Niklas Svedberg

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SwedenSweden  Niklas Svedberg Ice hockey player
Niklas Svedberg
Date of birth 4th September 1989
place of birth Sollentuna , Sweden
size 185 cm
Weight 80 kg
position goalkeeper
number #1
Catch hand Left
Career stations
2007-2010 MODO hockey
2010–2012 Brynäs IF
2012-2014 Providence Bruins
2014-2015 Boston Bruins
2015-2017 Salawat Yulayev Ufa
2017-2018 Iowa Wild
since 2018 Timrå IK

Niklas Svedberg (born September 4, 1989 in Sollentuna ) is a Swedish ice hockey goalkeeper who has been under contract with Timrå IK in Svenska Hockeyligan since June 2018 .

Career

In Sweden

Niklas Svedberg played in the youth department of Djurgårdens IF and was in goal for the U16 and U17 national teams of his home country. In the 2006/07 season he completed one game for Djurgården in J20 SuperElit and 13 games for Botkyrka HC in Hockeyettan , a senior league. During this season Svedberg then moved to MODO Hockey , where he was also used in the U18 and U20 junior teams. In the following 2007/08 season he made his professional debut in the Elitserien , Sweden's top division, but continued to play mainly in the J20 SuperElit. In the next season, the goalkeeper completed three games in the Elitserien, but spent most of the season on loan at Huddinge IK in the second-rate HockeyAllsvenskan .

The 2009/10 season was the first in which Svedberg was mainly used in the Elitserien at MODO and there in 32 games to a catch quota of 90%. As a result, the Swede moved to league rivals Brynäs IF , where he had to line up as the second goalkeeper behind Thomas Greiss and made 21 appearances. He also spent a short time on loan at Mora IK . After Greiss returned to the NHL , Svedberg took turns with Johan Holmqvist in the 2011/12 season . In the play-offs, however, Svedberg was in top form, played 13 games, achieved four shutouts and thus played a key role in Brynäs IF becoming Swedish champions .

Boston Bruins

With these achievements, Svedberg drew attention to himself in North America, with the result that the Boston Bruins from the NHL signed him in May 2012. As part of the preparation for the 2012/13 season, however, they gave it to the Providence Bruins , their farm team from the American Hockey League . The debut season in the AHL was very positive for Svedberg, he achieved a catch quota of 92.5% and was elected to the AHL First All-Star Team and the AHL All-Rookie Team . He also received the Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award for best goalkeeper in the league.

Svedberg also spent almost all of the 2013/14 season in the AHL; only in January 2014 he completed a game for the Boston Bruins and thus came to his debut in the NHL. At the beginning of the 2014/15 season, the Swede was firmly behind Tuukka Rask in the Bruins' NHL squad and made 18 appearances this season.

Salawat Yulayev Ufa

His contract with the Bruins ran out, however, so Svedberg decided to move back to Europe and sign a one-year contract with Salawat Julajew Ufa from the Continental Hockey League (KHL). This was extended for another two years after the 2015/16 season, in which he reached the playoff semifinals with the team. He also dabuted for the Swedish national team on the Euro Hockey Tour during the 2016/17 season .

Minnesota and return to Sweden

In July 2017, Svedberg returned to the NHL after two KHL years by signing a one-year deal with the Minnesota Wild . They only used him in their farm team, the Iowa Wild , in the AHL, before he joined Timrå IK in June 2018 and thus returned to his home in Sweden.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2017/18 season

    Regular season   Play-offs
season team league Sp S. N U / OT Min. GT SO GTS Sv% Sp S. N Min. GT SO GTS Sv%
2007/08 MODO hockey Elitserien 1 0 0 0 8th 1 0 7.11 66.7 - - - - - - - -
2008/09 Huddinge IK HockeyAllsvenskan 23 1376 74 2 3.23 89.8 - - - - - - - -
2008/09 MODO hockey Elitserien 3 0 3 0 178 16 0 5.41 82.8 - - - - - - - -
2009/10 MODO hockey Elitserien 32 12 14th 6th 1899 82 1 2.59 90.0 - - - - - - - -
2010/11 Mora IK HockeyAllsvenskan 2 120 5 0 2.50 93.1 - - - - - - - -
2010/11 Brynäs IF Elitserien 21st 11 6th 4th 1261 48 2 2.28 91.7 - - - - - - - -
2011/12 Brynäs IF Elitserien 29 12 12 4th 1726 71 0 2.47 91.2 13 814 23 4th 1.70 94.7
2012/13 Providence Bruins AHL 48 37 8th 2 2873 104 4th 2.17 92.5 12 6th 6th 675 37 0 3.29 88.9
2013/14 Providence Bruins AHL 45 25th 15th 4th 2602 114 2 2.63 91.0 9 4th 4th 510 23 1 2.70 90.5
2013/14 Boston Bruins NHL 1 1 0 0 61 2 0 1.97 94.3 - - - - - - - -
2014/15 Providence Bruins AHL 4th 3 1 0 239 11 0 2.76 91.1 - - - - - - - -
2014/15 Boston Bruins NHL 18th 7th 5 1 900 35 2 2.33 91.8 - - - - - - - -
2015/16 Salawat Yulayev Ufa KHL 53 29 19th 3 3058 121 5 2.37 91.6 19th 9 10 1111 47 0 2.54 91.2
2016/17 Salawat Yulayev Ufa KHL 48 14th 17th 12 2528 126 1 2.99 89.7 5 1 4th 272 8th 0 1.76 93.3
2017/18 Iowa Wild AHL 44 18th 18th 7th 2613 125 2 2.87 90.5 - - - - - - - -
Elitserien total 86 35 35 14th 5072 218 3 2.58 91.4 13 814 23 4th 1.70 94.7
KHL total 101 43 36 15th 5586 247 6th 2.65 90.7 24 10 14th 1383 55 0 2.39 91.6
AHL total 141 83 42 7th 8327 354 8th 2.55 91.3 21st 10 10 1185 60 1 3.04 89.6
NHL overall 19th 8th 5 1 961 37 2 2.31 92.0 - - - - - - - -

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; 1  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ nhl.com: "Bruins Sign Goaltender Niklas Svedberg to Entry-level Contract" (English, May 29, 2012, accessed on November 1, 2014)
  2. ↑ Сведберг и Лепистё остаются в команде. http://hcsalavat.ru , April 14, 2016, accessed June 24, 2016 (Russian).
personal data
SURNAME Svedberg, Niklas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 4th September 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Sollentuna , Sweden