Ulf Nilsson

Ulf Gösta Nilsson (born 11 May 1950) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player who competed in the World Hockey Association (WHA) for the Winnipeg Jets and in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Rangers.

In the early 1970s, Nilsson was among a group of hockey players studied by Jerry Wilson, a Canadian former player researching the physiology of hockey players, specifically their heart and lung conditioning. Wilson had been asked by the Winnipeg Jets to watch for notable Swedish players and recommended both Nilsson and Anders Hedberg, who was one of Wilson's interns. Both joined the Jets in 1974. At the time, the Buffalo Sabres held Nilsson's NHL rights, but by signing with the WHA he bypassed that claim.

With the Jets, Nilsson formed "The Hot Line" alongside teammates Bobby Hull and Anders Hedberg, a combination that played from 1974 to 1978. During that span he won two Avco World Trophies as WHA champions with Winnipeg. In WHA playoff competition he recorded 67 points, including 14 goals, in 42 games, an average of 1.595 points per game — the best playoff point average among all WHA players. He later moved to the NHL with the New York Rangers.