Career
He is currently the Flyers Director of Player Development. Samuelsson was chosen 119th overall by the New York Rangers in the 1984 National Hockey League Entry Draft. He played 813 career National Hockey League games, scoring 48 goals and 138 assists for 186 points, as well as compiling 1,225 penalty minutes.
He retired after playing one season with the Tampa Bay Lightning after the 1998–1999 National Hockey League season.
He was the last active National Hockey League player to have been born in the 1950s. Samuelsson played the majority of his career with the Philadelphia Flyers.
Despite his surname and reputation as a physical defenseman, he is not related to former teammate Ulf Samuelsson. Samuelsson was named an assistant coach of the Phantoms on October 23, 2006, after then-Phantoms coach Craig Berube was named the assistant coach of the Philadelphia Flyers.