Hardy Åström
Hardy Åström | |||
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Born |
Luleå, Sweden | 29 March 1951||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb) | ||
Position | Goaltender | ||
Caught | Left | ||
Played for |
Södertälje SK Modo AIK Colorado Rockies Skellefteå AIK New York Rangers | ||
NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
Playing career | 1974–1986 |
Ray Hardy Åström (born 29 March 1951 in Luleå, Sweden) is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender who played three seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Rangers and Colorado Rockies.
Due to his tendency for letting in shots taken from behind the blue line, Rockies head coach Don Cherry unceremoniously dubbed him "The Swedish Sieve."[1]
Åström was the first European goaltender to start an NHL game, when he played for the Rangers against the Montreal Canadiens on February 25, 1978. Åström played brilliantly in the Rangers' 6-3 win, which also stopped Montreal's 28-game unbeaten streak.[2]
Career statistics[]
Regular season and playoffs[]
Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | T | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | GP | W | L | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | ||
1974–75 | Skellefteå AIK | SWE | 30 | — | — | — | 1800 | 96 | 0 | 3.20 | .883 | 5 | — | — | 307 | 19 | — | 3.71 | .881 | ||
1975–76 | Skellefteå AIK | SWE | 36 | — | — | — | 2160 | 149 | 1 | 4.14 | .876 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 8.85 | .785 | ||
1976–77 | Skellefteå AIK | SWE | 35 | — | — | — | 2092 | 142 | 0 | 4.07 | .862 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1977–78 | New York Rangers | NHL | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 240 | 14 | 0 | 3.50 | .887 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1977–78 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 27 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1572 | 69 | 5 | 2.63 | .913 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1978–79 | Skellefteå AIK | SWE | 26 | — | — | — | 1515 | 101 | 0 | 4.00 | .870 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1979–80 | Colorado Rockies | NHL | 49 | 9 | 27 | 6 | 2566 | 161 | 0 | 3.77 | .870 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1980–81 | Colorado Rockies | NHL | 30 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 1639 | 787 | 0 | 3.77 | .869 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1980–81 | Fort Worth Texans | CHL | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 345 | 21 | 0 | 3.65 | .881 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 9.00 | — | ||
1981–82 | Oklahoma City Stars | CHL | 35 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 1911 | 154 | 0 | 4.84 | .843 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 8 | 0 | 7.87 | — | ||
1982–83 | Örebro IK | SWE-2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1983–84 | MODO | SWE | 36 | — | — | — | — | 39 | — | 2.16 | .872 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1984–85 | Södertälje SK | SWE | 27 | — | — | — | 1508 | 85 | 3 | 3.38 | .875 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 495 | 26 | 1 | 3.15 | .907 | ||
1985–86 | Södertälje SK | SWE | 28 | — | — | — | 1650 | 87 | 0 | 3.16 | .887 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 420 | 23 | 0 | 3.29 | .895 | ||
NHL totals | 83 | 17 | 44 | 12 | 4445 | 278 | 0 | 3.75 | .871 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
International[]
Year | Team | Event | GP | W | L | T | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | |
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1976 | Sweden | CC | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 240 | 17 | 0 | 4.00 | 8.50 | |
1978 | Sweden | WC | 4 | — | — | — | 208 | 15 | — | 4.33 | — | |
Senior totals | 8 | — | — | — | 448 | 32 | — | 4.29 | — |
References[]
- ^ Terry Frei (2010-09-16). Playing Piano in a Brothel: A Sports Journalist's Odyssey (1st ed.). Taylor Trade Publishing. ISBN 978-1589794597.
His ridicule of his Rockies' goaltender, Astrom, has made the man the former coach calls the "Swedish Sieve" one of the working definitions for ineptitude at the net.
- ^ Weekes, Don (2003). The Best and Worst of Hockey's Firsts: The Unofficial Guide. Canada: Greystone Books. pp. 240. ISBN 9781550548600.
External links[]
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
Categories:
- 1951 births
- Colorado Rockies (NHL) players
- Fort Worth Texans players
- Living people
- Modo Hockey players
- New Haven Nighthawks players
- New York Rangers players
- Oklahoma City Stars players
- People from Luleå
- Skellefteå AIK players
- Södertälje SK players
- Swedish ice hockey goaltenders
- Undrafted National Hockey League players
- Swedish ice hockey player stubs