RookiesSwedish NHL Rookies 1979-1980
1 Swedish rookie played in the NHL in 1979-1980. Bengt-Åke Gustafsson won the Swedish rookie points race with 60 points. Bengt-Åke Gustafsson finished as the highest-ranked Swede in the overall NHL rookie points race, at number 4 with 60 points.
Rookie points leaders 1979-1980
Rookie goal leaders 1979-1980
Rookie assist leaders 1979-1980
Entire NHL rookie points race 1979-1980 · top 10
Brian ProppPHIMike FolignoDETRay BourqueBOS
Bengt-Åke GustafssonWSHDave LumleyEDMRon WilsonWINLaurie BoschmanTORRocky SaganiukTORPaul ReinhartAFM
Mike EavesMNS1 Swede among the NHL's top 10 rookies.The Calder Trophy race
Entire NHL rookie goals race 1979-1980 · top 10
Mike FolignoDETBrian ProppPHIRocky SaganiukTORBengt-Åke GustafssonWSHRon WilsonWINDave LumleyEDMMike EavesMNSRay BourqueBOSRay AllisonHFDTom McCarthyMNS1 Swede among the NHL's top 10 rookies.The Calder Trophy race
Entire NHL rookie assists race 1979-1980 · top 10
Ray BourqueBOSBrian ProppPHIBengt-Åke GustafssonWSHDave LumleyEDMPaul ReinhartAFMRon WilsonWINMike FolignoDETLaurie BoschmanTOR
Risto SiltanenEDMMike EavesMNS1 Swede among the NHL's top 10 rookies.The Calder Trophy race
Rookie streaks
The season's longest point streaks
1The season's longest goal streaks
1How the season's rookies stacked up
Compared with the best rookie seasons until then
Bengt-Åke Gustafsson had 60 points in 80 games. The record at the time: Roland Eriksson, 69 points in 1976-1977.
The rookie classes, season by season
The whole class's points per game played.
The best Swedish rookie seasons of all time
Mikael Renberg holds the record with 82 points. The lists count completed regular seasons and follow the NHL rookie rule: at most 25 games in an earlier season and under 26 years old. Players who came from the WHA are not counted.