height_ft played_for shoots weight_lb birth_place image_size career_end position height_in birth_date article_title draft career_start
6 färjestads bk vancouver canucks left 194 stockholm , sweden 230px 1987 defence 0 6 november 1953 lars zetterström
 '' undrafted '' 1971
lars zetterström

erik lars-olov zetterström -lrb- born november 6 , 1953 in stockholm , sweden -rrb- is a retired swedish professional ice hockey player who spent many years with färjestads bk of the elitserien , and also played briefly in the national hockey league with the vancouver canucks .
a smooth , mobile defender , zetterström came up through the junior ranks at färjestads and became a regular in 1972 .
he would become one of the club 's top defenders , and represented sweden at the 1977 and 1978 world championships , winning a silver medal in 1977 .
in 1978 , zetterström signed as a free agent with the nhl 's vancouver canucks .
joining the team along with fellow swedes thomas gradin and lars lindgren , the trio were the first europeans to suit up for the club in their history .
while gradin and lindgren were successful and went on to solid nhl careers , zetterström struggled .
he played in only 14 games for the canucks , recording one assist and a -10 rating , and spent most of the season in the central hockey league with the dallas black hawks .
zetterström was claimed by the quebec nordiques in the 1979 nhl expansion draft , but returned to sweden to once again suit up for färjestads .
he would play for them until 1983 , helping them to the swedish championship in 1981 .
he then joined the third-division hammarö hc club , and played for them until retiring in 1987 .
