Ulf Nilsson

Ulf Nilsson was one of the Swedish pioneersArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceArticle in SportbladetRead the sourceClose in North American professional hockey. Ulf Nilsson grew up playing several sports in Nynäshamn: in an older interview published by Hockeysverige in 2021, he recalled football, hockey, table tennis and bandyBandy is a team sport played on skates with sticks and a ball on a large ice field.Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose, a ball sport played on ice. He remembered Kurt ”Kurre” Hamrin becoming his idol after the 1958 football World CupArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose. His nickname also had a family connection: Lill-Pröjsarn came from his father Gösta’s nickname, PröjsarnArticle in Swedish Ice Hockey AssociationRead the sourceClose.

In the same interview, Nilsson recalled playing on a line with Rolf Edberg and Per Allan Wickström at TV-puckenTV-pucken is a Swedish youth hockey tournament played between regional representative teams.Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose, the Swedish youth hockey tournament, in 1966. He also shared football with Edberg; they were teammates on the city teamArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose.

When NilssonArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose discussed choosing between football and hockey, he highlighted the welcome he received at AIK. He recalled Eje LindströmArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose, Nordlander and Honken, describing how their welcome influenced his choice of hockey.

Company also mattered when Nilsson chose WinnipegArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose: in the interview, he said the opportunity to join alongside Anders Hedberg and Lars-Erik Sjöberg influenced his choice of club. Recalling his line with Hedberg and Hull, he said they could naturally interchange positionsArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose.