Ulf Dahlén

Date of Birth: Jan 21, 1967
Age: 59
Place of Birth: Östersund, SWE
Nation: Sweden
Youth Team: Östersunds IK
Position: RW
Height: 188 cm / 6'2"
Weight: 90 kg / 198 lbs
Shoots: L
Status: Retired

Ulf Dahlén Facts

Drafted: 1985 round 1 #7 overall by New York Rangers

Son: Jonathan Dahlén

Ulf Dahlén was selected 7th overall in 1985 after scoring 53 points in 31 games with Östersunds IK. The big winger won an SHL Championship with IF Björklöven in 1987 and scored 52 points as a rookie for the Rangers in 1988. He reached the 50-point mark 5 times and set a career-high with 74 points in 1993. Dahlén later won World Championship gold in 1998 and retired in 2003 with 301 goals and 354 assists.

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Ulf Dahlén Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1980-1981	Östersunds IK U16		-	-	-	-	-	-
1981-1982	Östersunds IK U16		-	-	-	-	-	-
1982-1983	Östersunds IK U16		-	-	-	-	-	-
1982-1983	Östersunds IK J18		-	-	-	-	-	-
1982-1983	Östersunds IK J20	Juniorserien	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982-1983	Sweden U16 (all)	International-Jr	3	0	-	-	-	-
1983-1984	Östersunds IK J18	J18 Elit	-	-	-	-	-	-
1983-1984	Östersunds IK J20	J20 Div.1	-	-	-	-	-	-
1983-1984	Östersunds IK	Division 1	31	15	11	26	18	-
1983-1984	Sweden U18 (all)	International-Jr	3	1	0	1	-	-
1984-1985	Östersunds IK	Division 1	31	27	26	53	24	-	Qualification	6	6	2	8	4	-
1984-1985	Sweden U18	EJC-18	5	7	4	11	0	-
1984-1985	Sweden U18 (all)	International-Jr	11	11	8	19	-	-
1985-1986	IF Björklöven J20	Juniorserien	-	-	-	-	-	-
1985-1986	IF Björklöven	Elitserien	22	4	3	7	8	-
1985-1986	Sweden U20	WJC-20	7	3	4	7	4	-
1985-1986	Sweden U20 (all)	International-Jr	11	6	7	13	8	-
1986-1987	IF Björklöven	Elitserien	31	9	12	21	20	-	Playoffs	6	6	2	8	2	-
1986-1987	Sweden U20	WJC-20	7	7	8	15	2	-
1986-1987	Sweden U20 (all)	International-Jr	12	9	8	17	8	-
1986-1987	Sweden B (all)	International	7	2	0	2	0	-
1987-1988	New York Rangers	NHL	70	29	23	52	26	5
1988-1989	New York Rangers	NHL	56	24	19	43	50	-6	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	0	-3
1988-1989	Sweden	WC	10	2	2	4	2	-
1988-1989	Sweden (all)	International	10	2	2	4	2	-
1989-1990	New York Rangers	NHL	63	18	18	36	30	-4
1989-1990	Minnesota North Stars	NHL	13	2	4	6	0	1	Playoffs	7	1	4	5	2	-2
1990-1991	Minnesota North Stars	NHL	66	21	18	39	6	7	Playoffs	15	2	6	8	4	-4
1991-1992	Minnesota North Stars	NHL	79	36	30	66	10	-5	Playoffs	7	0	3	3	2	0
1991-1992	Sweden	CC	6	2	1	3	5	-1
1991-1992	Sweden (all)	International	11	2	4	6	5	-
1992-1993	Minnesota North Stars	NHL	83	35	39	74	6	-20
1992-1993	Sweden	WC	6	5	2	7	0	3
1992-1993	Sweden (all)	International	6	5	2	7	0	-
1993-1994	Dallas Stars	NHL	65	19	38	57	10	-1
1993-1994	San Jose Sharks	NHL	13	6	6	12	0	0	Playoffs	14	6	2	8	0	-3
1994-1995	San Jose Sharks "A"	NHL	46	11	23	34	11	-2	Playoffs	11	5	4	9	0	-13
1995-1996	San Jose Sharks "A"	NHL	59	16	12	28	27	-21
1996-1997	San Jose Sharks	NHL	43	8	11	19	8	-11
1996-1997	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	30	6	8	14	10	9	Playoffs	5	0	1	1	0	0
1996-1997	Sweden	WCup	4	1	1	2	0	-1
1996-1997	Sweden (all)	International	8	1	4	5	2	-
1997-1998	HV71	Elitserien	29	9	22	31	16	2	Playoffs	5	1	3	4	12	0
1997-1998	Sweden Olympics	OG	4	1	0	1	2	1
1997-1998	Sweden	WC	10	3	3	6	0	4
1997-1998	Sweden (all)	International	24	6	10	16	10	-
1998-1999	HV71	Elitserien	25	14	15	29	4	11
1999-2000	Washington Capitals	NHL	75	15	23	38	8	11	Playoffs	5	0	1	1	2	-1
2000-2001	Washington Capitals	NHL	73	15	33	48	6	11	Playoffs	6	0	1	1	2	-2
2001-2002	Washington Capitals	NHL	69	23	29	52	8	-5
2001-2002	Sweden Olympics	OG	4	1	2	3	0	2
2001-2002	Sweden	WC	9	5	2	7	0	5
2001-2002	Sweden (all)	International	15	7	5	12	0	-
2002-2003	Dallas Stars	NHL	63	17	20	37	14	11	Playoffs	11	1	3	4	0	-3

Ulf Dahlén Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1980-1981	Jämtland/Härjedalen	TV-Pucken	-	-	-	-	-	-
1981-1982	Jämtland/Härjedalen	TV-Pucken	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982-1983	Jämtland/Härjedalen	TV-Pucken	-	-	-	-	-	-
1990-1991	Minnesota North Stars	Fr-Tour	4	0	0	0	0	-

Ulf Dahlén Career Totals by League

League	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
CC	1	6	2	1	3	0.50	5	-1	0
Division 1	2	62	42	37	79	1.27	42	-	1	6	6	2	8	1.33	4	-
EJC-18	1	5	7	4	11	2.20	0	-	0
Elitserien (SHL)	4	107	36	52	88	0.82	48	13*	2	11	7	5	12	1.09	14	0
Fr-Tour	1	4	0	0	0	0.00	0	-	0
International	7	81	25	27	52	0.64	19	-	0
International-Jr	5	40	27	23*	50*	1.25*	16*	-	0
J18 Elit (U18 Region)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
J20 Div.1 (U20 Div.1)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Juniorserien	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
NHL	14	966	301	354	655	0.68	230	-20	10	85	15	25	40	0.47	12	-31
OG	2	8	2	2	4	0.50	2	3	0
TV-Pucken	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
WC	4	35	15	9	24	0.69	2	12*	0
WCup	1	4	1	1	2	0.50	0	-1	0
WJC-20	2	14	10	12	22	1.57	6	-	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Ulf Dahlén Career Totals by Team

Team	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
Chicago Blackhawks	1	30	6	8	14	0.47	10	9	1	5	0	1	1	0.20	0	0
Dallas Stars	2	128	36	58	94	0.73	24	10	1	11	1	3	4	0.36	0	-3
HV71	2	54	23	37	60	1.11	20	13	1	5	1	3	4	0.80	12	0
IF Björklöven	2	53	13	15	28	0.53	28	-	1	6	6	2	8	1.33	2	-
IF Björklöven J20	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Jämtland/Härjedalen	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Minnesota North Stars	4	245	94	91	185	0.76	22	-17*	3	29	3	13	16	0.55	8	-6
New York Rangers	3	189	71	60	131	0.69	106	-5	1	4	0	0	0	0.00	0	-3
Östersunds IK	2	62	42	37	79	1.27	42	-	1	6	6	2	8	1.33	4	-
Östersunds IK J18	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Östersunds IK J20	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
San Jose Sharks	4	161	41	52	93	0.58	46	-34	2	25	11	6	17	0.68	0	-16
Sweden	4	35	15	9	24	0.69	2	12*	0
Sweden (CC)	1	6	2	1	3	0.50	5	-1	0
Sweden (WCup)	1	4	1	1	2	0.50	0	-1	0
Sweden (all)	6	74	23	27	50	0.68	19	-	0
Sweden B (all)	1	7	2	0	2	0.29	0	-	0
Sweden Olympics	2	8	2	2	4	0.50	2	3	0
Sweden U16 (all)	1	3	0	-	0	0.00*	-	-	0
Sweden U18	1	5	7	4	11	2.20	0	-	0
Sweden U18 (all)	2	14	12	8	20	1.43	-	-	0
Sweden U20	2	14	10	12	22	1.57	6	-	0
Sweden U20 (all)	2	23	15	15	30	1.30	16	-	0
Washington Capitals	3	217	53	85	138	0.64	22	17	2	11	0	2	2	0.18	4	-3

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Ulf Dahlén Career Highlights

Season	Awards
1984-1985	Swedish Junior Hockey Player of the Year (Årets Junior) U18 EJC All-Star Team U18 EJC Best Forward U18 EJC Gold Medal
1986-1987	Elitserien Champion U20 WJC All-Star Team U20 WJC Bronze Medal U20 WJC Most Goals (7) U20 WJC Most Points (15)
1992-1993	Sweden All-Star Team World Championship All-Star Team World Championship Silver Medal
1997-1998	Elitserien All-Star Team Elitserien Best Player (Guldpucken) Sweden All-Star Team World Championship Gold Medal
2001-2002	World Championship Bronze Medal
2013-2014	Sweden Hockey Hall of Fame (#70)

Ulf Dahlén Biography and Trivia

Number 9 retired by Östersunds IK
Cult/Star player for IF Björklöven
Cult/Star player for Minnesota North Stars
Cult/Star player for Sweden
Cult/Star player for Östersunds IK

Career transactions
- 2002-08-13 • Signed by the Dallas Stars
- 1999-01-21 • Signed by the Washington Capitals
- 1997-01-25 • Traded to the Chicago Blackhawks with Chris Terreri & Michal Sykora for Ed Belfour
- 1994-03-19 • Traded to the San Jose Sharks with a 1995 7th round pick (Brad Mehalko) for Doug Zmolek, Mike Lalor & cash
- 1993-06-09 • Rights transferred to the Dallas Stars after the Minnesota North Stars franchise relocated
- 1990-03-06 • Traded to the Minnesota North Stars with a 1990 4th round pick (Cal McGowan) for Mike Gartner
- 1985-06-15 • Selected 7th overall in the NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers