Niklas Wikegård

Niklas Wikegård
Born	October 3, 1963(1963-10-03) Gävle, Sweden

Niklas Wikegård (born October 3, 1963) is a Swedish former ice hockey player and coach, currently working for the TV4 Group as a color commentator in ice hockey-related shows.

Wikegård was head coach for Djurgårdens IF between 2002 to 2005.^[1] He has also coached Väsby IK,^[2] Bodens IK,^[3] and Swiss team EHC Chur.^[4] He also worked as an assistant coach to Stephan Lundh in Djurgården 1996 to 1998,^[5] and in Malmö Redhawks 1998 to 2001.

In several years Wikegård worked as a color commentator for SVT during hockey games and as a co-host of the show Hockeykväll (English: Hockey Night).^[6] On May 23, 2011, SVT announced that Wikegård would leave SVT.^[7] The day later Wikegård signed a three-year-long contract with the TV4 Group.^[8] Wikegård is also working for the online gambling company Expekt.com.^[9]

References

1. ^ Fahlman, Johan (2008). "Djurgårdens IF" (in Swedish). Alla tiders elitserie. Idrottsförlaget i Västerås AB. pp. 65–66. ISBN 978-91-977326-1-1. 
2. ^ Fahlman, Johan (2008). "Väsby IK" (in Swedish). Alla tiders elitserie. Idrottsförlaget i Västerås AB. p. 260. ISBN 978-91-977326-1-1. 
3. ^ Berglund, Niklas (2007-01-04). "Tiden går - minnet består" (in Swedish). Norrbottens-Kuriren. http://www.kuriren.nu/arkiv/2007/01/04/Sport/1675683/Tiden-g%E5r---minnet-best%E5r.aspx. Retrieved 2010-03-12. 
4. ^ Karlsson, Alf (2008-03-10). "Nej, ni räcker inte till Malmö" (in Swedish). Expressen. http://www.expressen.se/sport/1.1079043/nej-ni-racker-inte-till-malmo. Retrieved 2010-03-12. 
5. ^ "Tränare" (in Swedish). difhockey.se. Djurgårdens IF Hockey. http://www.difhockey.se/trojnummer.php. Retrieved 2010-01-08. 
6. ^ Kjell Nilsson (2007-08-15). "Ny programledare för Hockeykväll" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. http://www.dn.se/sport/ny-programledare-for-hockeykvall-1.594447. Retrieved 2009-01-08. 
7. ^ Kristoffer Bergström, Daniel Grefve (2011-05-23). "Niklas Wikegård slutar på SVT" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/sportitv/article13070603.ab. Retrieved 2011-05-23. 
8. ^ "Lämnar SVT – klar för TV 4" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 2011-05-24. http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/sportitv/article13071549.ab. Retrieved 2011-05-24. 
9. ^ "Wikegård: ”Finns bara en vass femma i LHC”" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 2011-03-10. http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/spel/article12659050.ab. Retrieved 2011-05-24. 

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Name	Wikegard, Niklas
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Date of birth	1963-10-03
Place of birth	Gävle, Sweden
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