NHL Stanley Cup Champion
1987-1988	NHL Gentleman Conduct (Lady Byng Trophy) NHL Gentleman Conduct (Lady Byng Trophy) Finalist
1988-1989	NHL Gentleman Conduct (Lady Byng Trophy) Finalist
1990-1991	World Championship Gold Medal
1991-1992	Elitserien Champion
1993-1994	Olympic All-Star Team Olympic Gold Medal Elitserien Champion Triple Gold Club
2004-2005	IIHF Hall of Fame
2011-2012	Sweden Hockey Hall of Fame (#10)

Mats Näslund Biography and Trivia

Number 24 retired by Timrå IK
Cult/Star player for Brynäs IF
Cult/Star player for HC Lugano
Cult/Star player for Malmö Redhawks
Cult/Star player for Montréal Canadiens
Cult/Star player for Sweden
Cult/Star player for Timrå IK