Ulf Dahlén

Ulf Dahlén
Dahlén in September 2011
Born (1967-01-21) 21 January 1967 (age 59)
Östersund, Sweden
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 199 lb (90 kg; 14 st 3 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
Played for IF Björklöven
New York Rangers
Minnesota North Stars
Dallas Stars
San Jose Sharks
Chicago Blackhawks
HV71
Washington Capitals
National team  Sweden
NHL draft 7th overall, 1985
New York Rangers
Playing career 1985–2003

Ulf Reinhold Dahlén (born 21 January 1967) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player, and former head coach for HV71 and Frölunda HC in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). His son Jonathan Dahlén was drafted 42nd overall in the 2016 NHL entry draft.

Career

Dahlén was drafted seventh overall by the New York Rangers in the 1985 NHL entry draft. He played 966 career NHL games, scoring 301 goals, 354 assists and 655 points. During his active playing career, he played for 14 seasons, between 1987–88 and 2002–03, in the NHL for the New York Rangers, Minnesota North Stars, Dallas Stars, San Jose Sharks, Chicago Blackhawks and Washington Capitals. In the 1992–93 season, he recorded a total of six penalty minutes for the whole season, with 80 of his 83 games resulting in zero penalty minutes to make him the first player with eighty games of zero penalty minutes in a season. On 15 April 1993, Dahlén scored the final goal in Minnesota North Stars history in a 5–3 loss to the Detroit Red Wings; Russ Courtnall and Dave Gagner assisted on the goal.

After his playing career, he has served as an assistant coach for the Swedish national team and a pro scout for the Dallas Stars; and in June 2006, he was hired as an assistant coach by the Stars. Following the 2007–08 season, Dahlén left Dallas to take the head coaching position for Frölunda HC in Elitserien in Sweden. After three seasons with Frölunda, Dahlén signed as head coach for HV71, where he played for two seasons in the late 1990s.

Accomplishments and awards

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1983–84Östersunds IKSWE.23615112610—————
1984–85Östersunds IKSWE.2312726532056064
1985–86IF BjörklövenSEL224378—————
1986–87IF BjörklövenSEL31912212066284
1987–88Colorado RangersIHL22240—————
1987–88New York RangersNHL7029235226—————
1988–89New York RangersNHL562419435040000
1989–90New York RangersNHL6318183630—————
1989–90Minnesota North StarsNHL13246071452
1990–91Minnesota North StarsNHL662118396152684
1991–92Minnesota North StarsNHL793630661070332
1992–93Minnesota North StarsNHL833539746—————
1993–94Dallas StarsNHL6519385710—————
1993–94San Jose SharksNHL1366120146280
1994–95San Jose SharksNHL4611233411115490
1995–96San Jose SharksNHL5916122827—————
1996–97San Jose SharksNHL43811198—————
1996–97Chicago BlackhawksNHL3068141050110
1997–98HV71SEL299223116513412
1998–99HV71SEL251415294—————
1999–00Washington CapitalsNHL75152338850112
2000–01Washington CapitalsNHL73153348660112
2001–02Washington CapitalsNHL692329528—————
2002–03Dallas StarsNHL6317203714111340
SEL totals 107 36 52 88 48 11 7 5 12 16
NHL totals 966 301 354 655 230 85 15 25 40 12

International

Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Ice hockey
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place1985 France
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place1987 Czechoslovakia
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1998 Switzerland
Silver medal – second place1993 Germany
Bronze medal – third place2002 Sweden
Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
1985 Sweden EJC 5 7 4 11 0
1986 Sweden WJC 7 3 4 7 4
1987 Sweden WJC 7 7 8 15 2
1989 Sweden WC 10 2 2 4 4
1991 Sweden CC 6 2 1 3 5
1993 Sweden WC 6 5 2 7 0
1996 Sweden WCH 4 1 1 2 0
1998 Sweden OG 4 1 0 1 2
1998 Sweden WC 10 3 3 6 0
2002 Sweden OLY 4 1 2 3 0
2002 Sweden WC 9 5 2 7 0
Junior totals 19 17 16 33 6
Senior totals 53 20 13 33 11

References

  1. ↑ Garrioch, Bruch (25 June 2016). "Senators draft Dahlen, another son of former NHLer, in second round". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Number of games in a season player meets criteria, playing skater, in the regular season, requiring Penalties in Minutes = 0, sorted by descending instances". Stathead. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "Stars make front office moves". DallasStars.com. Dallas Stars. 16 June 2006. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  4. ↑ "Dahlén och Karlsson leder Frölunda". Hockeyligan.se (in Swedish). Svenska Hockeyligan AB. 27 May 2008. Archived from the original on 23 November 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  5. ↑ "Ulf Dahlén ny huvudtränare för HV71". HV71.se (in Swedish). HV71. 4 May 2011. Archived from the original on 7 May 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2011.