Niklas Eriksson

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Niklas Eriksson
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Born (1969-02-17) February 17, 1969 (age 54)
Västervik, Sweden
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Left
Played for Leksands IF
HIFK
HC Pustertal Wölfe
National teamFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
NHL Draft 117th overall, 1989
Philadelphia Flyers
Playing career 19872007
Olympic medal record
Men's Ice hockey
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1994 Lillehammer Ice hockey

Niklas Urban Eriksson (born February 17, 1969) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player, continuing as an ice hockey coach. He won a gold medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics. Eriksson played most of his years in Leksands IF, and has also represented IFK Helsingfors (Finland) and HC Pustertal Wölfe (Italy). With 721 games for Leksands IF Eriksson is the player with most games for the club, and as of 2019 Eriksson is one of the honored players with jersey number 16 up in the ceiling of Tegera Arena. [1]

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After ending his career as a player in 2008 Eriksson continued as a coach. After coaching Leksands IF Eriksson has coached Lillehammer IK (Norway) and Almtuna IS. He is since 2018 Head Coach for Örebro HK. [2]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

   Regular season   Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1987–88 Leksands IF SEL 16189420000
1988–89 Leksands IFSEL3318123020101458
1989–90 Leksands IFSEL401816341630222
1990–91 Leksands IFSEL82242
1990–91 Leksands IF Allsv 185491240224
1991–92 Leksands IFSEL221071716
1991–92 Leksands IFAllsv185131822113584
1992–93 Leksands IFSEL37619253220112
1993–94 Leksands IFSEL331025353441232
1994–95 Leksands IFSEL391726433241234
1995–96 Leksands IFSEL34717242450008
1996–97 HIFK Liiga 488111937
1997–98 Leksands IFSEL411016267541124
1998–99 Leksands IFSEL4999183040116
1999–2000 Leksands IFSEL4411172861
2000–01 Leksands IFSEL1843712
2001–02 Leksands IFAllsv431123347510111128
2002–03 Leksands IFSEL50814222251230
2003–04 Leksands IFSEL50791638
2004–05 Leksands IFAllsv351621372070222
2005–06 HC Pustertal ITA 4812385046
2006–07 HC PustertalITA3712536516
SEL totals514138200338418438122036
Allsv totals114376198129324202418

International

YearTeamEvent GPGAPtsPIM
1987 Sweden EJC 72132
1989 Sweden WJC 76396
1994 Sweden OG 80110

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References

  1. "Old School Hockey - Niklas Eriksson". Leksands IF (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2019-02-12. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  2. "Elite Prospects - Niklas Eriksson Team Staff Profile". www.eliteprospects.com. Archived from the original on 2019-04-05. Retrieved 2019-02-10.