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1976 NHL Draft

Kent Nilsson in the 1976 NHL Draft

Atlanta Flames selected Kent Nilsson 64th overall in the 1976 NHL Draft, with the 10th pick of round 4.

He was the third of the 5 Swedes selected that year. It was the fifth of the 6 picks Atlanta Flames made in the draft. Of the 135 players selected in 1976, 73 have played in the NHL regular season. His 553 games put him 12th in the class, but only one has scored more points than his 686.

Overall pick
64
Round and pick
Round 4, pick 10
Drafting team
AFMAtlanta Flames
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 61–67 in the 1976 draft

  1. 61Paul SkidmoreG2 GP · 1 WSTL
  2. 62Elmer RayLVAN
  3. 63Dave DebolC92 GP · 52 PCHI
  4. 64Kent NilssonC553 GP · 686 PAFM
  5. 65Greg RedquestG1 GP · 0 WPIT
  6. 66Tim WilliamsDTOR
  7. 67Bob MearsGLAK

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1976 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1976 class

3rd
of 5 Swedes selected
43rd
of 83 forwards selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First Swedes selected

  1. 5Björn JohanssonD15 GP · 2 PCGS
  2. 45Thomas GradinC677 GP · 593 PCHI
  3. 64Kent NilssonC553 GP · 686 PAFM
  4. 130Goran LindblomDSTL
  5. 134Anders HåkanssonL330 GP · 98 PSTL
Every Swede in the 1976 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Kent Nilsson made his NHL debut on October 10, 1979, 3 years and 131 days after the draft.

553
Games
264
Goals
422
Assists
686
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Atlanta Flames picks in the 1976 draft

  1. 8Dave ShandD421 GP · 103 PAFM
  2. 10Harold PhillipoffL141 GP · 83 PAFM
  3. 28Bobby SimpsonL175 GP · 64 PAFM
  4. 46Rick HodgsonD6 GP · 0 PAFM
  5. 64Kent NilssonC553 GP · 686 PAFM
  6. 82Mark EarpGAFM