Position: | Left wing |
Shoots: | Left |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 0 |
Weight Lb: | 196 |
Played For: | Skellefteå AIK New York Rangers |
Birth Date: | July 8, 1962 |
Birth Place: | Skellefteå, Sweden |
Draft: | 30th overall |
Draft Year: | 1981 |
Draft Team: | New York Rangers |
Career Start: | 1980 |
Career End: | 1994 |
Jan Erixon (born July 8, 1962) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player. Erixon was the thirtieth overall pick in the second round by the New York Rangers in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft. He began his NHL career with the Rangers in the 1983–84 season, and played with them through the 1992–93 season. During his time with the Rangers, his only NHL team, he earned the nickname "The Shadow" because of his work as a defensive forward, often called on to neutralize opposing teams' best players.
His son Tim is also a professional ice hockey player and played in the NHL between 2011 and 2015.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1980–81 | Skellefteå AIK | SEL | 32 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
1981–82 | Skellefteå AIK | SEL | 30 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1982–83 | Skellefteå AIK | SEL | 36 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1983–84 | New York Rangers | NHL | 75 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
1984–85 | New York Rangers | NHL | 66 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
1985–86 | New York Rangers | NHL | 31 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
1986–87 | New York Rangers | NHL | 68 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
1987–88 | New York Rangers | NHL | 70 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1988–89 | New York Rangers | NHL | 44 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
1989–90 | New York Rangers | NHL | 58 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
1990–91 | New York Rangers | NHL | 53 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
1991–92 | New York Rangers | NHL | 46 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
1992–93 | New York Rangers | NHL | 45 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1993–94 | Skellefteå AIK | SWE II | 13 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 20 | ||
SEL totals | 98 | 23 | 32 | 55 | 62 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
NHL totals | 556 | 57 | 159 | 216 | 167 | 58 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 16 |
Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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1981 | Sweden | WJC | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | |
1981 | Sweden | CC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1982 | Sweden | WC | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | |
1983 | Sweden | WC | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | |
Senior totals | 19 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 |