Hardy Åström
Hardy Åström ( born March 29, 1951 in Skellefteå ) is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender who played in his time from 1974 to 1986 among others for the New York Rangers and Colorado Rockies in the National Hockey League.
Career
Hardy Åström began his career as a hockey player in his hometown at Skellefteå AIK, for the first team, he was active from 1974 to 1977 in the highest Swedish league - first in Division 1 and from the 1975/76 season in the Elitserien newly established. Then he signed a contract as a free agent with the New York Rangers, for whom he made his debut in the National Hockey League in the season 1977/78. With its four missions he pointed it at a Gegentorschnitt 3.50 per game. He spent the entire rest of the game time at the Farm Team New Haven Nighthawks of the American Hockey League. The 1978/79 season he spent with his hometown club Skellefteå AIK in the Elitserien.
On July 2, 1979 Åström was transferred to the Colorado Rockies from the New York Rangers in exchange for Bill Lochead, for which he regularly came in the next two years in the NHL for use. In the 1980/81 season, the Swede was also in eight games for the Fort Worth Texans in the Central Hockey League. In the CHL also he spent the entire 1981/82 season at the Oklahoma City Stars. For the 1982/83 season he returned to Sweden, where he was initially active until the end of the season for Örebro HK in the now second-class Division 1. He then played one year for the MoDo AIK in the Elitserien, as well as for two seasons for its league rivals Södertälje SK. With the latter he became Swedish Champion in the 1984/85 season. In the following season he was with the team runner-up, after which he finished his career at the age of 35 years.
Internationally
For Sweden Åström took part in the Canada Cup in 1976 and at the World Championships in 1977 and 1978. In the 1977 World Cup, he won the silver medal with his team.