Niklas Hjalmarsson

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Niklas Hjalmarsson
Date of birth June 6, 1987
place of birth Eksjö , Sweden
size 186 cm
Weight 88 kg
position defender
number # 4
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2005 , 4th round, 108th position
Chicago Blackhawks
Career stations
until 2003 Eksjö HC
2003-2007 HV71 Jönköping
2007-2017 Chicago Blackhawks
2012 HC Bolzano
since 2017 Arizona Coyotes

Niklas Hjalmarsson (born June 6, 1987 in Eksjö ) is a Swedish ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Arizona Coyotes in the National Hockey League since June 2017 . The defender previously spent ten years in the Chicago Blackhawks franchise , with whom he won the Stanley Cup in 2010 , 2013 and 2015 . He also won the silver medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics with the Swedish national team .

Career

Niklas Hjalmarsson with the Stanley Cup, 2010

Niklas Hjalmarsson began his career as an ice hockey player in his Swedish homeland in the youth of HV71 Jönköping, for whose professional team he was active in the Elitserien from 2004 to 2007 . During this period, the defender was selected in the fourth round of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft as a total of 108th player by the Chicago Blackhawks .

For the Blackhawks he made his debut in the National Hockey League in the 2007/08 season . The Swede recorded one template in 13 games in his rookie year . In the following season, the left shooter played at the end of the season regularly in the NHL for Chicago, for which he was used in all 17 playoff games. Since he has played for the team from Illinois, he has also played for their farm team from the American Hockey League , the Rockford IceHogs . In the 2009/10 season he won the Stanley Cup with Chicago . At the beginning of November 2012 he moved to Italy due to the lockout . There he ran for HC Bozen from the A1 series .

The Swede was able to repeat winning the Stanley Cup in 2013 and 2015 with the Blackhawks. In June 2017 - after ten years in the organization of the Blackhawks - Chicago gave it to the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for Connor Murphy and Laurent Dauphin . There he extended his expiring five-year contract, which he had concluded with Chicago in the summer of 2013, for another two years in June 2018.

International

For Sweden , Hjalmarsson took part in the U18 World Junior Championship in 2005 and the U20 World Junior Championship in 2007 . At the 2014 Winter Olympics , he won the silver medal with the Swedish national team. Furthermore, he represented his home country at the World Cup of Hockey 2016 , where he achieved third place with the team.

Achievements and Awards

  • 2010 Stanley Cup win with the Chicago Blackhawks
  • 2013 Stanley Cup win with the Chicago Blackhawks
  • 2015 Stanley Cup win with the Chicago Blackhawks

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2003/04 HV71 Jönköping J20 SuperElit 15th 1 3 4th 14th 2 0 0 0 8th
2004/05 HV71 Jönköping J18 Allsvenskan 3 0 2 2 4th - - - - -
2004/05 HV71 Jönköping J20 SuperElit 31 4th 11 15th 87 - - - - -
2004/05 HV71 Jönköping Elitserien 14th 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2005/06 HV71 Jönköping J20 SuperElit 7th 3 2 5 12 - - - - -
2005/06 HV71 Jönköping Elitserien 4th 1 2 3 0 12 0 1 1 4th
2006/07 HV71 Jönköping J20 SuperElit 7th 0 2 2 14th - - - - -
2006/07 IK Oskarshamn Allsvenskan 8th 1 2 3 6th - - - - -
2006/07 HV71 Jönköping Elitserien 37 2 0 2 24 - - - - -
2007/08 Rockford IceHogs AHL 47 4th 9 13 31 12 0 4th 4th 8th
2007/08 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 13 0 1 1 13 - - - - -
2008/09 Rockford IceHogs AHL 52 2 16 18th 53 - - - - -
2008/09 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 21st 1 2 3 0 17th 0 1 1 6th
2009/10 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 77 2 15th 17th 20th 22nd 1 7th 8th 6th
2010/11 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 80 3 7th 10 39 7th 0 2 2 2
2011/12 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 69 1 14th 15th 14th 6th 0 1 1 4th
2012/13 HC Bolzano Series A1 18th 6th 16 22nd 8th - - - - -
2012/13 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 46 2 8th 10 22nd 23 0 5 5 4th
2013/14 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 81 4th 22nd 26th 34 19th 0 4th 4th 14th
2014/15 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 82 3 16 19th 44 23 1 5 6th 9
2015/16 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 82 2 22nd 24 32 7th 0 1 1 0
2016/17 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 73 5 13 18th 20th 4th 0 0 0 2
2017/18 Arizona Coyotes NHL 48 1 8th 9 18th - - - - -
2018/19 Arizona Coyotes NHL 82 0 10 10 44 - - - - -
2019/20 Arizona Coyotes NHL 27 1 4th 5 14th 9 0 1 1 6th
J20 SuperElit overall 60 8th 18th 26th 127 2 0 0 0 8th
Elitserien total 55 3 2 5 24 12 0 1 1 4th
AHL total 99 6th 25th 31 84 12 0 4th 4th 8th
NHL overall 781 25th 142 167 314 137 2 27 29 52

International

Represented Sweden at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2005 Sweden U18 World Cup 3rd place, bronze 7th 1 4th 5 6th
2007 Sweden U20 World Cup 4th Place 7th 2 1 3 4th
2012 Sweden WM 6th place 8th 0 3 3 2
2014 Sweden Olympia 2nd place, silver 6th 0 0 0 0
2016 Sweden World cup 3rd place 4th 0 0 0 2
Juniors overall 14th 3 5 8th 10
Men overall 18th 0 3 3 4th

( 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 )

Web links

Commons : Niklas Hjalmarsson  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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Squad of the Arizona Coyotes in the 2019-20 season
personal data
SURNAME Hjalmarsson, Niklas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Eksjö , Sweden