Kent Åke Nilsson (born 31 August 1956) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey centre.

He played in the World Hockey Association (WHA) for the Winnipeg Jets, and in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Atlanta and Calgary Flames, Minnesota North Stars and Edmonton Oilers, as well as teams across various European leagues.

He then came to North America, and played for the Winnipeg Jets of the World Hockey Association (WHA) beginning in 1977.

[citation needed] Nilsson holds the NHL record for the quickest goal scored during a season-opening game, at ten seconds in, while playing for the North Stars versus the Quebec Nordiques on October 11, 1986.

[3] In 2006, he was featured on HCZ, a Swedish reality show as coach for a hockey team of non-athletes.