Mats Naslund - Highlights

[CentreHice]

Dis's Naslund 6-pt. night GDT clip nudged me to start a thread honouring Le Petit Viking.

1986-87. Defending Cup champs.

Highlights from Round 1, Game 2 vs. Bruins. 4-3 OT. Beauty of a winner by Naslund.

Cam Neely's first season in Boston...gets the hat-trick in this one.

[CentreHice]

Habs swept the Bruins.

Round 2. vs. the Nordiques.

Nords win the first two at the Forum.

Habs take Game 3 at le Colisee, 7-2.

Pivotal Game 4 goes to OT.

Naslund gets it done again. Habs take the series in 7.

Don't recall the Round 3 series against the Flyers, who knocked us out in 6.

[CentreHice]

Both of the above goals are in this career retrospective. So quick and crafty.

[CentreHice]

12th all-time in Habs' scoring.

In our Top 20, only Lafleur and Beliveau have a higher PPG percentage--granted over a much longer haul. Comparable to the Boomer, though.

1st. Lafleur -- 1.297 over 961 GP.
2nd. Beliveau -- 1.084 over 1125 GP.
12th. Naslund -- .992 over 617 GP.
9th. Geoffrion -- .991 over 766 GP.
4th. M. Richard -- .988 over 978 GP.
19th. P. Mahovlich -- .981 over 580 GP.

**In his 3.5-year stay with the Habs, Frank Mahovlich sits 45th...with a 1.179 pace over 263 games.

[Willie Dog]

Mar 1, 2020 10:30:55 GMT -5 CentreHice said:

Habs swept the Bruins.

Round 2. vs. the Nordiques.

Nords win the first two at the Forum.

Habs take Game 3 at le Colisee, 7-2.

Pivotal Game 4 goes to OT.

Naslund gets it done again. Habs take the series in 7.

Don't recall the Round 3 series against the Flyers, who knocked us out in 6.

I'll never forget round 2.. the Gazette had a picture, hand drawn, of a war scene with the Habs players trudging along, beaten and defeated and on a hill in the background a tank with the Nords logo on it.

That was a great series.

Loved Mats... was thrilled to see him at the celebration of Captains this year.

[NWTHabsFan]

Those Habs-Nords clashes. Wow. Naslund was a crafty player. Lots of fun to watch.

[drkcloud]

Thanks for sharing. He was pretty slick for his time. Good memories for sure