Niklas Nordgren

Niklas Nordgren
Niklas Nordgren
Born June 28, 1979 (1979-06-28) (age 32)
Örnsköldsvik, SWE
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb)
Position RW
Shoots Right
NLA team
Former teams
Kloten Flyers
NHL
Carolina Hurricanes
Pittsburgh Penguins
SEL
MoDo Hockey
Timrå IK
NLA
Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
NHL Draft 195th overall, 1997
Carolina Hurricanes
Playing career 1998present

Niklas Nordgren, born June 28, 1979 in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden is an ice hockey player currently playing for the Kloten Flyers.

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Playing career

Nordgren was drafted by the Carolina Hurricanes in Round 8, 195th overall at the 1997 NHL Entry Draft, but remained in Sweden and made his Swedish Elitserien debut with MoDo Hockey in 199899. Nordgren became a regular in the Elite League with Timrå IK in 200102 and played four seasons there.

Nordgren made the transition to North America in 200506, and split time between Carolina and their AHL affiliate Lowell before being traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins with Krystofer Kolanos and a 2007 2nd-round pick at the March 9th trade deadline for forward Mark Recchi.

On May 10, 2006, Nordgren signed a deal with the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers, based in Switzerland, where he would play the next five season.

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs   Relegation
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
199697 MoDo Hockey Swe-J 22 14 6 20
199697 MoDo Hockey SEL 5 0 0 0 0
199798 MoDo Hockey Swe-J 28 15 15 30 52
199899 MoDo Hockey SEL 7 0 0 0 2
199899 MoDo Hockey Swe-J 1 0 0 0 2
199899 Örnsköldsviks SK Swe-3 25 9 5 14 22
199900 IF Sundsvall Hockey Swe-2 37 21 11 32 58
200001 IF Sundsvall Hockey Swe-2 35 22 19 41 57
200102 Timrå IK SEL 49 8 6 14 16 10 3 3 6 4
200203 Timrå IK SEL 47 20 23 43 40 10 1 4 5 4
200304 Timrå IK SEL 46 13 15 28 44 10 4 1 5 32
200405 Timrå IK SEL 46 19 17 36 71 7 0 2 2 6
200506 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 43 4 2 6 30
200506 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 8 6 4 10 10
200506 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 15 0 0 0 4
200607 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers NLA 41 17 13 30 74 6 1 1 2 10
200708 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers NLA 49 20 31 51 131 5 5 1 6 16
200809 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers NLA 49 25 28 53 86 6 1 3 4 8
200910 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers NLA 39 6 19 25 8 5 3 5 8 14
201011 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers NLA 46 14 25 39 44 10 1 6 7 12
NHL totals 58 4 2 6 34
NLA totals 224 82 116 198 339 11 6 2 8 26 21 5 14 19 34
SEL totals 200 60 61 121 173 27 5 7 12 42 10 3 3 6 4

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