Mr Magic

Go to magic places. The Main goal is to go to Edmonton and back to Sweden again.

Please take some pictures so we can see the lovely places Mr Magic visited.

Mr Magic from Sweden.

Mr Magic is the nickname Kenta Nilsson had when he was one of the best hockeyplayers in the world. For me he´s always gonna be the number one in Djurgårdens if and he´s number 19 is he´s number forever.

This hockeyplayer I used when I was a active tablehockeyplayer in the late 80´s.

Playing career

Nilsson began his career in 1973–74, playing for Djurgårdens IF during his first of four seasons in Sweden. He then came to North America, and played for the Winnipeg Jets of the WHA beginning in 1977. He scored two consecutive 100-point seasons in the WHA; and his offensive production continued when the league merged with the NHL. He was claimed by the Atlanta Flames, and in his first season with the team he scored 93 points. The next season, 1980–81, Atlanta moved to Calgary; Nilsson scored 131 points, which is still the team record, and he came third in NHL scoring.

Nilsson played with the Flames (with number 14) until 1984–85 when he was traded to the Minnesota North Stars for a draft pick that the Flames used to draft Joe Nieuwendyk. Nilsson won his first and only Stanley Cup while playing with the Edmonton Oilers in 1987. He returned to Europe after that season, playing in Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, Austria and Norway. In 1988–89 he was named Player of the Year in Sweden. He returned to Edmonton for six games in 1995, which made him the last former Atlanta Flames player to play in the NHL. He then played briefly again in Europe until 1998.

[edit]Records

• Most points scored by a Swedish player in a single NHL season (131 in 1980–81)
• Calgary Flames team record for points in a single season (131 in 1980–81)
• Calgary Flames team record for assists in a single season (82 in 1980–81)
• Calgary Flames team record for shorthanded goals in a single season (9 in 1983–84)