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| 1978 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Mats Hallin
Selected in
seventh round
No. 105 overall by Washington Capitals
Born
March 19, 1958
 | Position: Left Wing
/ Right Wing
Height: 6-2 Weight:
200
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Sodertalje (Sweden)
Birthplace: Eskilstuna, Sweden
Hometown:
Eskilstuna, Sweden |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1974-75 |
Akers | Sweden-3 |
11 | 5 |
1 | 6 |
6 | | 1975-76 |
Akers | Sweden-3 |
20 | 11 |
17 | 28 |
-- | | 1976-77 |
Sodertalje | Sweden |
15 | 2 |
5 | 7 |
23 | | 1977-78 |
Sodertalje | Sweden |
32 | 6 |
3 | 9 |
58 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
World Junior Championships: 1978 (silver medal) |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: January 15, 1983 (Los Angeles at N.Y.
Islanders)
Numbers: 20 (N.Y. Islanders); 28 (Minnesota)
Stanley Cup:
1983.
Playing Status:
Retired 1992 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
1983-1986 |
N.Y. Islanders, Minnesota | 152 |
17 | 14 | 31 |
193 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1983-1986 |
N.Y. Islanders, Minnesota | 15 |
1 | 0 | 1 |
13 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1984 (N.Y. Islanders)
Miscellaneous: Missed start of 1983-84 season with sprained right knee,
an injury suffered during N.Y. Islanders' 1983 training camp. ... Missed most
of 1984-85 season with shoulder injury that required surgery in January 1985.
... Missed part of 1986-87 season with stretched knee ligaments, an injury
suffered in October 1986. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Sodertalje (Sweden);
Indianapolis (CHL); Springfield (AHL); Lugano (Switzerland); Malmo (Sweden)
World Junior Championships: 1999
(fourth place) (as head coach)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
CHL Adams Cup: 1982 (Indianapolis)
Sweden Championship: 1992 (Malmo)
Switzerland Championship: 1987
(Lugano)
CHL All-Star Game: 1983 (in NHL,
did not play)
WHA Draft Pick: 1978 (by Edmonton)
Sweden Penalty-Minutes Leader:
1979-80 (Sodertalje) (84 PIM)
1982-83: Played 42 games for
Indianapolis team that won CHL regular-season and playoff titles, but was not
with team during postseason.
Coaching Career: Named Malmo (Sweden)
assistant coach prior to 1992-93 season and remained in that position through
1993-94 season. ... Named Sodertalje (Sweden) head coach prior to 1994-95
season and remained in that position through 2001-02 season.
Management
Career: Named Sodertalje (Sweden) general manager prior to 2002-03 season and remained in that position into 2002-03.
Miscellaneous: Missed parts of
1981-82 season with shoulder injury, suffered in October 1981, and with
mononucleosis. ... Was leading CHL in points when called up to NHL for good in
January 1983. ... Was trained as a carpenter during his school days in Sweden.
Personal: Father of Swedish Elite League player Per Hallin. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| FREE AGENCY: Hallin remained in Sweden for
three years after the 1978 draft. Because he was not offered a contract, he
had the option of re-entering the draft in 1979. Instead, he
waited two more years to become a free agent and signed with
N.Y. Islanders on June 12, 1981. |
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SNAPSHOT '78 | | Total Selected: |
234 | | Forwards: |
143 | | Defense: |
67 | | Goaltenders: |
24 | | Major Junior: |
127 | | College Players: |
80 |
| Canadian: |
170 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
0 | | USA Citizens: |
47 | | U.S.-Born: |
47 |
| European: |
17 |
| Reached NHL: |
95 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
16 | | Hall of Fame: |
1 |
| All-Star Game: |
18 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
1 |
| Olympians: |
16 |
| Picks Traded: |
46 |
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