Björn Nord is a retired Swedish ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 defenceman

Defenceman (ice hockey)

Defence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring...

. Nord began playing hockey in Huddinge IK

Huddinge IK

Huddinge IK is a Swedish ice hockey team from Huddinge, a southern suburb of Stockholm. The team is currently playing in the third highest league in Sweden, Division 1...

 where he also played until the 1992–93 Elitserien season when he joined Djurgårdens IF

Djurgårdens IF Hockey

Djurgårdens IF Hockey are a professional ice hockey team based in Stockholm, Sweden. They are the ice hockey department of the sports club Djurgårdens IF. The department was formed in 1922 with the help of Wilhelm Arwe and have since then become Sweden's most successful team, having won the Swedish...

. He stayed in Djurgården until his retirement in 2004 with the exception of the 2000–01 season when he played with German side Nürnberg Ice Tigers. Nord was forced to retire after suffering a serious injury in December 2003. He won a Swedish Championship with Djurgården in 1999–2000 Elitserien season

1999–2000 Elitserien season

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. Nord was drafted in 9th round, 289nd overall, by the Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Since their founding in 1974, "The Caps" have won one conference championship to reach the 1998 Stanley Cup...

 in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft

2000 NHL Entry Draft

The 2000 NHL Entry Draft was held from June 24 to 25 at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, following the 2000 NHL Expansion Draft on June 23 for the Columbus Blue Jackets and Minnesota Wild...

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Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an...	Team	League		GP	G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to...	A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal...	Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one...	PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,...		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1990–91	Huddinge IK Huddinge IK Huddinge IK is a Swedish ice hockey team from Huddinge, a southern suburb of Stockholm. The team is currently playing in the third highest league in Sweden, Division 1...	Swe-3		5	1	0	1	4		2	0	1	1	0
1991–92	Huddinge IK	Swe-3		32	12	10	22	64		4	1	1	2	6
1992–93	Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens IF Hockey Djurgårdens IF Hockey are a professional ice hockey team based in Stockholm, Sweden. They are the ice hockey department of the sports club Djurgårdens IF. The department was formed in 1922 with the help of Wilhelm Arwe and have since then become Sweden's most successful team, having won the Swedish...	SEL Elitserien Elitserien, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden...		35	2	2	4	42		6	0	2	2	10
1993–94	Djurgårdens IF	SEL		39	6	11	17	20		6	0	3	3	4
1994–95	Djurgårdens IF	SEL		39	7	7	14	42		3	0	0	0	2
1995–96	Djurgårdens IF	SEL		40	8	10	18	50		4	0	0	0	6
1996–97	Djurgårdens IF	SEL		50	11	14	25	52		4	1	1	2	4
1997–98	Djurgårdens IF	SEL		43	6	11	17	65		15	5	6	11	28
1998–99	Djurgårdens IF	SEL		50	12	20	32	50		4	0	2	2	2
1998–99 European Hockey League 1999 The 1998-1999 European Hockey League was the third edition of the European Hockey League. The season started on September 15, 1998, and finished on February 14, 1999.The tournament was won by Metallurg Magnitogorsk, who beat HC Dynamo Moscow in the final....	Djurgårdens IF	EHL		6	1	3	4	0		—	—	—	—	—
1999–2000	Djurgårdens IF	SEL		49	17	11	28	62		13	4	2	6	8
2000–01 2000–01 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season The 2000–01 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season was the 7th season since the founding of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga . The Adler Mannheim won the DEL Championship the fourth time in 5 seasons, extending their dominance in German ice hockey. It was also the fifth time in their history they held the...	Nürnberg Ice Tigers	DEL		56	5	16	21	36		4	1	1	2	4
2001–02	Djurgårdens IF	SEL		50	8	12	20	46		5	0	0	0	6
2002–03	Djurgårdens IF	SEL		49	11	17	28	108		11	1	6	7	33
2003–04	Djurgårdens IF	SEL		20	3	7	10	24		—	—	—	—	—
SEL totals				464	91	122	213	561		71	11	22	31	103

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