Comments on: Who was on Sweden’s roster for the 1981 World Junior Hockey Championship? http://www.connecticutblaze.com/junior-hockey/who-was-on-swedens-roster-for-the-1981-world-junior-hockey-championship/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:15:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: cyrenaka http://www.connecticutblaze.com/junior-hockey/who-was-on-swedens-roster-for-the-1981-world-junior-hockey-championship/#comment-2857 cyrenaka Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:50:59 +0000 http://www.connecticutblaze.com/junior-hockey/who-was-on-swedens-roster-for-the-1981-world-junior-hockey-championship#comment-2857 Sweden won the 1981 World Junior Championships (this was the last year that Canada was represented by the Cornwall Royals of the QMJHL (defending Memorial Cup champions) a team that had Doug Gilmour and Dale Hawerchuk) Goaltenders Peter Aslin Lars Eriksson Defensemen Peter Andersson Mikael Thelven Roger Hagglund Hakan Nordin Daniel Niklasson Ove Pettersson Robert Nordmark Forwards Jan Erixon (his son is on the 2008 Swedish team) Anders Bjorklund Jan Ingman Peter Madach Peter Nilsson Martin Pettersson Patrick Sundstrom (co-holds NHL record for most points in a playoff game) Peter Sundstrom Jens Ohling Anders Jonsson Mikael Granstedt Patrick Sundstrom led the team with 7 goals Hakan Nordin led the team with 7 assists and 9 points The tournament scoring title was shared with Dieter Hegen of Germany, Dale Hawerchuk of Canada, and Bobby Carpenter of the USA...all had 9 points along with Nordin. Only a handful of these players ever played for the Swedish National Team and/or the NHL<br><b>References : </b><br>1981 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Media Guide 1981-82 IIHF International Ice Hockey Guide (published by the Hockey News) Sweden won the 1981 World Junior Championships (this was the last year that Canada was represented by the Cornwall Royals of the QMJHL (defending Memorial Cup champions) a team that had Doug Gilmour and Dale Hawerchuk)

Goaltenders
Peter Aslin
Lars Eriksson

Defensemen
Peter Andersson
Mikael Thelven
Roger Hagglund
Hakan Nordin
Daniel Niklasson
Ove Pettersson
Robert Nordmark

Forwards
Jan Erixon (his son is on the 2008 Swedish team)
Anders Bjorklund
Jan Ingman
Peter Madach
Peter Nilsson
Martin Pettersson
Patrick Sundstrom (co-holds NHL record for most points in a playoff game)
Peter Sundstrom
Jens Ohling
Anders Jonsson
Mikael Granstedt

Patrick Sundstrom led the team with 7 goals
Hakan Nordin led the team with 7 assists and 9 points

The tournament scoring title was shared with Dieter Hegen of Germany, Dale Hawerchuk of Canada, and Bobby Carpenter of the USA…all had 9 points along with Nordin.

Only a handful of these players ever played for the Swedish National Team and/or the NHL
References :
1981 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Media Guide
1981-82 IIHF International Ice Hockey Guide (published by the Hockey News)

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