The fourth card in the set is also a rookie, this time it is Ulf Nilsson. There are 30 official rookies in this set and Ulf Nilsson is one of the bigger ones. With a book value of $12 dollars, it is tied with Anders Hedberg as the most expensive rookie in the set. Ulf had an amazing WHA career which included 4 straight years of at least 114 points per season and a career average of 35 goals and 121 points per season in the WHA. His transition to the NHL was good but an injury caused by Denis Potvin seriously hampered his career and forced him into an early retirement. Despite the injury, Ulf still averaged nearly a point per game in both the regular season and the playoffs in the NHL.
No stats, just facts! Ulf was inducted into the WHA Hall of Fame in 2010.
I never knew that it was an injury from Denis Potvin that hampered his NHL career, great stuff.
ReplyDeleteI actually didn't either until I did some research on him. Truly a shame because he could have been a very good player in the NHL.
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