Niclas Haevelid

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Niclas Haevelid
Date of birth April 12, 1973
place of birth Stockholm , Sweden
size 183 cm
Weight 91 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1999 , 3rd round, 83rd position
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Career stations
1988-1990 Enköpings HK
1990-1991 R / A 73 HC
1991-1998 AIK Solna
1998-1999 Malmö IF
1999-2004 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
2004-2005 Södertälje SK
2005-2009 Atlanta Thrashers
2009 New Jersey Devils
2009-2013 Linköpings HC

Niclas Anders Hävelid (born April 12, 1973 in Stockholm ) is a former Swedish ice hockey player and current coach and functionary who played 660 games for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim , Atlanta Thrashers and New in the course of his active career between 1988 and 2013 Jersey Devils has played in the National Hockey League on the position of defender . In addition, he completed another 570 games in his home country for AIK Solna , Malmö IF , Södertälje SK and Linköpings HC in the Swedish Elitserien . Hävelid celebrated his greatest career success in the shirt of the Swedish national team by winning gold medals at the 2006 Winter Olympics and the 1998 World Cup . Since the end of his career in April 2013, he has been the head of the youth department at Linköpings HC and assistant coach for the junior teams at Svenska Ishockeyförbundet .

Career

In the 1991/92 season Niclas Hävelid began his career in professional ice hockey with AIK Solna . Until 1998, the defender played at AIK for a total of seven years. In the 1998/99 season he achieved the breakthrough with league rivals Malmö Redhawks with 22 points, including ten goals, which was a personal record for him. During the 1999 NHL Entry Draft , the Swede was selected as the 83rd player by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim .

Hävelid in the jersey of the Linköpings HC

In 1999, Hävelid played for the first time in a North American professional league and scored nine points (two goals, seven assists) in 50 games for Anaheim. He made his debut in the National Hockey League on October 2, 1999 in a game against the Dallas Stars . A month later, on November 19th, he scored his first goal and first assist for the Ducks against the Chicago Blackhawks . The new millennium began for Hävelid with an injury. Due to a broken finger, he missed 22 games and had to sit out from January 15 to March 8, 2000 for almost two months. In order to quickly regain game practice after his injuries, Hävelid played in two games for the Anaheim farm team , the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks .

Against the Columbus Blue Jackets , the Swede scored two goals and four assists on December 13, 2000, which meant a career record for him. Due to an injury he contracted on January 15, 2001 against the Pittsburgh Penguins , Hävelid missed another 35 games. The 2002/03 season was the most successful of his career for the defender. He was one of only five Ducks players to appear on the ice in all 82 regular season games and contributed 33 points (11 goals, 22 assists) to reaching the playoffs. In the playoffs they made it to the Stanley Cup finals, but they lost to the New Jersey Devils 3: 4 in the best-of-seven series. In the seventh and final game of the series Anaheim had no chance with a 3-0 defeat.

On March 16, 2004 Hävelid came in a game against the Phoenix Coyotes to his 300th game in the National Hockey League . In the summer of the same year he was transferred to the Atlanta Thrashers in exchange for Kurtis Foster . During the lockout , Hävelid played for Södertälje SK in his Swedish homeland and scored four points (2 goals, 2 assists) in 46 games. With Södertälje he reached the semi-finals in the domestic league. After the resumption of play in the NHL, he returned to the Thrashers. Because of his achievements in the 2005/2006 NHL season , the Swede received the Dan Snyder Memorial Award , an internally awarded award from the Thrashers, for the first time in his career .

On January 6, 2007, Hävelid achieved his 100th assist in the NHL. In the 2006/07 season , Hävelid contributed 21 points (3 goals, 18 assists) to reaching the Thrashers for the first time since the franchise was founded. Since the end of his career in April 2013, he has been the head of the youth department at Linköpings HC and assistant coach for the junior teams at Svenska Ishockeyförbundet .

International

For Sweden, Hävelid took part in the U18 Junior European Championship in 1991 , the U20 Junior World Championship in 1993 , the World Championships in 1998 and 2004 and the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1988/89 Enköpings HK Division 2 7th 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
1989/90 Enköpings HK Division 2 24 1 2 3 28 - - - - -
1990/91 R / A 73 HC Division 1 30th 2 3 5 22nd - - - - -
1991/92 AIK Solna Elitserien 10 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 2
1992/93 AIK Solna Elitserien 22nd 1 0 1 18th - - - - -
1992/93 AIK Solna Division 1 18th 0 2 2 6th 2 0 0 0 2
1993/94 AIK Solna Division 1 40 6th 12 18th 26th - - - - -
1994/95 AIK Solna Elitserien 40 3 7th 10 38 - - - - -
1995/96 AIK Solna Elitserien 40 5 6th 11 30th - - - - -
1996/97 AIK Solna Elitserien 49 3 6th 9 42 7th 1 2 3 8th
1997/98 AIK Solna Elitserien 43 8th 4th 12 42 - - - - -
1998/99 Malmö IF Elitserien 50 10 12 22nd 42 8th 0 4th 4th 10
1999/00 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 50 2 7th 9 20th - - - - -
1999/00 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2000/01 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 47 4th 10 14th 34 - - - - -
2001/02 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 52 1 2 3 40 - - - - -
2002/03 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 82 11 22nd 33 30th 21st 0 4th 4th 2
2003/04 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 79 6th 20th 26th 28 - - - - -
2004/05 Södertälje SK Elitserien 46 2 2 4th 60 10 1 1 2 18th
2005/06 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 82 4th 28 32 48 - - - - -
2006/07 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 77 3 18th 21st 52 4th 0 2 2 0
2007/08 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 81 1 13 14th 42 - - - - -
2008/09 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 63 2 13 15th 42 - - - - -
2008/09 New Jersey Devils NHL 15th 0 4th 4th 6th 7th 0 1 1 2
2009/10 Linköpings HC Elitserien 53 3 10 13 28 12 0 5 5 18th
2010/11 Linköpings HC Elitserien 50 5 17th 22nd 22nd 7th 2 2 4th 2
2011/12 Linköpings HC Elitserien 55 7th 9 16 24 - - - - -
2012/13 Linköpings HC Elitserien 55 3 11 14th 28 10 0 0 0 4th
Division 2 total 31 1 3 4th 28 - - - - -
Division 1 total 88 8th 17th 25th 54 2 0 0 0 2
Elitserien total 513 50 84 134 378 57 4th 14th 18th 62
NHL overall 628 34 137 171 342 32 0 7th 7th 4th

International

Represented Sweden at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1991 Sweden U18 European Championship 4th Place 6th 1 0 1
1993 Sweden U20 World Cup 2nd place, silver 7th 0 0 0 10
1998 Sweden WM 1st place, gold 9 0 2 2 8th
2004 Sweden WM 2nd place, silver 9 0 2 2 0
2006 Sweden Olympia 1st place, gold 7th 0 0 0 4th
Juniors overall 13 1 0 1
Men overall 25th 0 4th 4th 12

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Haevelid, Niclas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hävelid, Niclas Anders (full name); Havelid, Niclas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey player, coach and official
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockholm , Sweden