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| 1980 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Hakan Loob
Selected in
ninth round
No. 181 overall by Calgary Flames
Born July 3, 1960
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Right Wing
Height: 5-9 Weight: 170
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Karlstad (Sweden)
Birthplace: Visby, Sweden
Hometown:
Slite, Sweden |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1975-76 |
Slite | Sweden | 22 |
12 | 2 |
14 | -- |
| 1976-77 |
Romakloster | Sweden |
20 | 19 |
12 | 31 |
-- | | 1977-78 |
Karlskrona | Sweden |
25 | 15 |
4 | 19 |
37 | | 1978-79 |
Karlskrona | Sweden |
23 | 23 |
9 | 32 |
8 | | 1979-80 |
Karlstad | Sweden |
36 | 15 |
4 | 19 |
20 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
World Junior Championships: 1979 (bronze), 1980
(bronze)
European Junior Championships: 1978 (bronze medal)
World Junior Championships All-Star First Team: 1980 |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 5, 1983 (Calgary at
Vancouver)
Numbers: 12 (Calgary)
Stanley Cup: 1989.
Playing Status: Retired 1996 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1983-1989 |
Calgary | 450 |
193 | 236 |
429 | 189 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1984-1989 |
Calgary | 73 |
26 | 28 |
54 | 16 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
NHL All-Star First Team: 1987-88 (Calgary)
NHL All-Rookie Team: 1983-84 (Calgary)
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1986 (Calgary)
Calgary Molson Cup (Three-Stars Leader): 1985-86, 1987-88
Calgary Records: Most hat tricks in one season (5 in 1987-88, shares
record)
100-Point Seasons: 1987-88 (Calgary) (106)
50-Goal Seasons:
1987-88 (Calgary) (50)
Calgary
Points
Leader: 1987-88 (106)
Calgary Goals
Leader: 1984-85 (37, tie), 1985-86 (31)
Calgary Playoffs Points
Leader: 1986 (6)
Calgary Playoffs Goals Leader: 1985 (3), 1988
(8)
Miscellaneous: Scored five goals for Calgary in a 1983 preseason game vs.
Team Canada. ... Scored goal in his first NHL game. The goal beat Vancouver
goaltender Richard Brodeur at 5:02 of the first period. ... Missed part of
1986-87 season with broken left pinky, an injury suffered when he was slashed
by Pat Price during Calgary's March 8, 1987, game at N.Y. Rangers. ... Had
surgery to correct chronic right shoulder problem in May 1987. ... Played on
line with Joe Nieuwendyk for Calgary in 1987-88 and 1988-89. ... Became first
Swedish player to score 50 goals in an NHL season when he achieved feat with
3:05 remaining in Calgary's 1987-88 regular season vs. Minnesota on April 3,
1988. ... Became first player in Atlanta/Calgary Flames franchise history to
be voted to the postseason NHL All-Star first team when he achieved that feat
in 1987-88. ... Won Stanley Cup with Calgary in final NHL game on May 25,
1989. ... Released by Calgary on May 25, 1989, so he could resume his career
in native Sweden. He made the decision so that his 8-year-old son could spend
the remainder of his childhood in Sweden. Loob, who had played long enough to
qualify for an NHL pension, feared that if his family spent any more time in
North America, it would lose its Swedish roots. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Karlstad (Sweden); Team
Sweden
Olympics: 1992 (fifth place), 1994 (gold medal)
Canada Cup:
1984 (second place)
World Championships:
1982 (fourth place), 1987 (gold medal), 1990 (silver medal), 1991 (gold medal)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
IIHF Hall of Fame: Inducted 1998
Swedish
Championship: 1981 (Karlstad) (as player), 1997, 1998, 2002 (Karlstad) (as
general manager)
Sweden
Golden Puck Award (Player of Year): 1982-83 (Karlstad)
Sweden World All-Star Team: 1982-83, 1989-90, 1990-91, 1991-92 (Karlstad),
1984-85 (Calgary)
Sweden Elitserien Records: Most points in
season (76 for Karlstad in 1982-83), most goals in season (42 for Karlstad
in 1982-83)
Karlstad Records: Most points in one season (76 in
1982-83), most goals in one season (42 in 1982-83), most assists in one season
(34 in 1982-83)
Sweden Points Leader: 1982-83 (Karlstad) (76), 1990-91 (Karlstad) (58),
1991-92 (Karlstad) (66), 1992-93 (Karlstad) (51)
Sweden Goals
Leader: 1982-83 (Karlstad) (42), 1990-91 (Karlstad) (33), 1991-92 (Karlstad)
(37), 1992-93 (Karlstad) (25)
Sweden Assists Leader:
1982-83 (Karlstad) (34 assists), 1989-90 (Karlstad) (31 assists)
Sweden
Playoffs Points Leader: 1981 (Karlstad) (8 points, tie), 1983 (Karlstad) (14
points), 1990 (Karlstad) (14 points)
Sweden Playoffs Goals Leader:
1981 (Karlstad) (5, tie), 1983 (Karlstad) (10 goals),
1990 (Karlstad) (9 goals), 1991 (6 goals)
Sweden Playoffs Assists Leader: 1981 (Karlstad) (5 goals)
Management
Career: Named Karlstad (Sweden) sports chief (i.e. general manager) prior to 1996-97 season
and remained in position into 2003-04 season.
Miscellaneous: Set Swedish
Elitserien single-season record (since broken) with 34 assists in 1982-83.
... Was unable to play in 1983 World Championships due to broken collarbone, suffered
in Swedish playoffs in March 1983. ... Missed 1987 Canada Cup
because he was still recovering from off-season shoulder surgery. ... Served
as Karlstad (Sweden) captain throughout early 1990s. ... Was also
an outstanding tennis player during his hockey career. ... Idolized by
future NHL stars Peter Forsberg and Markus Naslund during their childhoods.
Forsberg and Loob would later be teammates on Sweden's 1994 Olympic team. ...
Karlstad retired Loob's No. 5 sweater upon his retirement in 1996.
Personal:
Full name is Hakan P. Loob. ... Younger brother of former NHL player Peter
Loob. |
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SNAPSHOT '80 | | Total Selected: |
210 | | Forwards: |
122 | | Defense: |
71 | | Goaltenders: |
17 | | Major Junior: |
138 | | Tier II Junior: |
7 | | College Players: |
42 | | High School: |
8 |
| Canadian: |
159 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
3 | | USA Citizens: |
35 | | U.S.-Born: |
35 |
| European: |
13 |
| Reached NHL: |
132 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
24 | | Hall of Fame: |
4 |
| All-Star Game: |
17 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
5 |
| Olympians: |
19 |
| Picks Traded: |
25 |
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