Niklas Andersson (ice hockey player, 1971)

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SwedenSweden  Niklas Andersson Ice hockey player
Date of birth 20th May 1971
place of birth Kungälv , Sweden
size 176 cm
Weight 80 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1989 , 4th lap, 68th position
Nordiques de Québec
Career stations
1987-1991 Västra Frölunda
1991-1993 Halifax Citadels
1993-1994 Cornwall Aces
1994-1995 Denver Grizzlies
1995-1997 New York Islanders
1997-1998 Kentucky Thoroughblades
Utah Grizzlies
1998-1999 Chicago Wolves
1999-2000 New York Islanders
Nashville Predators
2000-2001 Calgary Flames
2001-2011 Frölunda HC

Per Niklas Andersson (born May 20, 1971 in Kungälv ) is a former Swedish ice hockey player and current - scout , who in the course of his active career between and among others 165 games for the Nordiques de Québec , New York Islanders , San Jose Sharks , Nashville Predators and Calgary Flames in the National Hockey League on the left winger position . Andersson spent most of his career at his home club Frölunda HC in the Elitserien , with whom he was twice Swedish champion . In addition, he won a total of four silver and one bronze medal with the Swedish national team at world championships .

Career

Andersson in the jersey of Frölunda HC

Andersson began his career in the youth department of the Swedish club Frölunda HC . Already at the age of 16 he played in the senior team and took part in several junior world championships in the late 1980s and early 1990s . After he finished the season with Frölunda 1988/89 from the HockeyAllsvenskan in the Elitserien had risen, he went at the age of 18 years the first time in a first-class professional league. He finally left Sweden in the summer of 1991 and made the leap to North America. There he had taken the Nordiques de Québec under contract, which had selected him in the fourth round of the 1989 NHL Entry Draft in 68th place.

First, the Nordiques used the Swedes in the American Hockey League with the Halifax Citadels , their farm team , before he was used for the first time in three NHL games with the Nordiques during the 1993/94 season . In the AHL he impressed this season with 82 points in 75 games. Nevertheless, the three missions remained his only in the NHL until the end of the 1994/95 game year . Therefore, he joined the New York Islanders as a free agent in the summer of 1995 . After initially a few missions in the International Hockey League , the winger made the leap into the NHL squad, in which he spent the rest of the 1995/96 season , as well as the entire 1996/97 season. With 43 points in 74 games, he also had his most profitable NHL year. Although his regular place, Andersson moved to the West Coast of the United States for the San Jose Sharks in the summer of 1997 , which began a period of numerous changes to various NHL franchises . After a year with the Sharks, who only used him five times in the NHL, he moved to the Toronto Maple Leafs on a free agent basis. Since they used him exclusively in the IHL in the 1998/99 season , Andersson was transferred back to the New York Islanders, where he stayed from August 1999 to January 2000 before he was put on the waiver list, from where the Nashville Predators . However, he returned to New York after just a month, as the Predators had put him on the waiver list. Finally, he finished the season with the Islanders and moved to the Calgary Flames in the summer of 2000 . With the Flames he came to only eleven missions during the 2000/01 season , which is why he returned to Europe in the summer of 2001.

Andersson moved back to his parent club in Frölunda, with which he was able to celebrate the Swedish championship in 2003 and 2005 and was runner-up in 2007. He was personally awarded the Guldhjälmen and Guldpucken at the end of the 2002/03 season . After the 2010/11 season he ended his playing career. Since 2013 he has worked as a scout for the Los Angeles Kings in the NHL .

International

Andersson took part in several world championships with the Swedish national team. He won three silver medals and one bronze medal. He also played at the World Cup of Hockey 1996 and Canada Cup 1991 .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1987/88 Västra Frölunda HC Division 1 15th 5 5 10 6th 8th 6th 4th 10 4th
1988/89 Västra Frölunda HC Division 1 30th 12 24 36 24 10 4th 6th 10 4th
1989/90 Västra Frölunda HC Elitserien 38 10 21st 31 14th - - - - -
1990/91 Västra Frölunda HC Elitserien 22nd 6th 10 16 16 - - - - -
1990/91 Västra Frölunda HC Allsvenskan 17th 8th 15th 23 12 10 6th 3 9 24
1991/92 Halifax Citadels AHL 57 8th 26th 34 41 - - - - -
1992/93 Halifax Citadels AHL 76 32 50 82 42 - - - - -
1992/93 Nordiques de Québec NHL 3 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
1993/94 Cornwall Aces AHL 42 18th 34 52 8th - - - - -
1994/95 Denver Grizzlies IHL 66 22nd 39 61 28 15th 8th 13 21st 10
1995/96 Utah grizzlies IHL 30th 13 22nd 35 25th - - - - -
1995/96 New York Islanders NHL 48 14th 12 26th 12 - - - - -
1996/97 New York Islanders NHL 74 12 31 43 57 - - - - -
1997/98 Utah grizzlies IHL 21st 6th 20th 26th 24 4th 3 1 4th 4th
1997/98 Kentucky Thoroughblades AHL 37 10 28 38 54 - - - - -
1997/98 San Jose Sharks NHL 5 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
1998/99 Chicago Wolves IHL 65 17th 47 64 49 10 2 2 4th 10
1999/00 Chicago Wolves IHL 52 20th 21st 41 59 9 6th 1 7th 4th
1999/00 New York Islanders NHL 17th 3 7th 10 8th - - - - -
1999/00 Nashville Predators NHL 7th 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
2000/01 Chicago Wolves IHL 66 33 39 72 81 16 1 14th 15th 14th
2000/01 Calgary Flames NHL 11 0 1 1 4th - - - - -
2001/02 Västra Frölunda HC Elitserien 41 14th 32 46 64 7th 0 2 2 6th
2002/03 Västra Frölunda HC Elitserien 49 24 18th 42 59 15th 3 7th 10 8th
2003/04 Västra Frölunda HC Elitserien 46 17th 19th 36 80 7th 1 7th 8th 2
2004/05 Frölunda HC Elitserien 44 14th 27 41 16 14th 10 3 13 4th
2005/06 Frölunda HC Elitserien 50 13 38 51 53 17th 6th 10 16 10
2006/07 Frölunda HC Elitserien 51 21st 27 48 75 - - - - -
2007/08 Frölunda HC Elitserien 48 12 37 49 50 7th 2 4th 6th 12
2008/09 Frölunda HC Elitserien 52 16 21st 37 22nd 11 3 4th 7th 10
2009/10 Frölunda HC Elitserien 54 15th 17th 32 50 7th 2 3 5 29
2010/11 Frölunda HC Elitserien 53 14th 30th 44 30th - - - - -
NHL overall 165 29 53 82 85 - - - - -
Elitserien total 548 176 295 471 529 85 27 40 67 81

International

Represented Sweden at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1988 Sweden U18 European Championship 4th Place 6th 4th 9 13 2
1989 Sweden U20 World Cup 2nd place, silver 7th 2 0 2 0
1989 Sweden U18 European Championship 4th Place 6th 6th 3 9 8th
1990 Sweden U20 World Cup 5th place 7th 3 3 6th 6th
1991 Sweden U20 World Cup 6th place 7th 5 3 8th 8th
1991 Sweden Canada Cup 4th Place 6th 0 1 1 0
1996 Sweden WM 6th place 6th 1 1 2 8th
1996 Sweden World cup 3rd place 1 0 0 0 0
1997 Sweden WM 2nd place, silver 11 0 2 2 9
2002 Sweden WM 3rd place, bronze 8th 3 2 5 2
2003 Sweden WM 2nd place, silver 9 1 5 6th 4th
2004 Sweden WM 2nd place, silver 9 1 1 2 2
Juniors overall 33 20th 18th 38 24
Men overall 50 6th 12 18th 25th

( 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 )

family

Andersson's brother Mikael was also a professional ice hockey player and also active in the National Hockey League and Elitserien . His son Lias was selected in seventh overall position by the New York Rangers in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft and has played for the team in the NHL since 2018.

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personal data
SURNAME Andersson, Niklas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Andersson, Per Niklas (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey player and scout
DATE OF BIRTH 20th May 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Kungälv , Sweden