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Michael Nylander

AIK / Allsvenskan - 14/15

Player Facts

Date of Birth

Oct 03, 1972
Age

45
Place of Birth

Stockholm, SWE
Nation

Sweden
Youth Team

Huddinge IK

Position

C
Height

5'11" / 181 cm
Weight

192 lbs / 87 kg
Shoots

L
Status

Retired

Drafted

1991 round 3 #59 overall by Hartford Whalers
Highlights

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Brothers: Peter Nylander, Thommy Nylander
Sons: William Nylander, Alexander Nylander

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Player Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1987-88	RA 73	Division 1	3	0	0	0	0		\|
1988-89	Huddinge IK J20	Juniorserien	-	-	-	-	-		\|
1989-90	Huddinge IK	Division 1	31	7	15	22	4		\|	Playoffs	5	3	0	3	0
	Sweden U18	EJC-18	6	2	4	6	0		\|
1990-91	Huddinge IK	Division 1	33	14	20	34	10		\|	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0
	Sweden U20	WJC-20	7	6	5	11	8	4	\|
1991-92	AIK	SHL	40	11	17	28	30		\|	Playoffs	3	1	4	5	4
	Sweden U20	WJC-20	7	8	9	17	6		\|
	Sweden	WC	8	0	1	1	0	-1	\|
1992-93	Hartford Whalers	NHL	59	11	22	33	36	-7	\|
	Springfield Indians	AHL	0	0	0	0	0		\|	Playoffs	3	3	3	6	2
	Sweden	WC	7	1	7	8	4	6	\|
1993-94	Hartford Whalers	NHL	58	11	33	44	24	-2	\|
	Springfield Indians	AHL	4	0	9	9	0	0	\|
	Calgary Flames	NHL	15	2	9	11	6	10	\|	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0	-1
1994-95	JyP HT	Liiga	16	11	19	30	63	18	\|
	Calgary Flames	NHL	6	0	1	1	2	1	\|	Playoffs	6	0	6	6	2	-3
1995-96	Calgary Flames	NHL	73	17	38	55	20	0	\|	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	0	-4
	Sweden	WCup	4	2	1	3	0	0	\|
	Sweden	WC	3	2	3	5	0	2	\|
1996-97	HC Lugano	NLA	36	12	43	55	28		\|	Playoffs	8	3	8	11	8
	Sweden	WC	11	6	5	11	6	1	\|
1997-98	Calgary Flames	NHL	65	13	23	36	24	10	\|
	Sweden	OG	4	0	0	0	6	1	\|
1998-99	Calgary Flames	NHL	9	2	3	5	2	1	\|
	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL	24	2	7	9	6	-10	\|
	Sweden	WC	10	2	4	6	8	4	\|
1999-00	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL	11	1	2	3	4	-3	\|
	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	66	23	28	51	26	9	\|
	Sweden	WC	7	1	5	6	6	0	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	9	2	6	8	6		\|
2000-01	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	82	25	39	64	32	7	\|
2001-02	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	82	15	46	61	50	28	\|	Playoffs	5	0	3	3	2	2
	Sweden	OG	4	1	2	3	0	1	\|
	Sweden	WC	8	1	6	7	0	4	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	12	2	8	10	0		\|
2002-03	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	9	0	4	4	4	0	\|
	Washington Capitals	NHL	71	17	39	56	36	3	\|	Playoffs	6	3	2	5	8	0
2003-04	Washington Capitals	NHL	3	0	2	2	8	1	\|
	Boston Bruins	NHL	15	1	11	12	14	3	\|	Playoffs	6	3	3	6	0	2
	Sweden	WC	7	2	4	6	8	-1	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	7	2	4	6	8	-1	\|
2004-05	Kärpät	Liiga	23	5	15	20	22	9	\|
	SKA St. Petersburg	Russia	8	2	5	7	0	-9	\|
	Ak Bars Kazan	Russia	5	0	1	1	2	-1	\|
2005-06	New York Rangers	NHL	81	23	56	79	76	31	\|	Playoffs	4	0	1	1	0	-3
	Sweden	WC	6	1	8	9	4	5	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	6	1	8	9	4	5	\|
2006-07	New York Rangers	NHL	79	26	57	83	42	12	\|	Playoffs	10	6	7	13	0	9
2007-08	Washington Capitals	NHL	40	11	26	37	24	-19	\|
2008-09	Washington Capitals	NHL	72	9	24	33	32	0	\|	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	2	-1
2009-10	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL	24	2	16	18	14	-8	\|
	Jokerit	Liiga	14	3	4	7	58	-8	\|	Playoffs	3	2	1	3	0	-1
	Sweden	EHT	3	0	0	0	4	0	\|
	Sweden	WC	8	1	2	3	4	2	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	14	2	2	4	8	1	\|
2010-11	Rochester Americans	AHL	7	4	2	6	8	-3	\|
2011-12	ZSC Lions	NLA	15	5	5	10	8	-4	\|
	Kloten Flyers	NLA	8	0	5	5	4	3	\|	Playoffs	2	0	1	1	2	-1
2012-13	HC Vita Hästen	Division 1	1	0	0	0	0	0	\|
	HC Bolzano	Italy	1	0	0	0	0		\|
	Södertälje SK	Allsvenskan	18	5	14	19	4	7	\|	Kvalserien SHL	10	3	4	7	20	-5
2013-14	Rögle BK	Allsvenskan	25	3	6	9	22	2	\|
	HC Vita Hästen	Division 1	1	1	1	2	0	1	\|
	AIK	SHL	8	0	1	1	4	-7	\|	Kvalserien SHL	9	2	3	5	4	3
2014-15	AIK	Allsvenskan	11	1	1	2	8	-3	\|

Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1987-88	Stockholm	TV-Pucken	-	-	-	-	-		\|
2011-12	Kloten Flyers	Spengler Cup	3	0	1	1	0		\|

Team Staff History

S	Team	League	Role on Team	Notes
2014-15	AIK	Allsvenskan	Asst. Coach
2015-16	Mississauga Steelheads	OHL	Asst. Coach

Player Career Totals

League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-		GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	35	6	27	33	0.94	22	-11	\|	3	3	3	6	2.00	2	0
Allsvenskan	54	9	21	30	0.56	34	6	\|	10	3	4	7	0.70	20	-5
Division 1	69	22	36	58	0.84	14	1	\|	7	3	0	3	0.43	0	0
EHT	3	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	\|
EJC-18	6	2	4	6	1.00	0	0	\|
International	48	9	28	37	0.77	26	5	\|
Italy	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	\|
Juniorserien	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	\|
Liiga	53	19	38	57	1.08	143	19	\|	3	2	1	3	1.00	0	-1
NHL	920	209	470	679	0.74	468	75	\|	47	12	22	34	0.72	14	1
NLA	59	17	53	70	1.19	40	-1	\|	10	3	9	12	1.20	10	-1
OG	8	1	2	3	0.38	6	2	\|
Russia	13	2	6	8	0.62	2	-10	\|
SHL	48	11	18	29	0.60	34	-7	\|	12	3	7	10	0.83	8	3
Spengler Cup	3	0	1	1	0.33	0	0	\|
TV-Pucken	0	0	0	0	-	0		\|
WC	75	17	45	62	0.83	40	22	\|
WCup	4	2	1	3	0.75	0	0	\|
WJC-20	14	14	14	28	2.00	14	4	\|

Career Highlights

Season

Awards by season

1989-1990
- U18 EJC Gold Medal
1991-1992
1992-1993
- World Championship Most Assists (7)
- World Championship Silver Medal
1996-1997
1998-1999
- World Championship Bronze Medal
2001-2002
- World Championship Bronze Medal
2003-2004
- World Championship Silver Medal
2004-2005
- SM-liiga Champion
2005-2006
- World Championship Gold Medal
2009-2010
- World Championship Bronze Medal

Transactions

DATE	STATUS	FROM	TO
09/06/2014
09/06/2014	Extension	AIK	AIK
02/10/2014
02/10/2014	Extension	AIK	AIK
02/05/2014
02/05/2014	Confirmed	HC Vita Hästen	AIK
02/01/2014
02/01/2014	Confirmed	No team	HC Vita Hästen
12/13/2013
12/13/2013	Confirmed	Rögle BK	Unknown
08/05/2013
08/05/2013	Confirmed	Södertälje SK	Rögle BK
01/03/2013
01/03/2013	Confirmed	HC Bolzano	Södertälje SK
12/21/2012
12/21/2012	Confirmed	HC Vita Hästen	HC Bolzano
11/27/2012
11/27/2012	Confirmed	No team	HC Vita Hästen
01/21/2012
01/21/2012	Confirmed	ZSC	Kloten
11/11/2011
11/11/2011	Extension	ZSC	ZSC
10/07/2011
10/07/2011	Confirmed	No team	ZSC
09/25/2011
09/25/2011	Confirmed	Philadelphia Flyers	Unknown
08/17/2011
08/17/2011	Confirmed	No team	Philadelphia Flyers
09/29/2010
09/29/2010	Loan	Washington Capitals	Rochester Americans
01/28/2010
01/28/2010	Loan	Washington Capitals	Jokerit

Player Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for Calgary Flames

Cult/Star player for Chicago Blackhawks

Cult/Star player for Hartford Whalers

Cult/Star player for Huddinge IK

Cult/Star player for JYP

Cult/Star player for Kloten

Cult/Star player for Lugano

Cult/Star player for Sweden

Career transactions
- 2014-02-05 • Signed by AIK
- 2014-02-01 • Signed by Vita Hästen
- 2013-08-05 • Signed by Rögle
- 2013-01-03 • Signed by Södertälje
- 2012-12-21 • Signed by HC Bolzano
- 2012-11-27 • Signed by Vita Hästen
- 2012-01-21 • Signed by Kloten
- 2011-10-07 • Signed by ZSC
- 2010-09-30 • Loaned to the Rochester Americans
- 2010-01-28 • Loaned to Jokerit
- 2007-07-02 • Signed by the Washington Capitals
- 2005-02-14 • Signed to a lockout contract by Ak Bars Kazan
- 2004-12-30 • Signed to a lockout contract by SKA St. Petersburg
- 2004-09-25 • Signed to a lockout contract by Kärpät
- 2004-08-10 • Signed by the New York Rangers
- 2004-03-04 • Traded to the Boston Bruins for a 2006 2nd round pick (François Bouchard) & future considerations
- 2002-11-01 • Traded to the Washington Capitals with a 2003 3rd round pick (Stephen Werner) & future considerations for Andrei Nikolishin & Chris Simon
- 1999-11-12 • Traded to the Chicago Blackhawks for Bryan Muir & Reid Simpson
- 1999-01-19 • Traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Andrei Nazarov
- 1994-03-10 • Traded to the Calgary Flames with Zarley Zalapski & James Patrick for Gary Suter, Paul Ranheim & Ted Drury
- 1991-06-09 • Selected 59th overall in the NHL Entry Draft by the Hartford Whalers

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