The very first Norwegian participant in NHL historical past was the late Bjørn Skaare. Initially from the Norway capital of Oslo, Skaare was blessed with loads of pure expertise. In an period when there was nonetheless the (extremely) wrongful stereotype that Scandinavian gamers merely weren’t powerful sufficient to play within the league, Skaare had the talent to make his method over to Canada.
He would be part of the Ottawa 67’s for the 1977-78 OMJHL season (the precursor to at ...