Niclas Wallin

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Niclas Wallin
Date of birth 20th February 1975
place of birth Boden , Sweden
size 191 cm
Weight 100 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2000 , 4th round, 97th position
Carolina Hurricanes
Career stations
until 1996 Soil IK
1996-2000 Brynäs IF
2004-2005 Luleå HF
2000-2010 Carolina Hurricanes
2010-2011 San Jose Sharks
2011–2012 Luleå HF

Niclas Wallin (born February 20, 1975 in Boden ) is a former Swedish ice hockey player who played 707 games for the Carolina Hurricanes and San Jose Sharks in the National Hockey League and 293 more for Luleå HF in the course of his active career between 1994 and 2012 and Brynäs IF in the Swedish Elitserien on the position of defender . Wallin celebrated his greatest career success in the service of the Carolina Hurricanes when he won the Stanley Cup in 2006 .

Career

Wallin went through the junior division of the ice hockey team in his hometown during his junior years. At the age of 19, the young defender made his debut in the 1994/95 season in the senior team of Boden IK , which at that time belonged to the second-rate Allsvenskan . At the same time, he also ran in the junior class both this and the following season. In the summer of 1996 Wallin was signed by the Elitserien club Brynäs IF from Gävle , for whom he played for the following four years. In the 1998/99 season he won the Swedish championship title with the team , which the defender took part in the following season with the team in the European Hockey League . In addition, he set a new personal record with 16 scorer points in the course of the national championship.

The consistent performance of the defensive, Swedish defender also made the scouts of the franchises of the North American National Hockey League aware of him. Therefore, he was selected in the fourth round of the NHL Entry Draft 2000 as a total of 97th player by the Carolina Hurricanes . They signed him before the beginning of the 2000/01 season and brought him to North America. There they put Wallin in his first season both in the NHL squad and in their farm team , the Cincinnati Cyclones from the International Hockey League . From the 2001/02 season , the Swede finally belonged to the regular squad of the Hurricanes, with whom he reached the final series of the Stanley Cup in the same season , where the team, however, was defeated by the Detroit Red Wings in five games. The following two years were marked by little success for the team from the state of North Carolina , as the playoffs were missed. However, Wallin was able to consolidate his position on the defensive and also set new personal NHL records on the offensive.

Since the 2004/05 NHL season fell victim to a lockout , the defender returned to his home country to bridge the gap. There he spent the season at Luleå HF in the Elitserien, before moving back to the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2005/06 season. After the franchise had qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2002, it won the prestigious Stanley Cup at the end of the season in a competitive, seven-game final series against the Edmonton Oilers . Wallin received the nickname "The Secret Weapon" in the course of the playoffs , as his three playoff goals scored to date have all fallen in overtime and were therefore decisive for the game. After the triumph, it took another three years for the team to make the next playoff participation. In the 2009/10 season , however, there was again a sporting setback when the Hurricanes found themselves in one of the last places in the table after two thirds of the season. As a result, after much deliberation, the management separated from the Swede. On February 7, 2010 they gave him together with a five-round draft pick in exchange for a draft prick for the second round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft to the San Jose Sharks , thus ringing in the rebuilding. Wallin had previously deleted a clause from his expiring contract that prohibited a transfer to another club. With the San Jose Sharks, one of the contenders for the Stanley Cup, Wallin should stabilize the defensive with his experience. However, the Californians failed in the Conference Finals at the Vancouver Canucks and missed the envisaged first-time entry into the finals of the Stanley Cup. In June 2011 the defender of Luleå HF was equipped with a contract for the 2011/12 season in the Elitserien and subsequently acted as his team's captain. He missed the entire 2012/13 season due to an injury before retiring in March 2013.

International

On an international level, Wallin represented his home country at the U18 European Junior Championship in 1996 in Ufa, Russia, and two years later at the 1998 Junior World Championship in Finland . While he won the bronze medal at the European Championships and contributed two assists in five tournament games, he did not succeed at the Junior World Championships. Nevertheless, the Swede was able to shine with the personal gain of three goals and an assist in seven games.

Then it took ten years for Wallin to be called up again for the Swedish national team. At the 2008 World Cup in Canada , he played seven games for the Tre Kronor and contributed two goals and two assists. After losing to hosts Canada in the semi-finals and Finland in the game for third place, the team narrowly missed out on winning the medal.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1994/95 Soil IK J20 SuperElit 30th 2 13 15th 125 - - - - -
1994/95 Soil IK Division 1 13 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
1995/96 Soil IK J20 SuperElit 2 2 2 4th 0 - - - - -
1995/96 Soil IK Division 1 30th 2 7th 9 26th 2 0 1 1 2
1996/97 Brynäs IF Elitserien 47 1 1 2 14th - - - - -
1997/98 Brynäs IF Elitserien 44 2 3 5 57 3 0 1 1 4th
1998/99 Brynäs IF Elitserien 46 2 4th 6th 52 14th 0 1 1 8th
1999/00 Brynäs IF Elitserien 48 7th 9 16 73 11 2 1 3 14th
2000/01 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 37 2 3 5 21st 3 0 0 0 2
2000/01 Cincinnati Cyclones IHL 8th 1 2 3 4th 3 0 0 0 2
2001/02 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 52 1 2 3 36 23 2 1 3 12
2002/03 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 77 2 8th 10 71 - - - - -
2003/04 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 57 3 7th 10 51 - - - - -
2004/05 Luleå HF Elitserien 39 6th 7th 13 89 3 0 1 1 6th
2005/06 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 50 4th 4th 8th 42 25th 1 4th 5 14th
2006/07 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 67 2 8th 10 48 - - - - -
2007/08 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 66 2 6th 8th 54 - - - - -
2008/09 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 64 2 8th 10 42 18th 0 0 0 4th
2009/10 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 47 0 5 5 26th - - - - -
2009/10 San Jose Sharks NHL 23 0 2 2 23 6th 0 0 0 2
2010/11 San Jose Sharks NHL 74 3 5 8th 46 18th 1 3 4th 10
2011/12 Luleå HF Elitserien 33 0 3 3 35 5 0 0 0 0
J20 SuperElit overall 32 4th 15th 19th 125 - - - - -
Division 1 total 43 2 7th 9 26th 4th 0 1 1 2
Elitserien total 257 18th 27 45 320 36 2 4th 6th 32
NHL overall 614 21st 58 79 460 93 4th 8th 12 44

International

Represented Sweden at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1996 Sweden U18 European Championship 3rd place, bronze 5 0 2 2 4th
1998 Sweden U20 World Cup 6th place 7th 3 1 4th 2
2008 Sweden WM 4th Place 7th 2 2 4th 33
Juniors overall 12 3 3 6th 6th
Men overall 7th 2 2 4th 33

( 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 Wallin, Niclas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 20th February 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Boden , Sweden