Bob Nystrom
Thore Robert " Bob" Nystrom ( born October 10, 1952 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a former Canadian ice hockey player ( Right Wing ), who played from 1972 to 1986 for the New York Islanders in the National Hockey League.
His son Eric Nystrom is also a professional hockey player.
Career
Bob Nystrom was born in Stockholm, but at the age of four years, he came to Canada with his parents. After he had played during his junior time for the Calgary Centinentals in the Western Canada Hockey League, where he was noticed by its robust way of playing the Scouts, the New York Islanders selected him in the NHL Amateur Draft 1972 in the second round of the 33 players.
The Islanders had as a new team in the NHL not yet grown squad and he was already in the 1972/73 season in his first eleven missions in the NHL. However, the bulk of this season he spent in de American Hockey League with the New Haven Nighthawks. In his second year he was able to fight for a regular place in the Islanders. He quickly reached a level that would get him about 20 goals and 100 penalty minutes in a season. In this area, he stayed over the following ten years. In a forward line with Bob Bourne he succeeded in 1977/ 78, a record again with 30 hits. He had his greatest success from 1980 to 1983, when he could win the Stanley Cup with the Islanders four times in a row. In addition Bourne was in these years Wayne Merrick as the third man next to him on the ice. In the first Cup win he scored nine goals in the playoffs. Especially in overtime was always danger from him and he could decide as some games for the Islanders.
Mid-1980s, had his performance after he was plagued by injuries. An eye injury made him the end to create his career.
Having had the end of the 1985/86 season ended his active career, he was assistant coach Terry Simpson at the Islanders. Dealing with players who are not always played with full commitment, was hard. He expected total commitment from every player at every moment on the ice, as he had always done. In the analysis of some old games, however, he realized that he had taken earlier time to recover.
The Islanders honored him by making 23 not forgive his jersey number since 1995 for his services. Since 1991, the player who has demonstrated excellence with commitment and leadership in the past season with the Islanders, won the Bob Nystrom Award.
NHL stats
Sporting successes
- Stanley Cup: 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983
Personal Awards
- Participate in the NHL All-Star Game: 1977