Daniel Brodin

{{Short description|Swedish ice hockey player (born 1990)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| alt =

| image = Djurgården-Färjestad 20190129 10.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| caption = Daniel Brodin during a home game with Djurgårdens IF against Färjestads BK in the Swedish Hockey League in January 2019

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|2|9}}

| birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 163

| position = Right wing

| shoots = Right

| team = Djurgårdens IF

| league = Allsv

| former_teams = Ässät Pori
Brynäs IF
HC Fribourg-Gottéron

| ntl_team = SWE

| draft = 146th overall

| draft_team = Toronto Maple Leafs

| draft_year = 2010

| career_start = 2008

}}

Daniel Brodin (born 9 February 1990) is a Swedish professional ice hockey right winger who is currently playing for Djurgårdens IF Hockey in the HockeyAllsvenskan (Allsv). Brodin has represented Sweden internationally at the 2010 World Junior Championships. He was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs, who selected him in the fifth round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career

Brodin participated in the 2006 TV-pucken, playing for Stockholm Röd. He scored one goal and two points but couldn't help the team get promoted to the playoffs.{{cite web |url=http://stats.swehockey.se/0607/html/tv/default.html |title=TV-Pucken |work=swehockey.se |publisher=Swedish Ice Hockey Association |accessdate=2009-12-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124111354/http://stats.swehockey.se/0607/html/tv/default.html |archivedate=24 November 2010 }} He played the rest of the 2006–07 season in Almtuna IS' J20 team. He moved to Djurgårdens IF the following season, where he played in Djurgården's J18 team for most of the season.

Brodin was promoted to the J20 team for the 2008–09 season. The team made it to the playoffs but was beaten by Brynäs IF in the semifinals.{{cite web |url=http://stats.swehockey.se/0809/html/J20sm/default.html |title=SM-Slutspel J20 |work=swehockey.se |publisher=Swedish Ice Hockey Association |accessdate=2009-12-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124103459/http://stats.swehockey.se/0809/html/J20sm/default.html |archivedate=24 November 2010 }} Brodin joined Djurgården's senior team as an extra player for the away game against Luleå HF on 12 February 2009, but did not get any time on the ice.{{cite web|url=http://www.difhockey.se/nyhet.php?news=5569 |title=Laguppställningen mot Luleå |author=Thomas Alexanderson |date=2009-02-12 |work=difhockey.se |publisher=Djurgårdens IF Hockey |language=Swedish |accessdate=2009-12-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322001713/http://www.difhockey.se/nyhet.php?news=5569 |archivedate=2012-03-22 }} He made his real Elitserien debut against Modo Hockey on 10 November 2009, two days later on 12 November, he scored his first point, an assist to Marcus Krüger who scored the 2–2 goal against Luleå HF. Brodin scored the 2–1 goal in the derby against Södertälje SK on 14 November 2009. It proved to be the game-winning goal and was also his first goal in Elitserien.{{cite news |title=Dif-junior briljerade borta mot SSK |first=Jan |last=Bengtsson |url=http://www.svd.se/sportspel/nyheter/artikel_3800005.svd |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |date=2009-11-14 |language=Swedish |accessdate=2009-12-01 }}

Brodin was selected by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the fifth round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.{{cite web |url=http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=532959 |title=Leafs Make Seven Selections On Day Two |date=26 June 2010 |work=mapleleafs.nhl.com |publisher=Toronto Maple Leafs |accessdate=27 June 2010}} Brodin signed a two-year extension with Djurgården on 4 March 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.difhockey.se/nyhet.php?news=8064 |title=Brodin klar för två år till i Djurgården |date=4 March 2011 |work=difhockey.se |publisher=Djurgårdens IF Hockey |language=Swedish |accessdate=4 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404091823/http://www.difhockey.se/nyhet.php?news=8064 |archivedate=4 April 2012 }}

On 3 May 2019, Brodin joined HC Fribourg-Gottéron of the National League (NL) on a one-year deal worth CHF 650,000.

International play

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{{MedalSport | Ice hockey}}

{{MedalCountry | {{ih|Sweden}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|World Junior Championships}}

{{MedalBronze | 2010 Saskatoon | }}

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Brodin was named for Team Sweden by Pär Mårts, coach of Sweden's national junior hockey team, for the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships,{{cite web|url=http://www.swehockey.se/Startsidesnyheter/2009/November-2009/m/ |title=Sveriges preliminära trupp till JVM i Kanada |date=2009-11-30 |work=swehockey.se |publisher=Swedish Ice Hockey Association |language=Swedish |accessdate=2009-12-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120913224130/http://www.swehockey.se/Startsidesnyheter/2009/November-2009/m/ |archivedate=2012-09-13 }} despite only having played nine Elitserien games at the time.{{cite web|url=http://www.difhockey.se/nyhet.php?news=6377 |title=Brodins fantastiska november |author=Thomas Alexanderson |date=2009-12-01 |work=difhockey.se |publisher=Djurgårdens IF Hockey |language=Swedish |accessdate=2009-12-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322001722/http://www.difhockey.se/nyhet.php?news=6377 |archivedate=2012-03-22 }}

He replaced Niklas Nordgren, who suffered from a minor concussion, in the 2010 Karjala Cup. Team Sweden's last game in the tournament against Finland was Brodin's first game in the senior national team.{{cite news |title=Nordgren ut – Brodin in |url=http://www.dn.se/sport/nordgren-missar-finlandsmatchen-1.1207984 |accessdate=6 December 2010 |newspaper=Dagens Nyheter |date=13 November 2010 |agency=Tidningarnas Telegrambyrå |language=Swedish |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121030139/http://www.dn.se/sport/nordgren-missar-finlandsmatchen-1.1207984 |archivedate=21 November 2010 }} He was called up again for Team Sweden for the 2010 Channel One Cup.{{cite web|title=Team Sweden Channel One Cup|url=http://www.swehockey.se/ImageVault/Images/id_11386/scope_0/ImageVaultHandler.aspx|work=www.swehockey.se|publisher=Swedish Ice Hockey Association|accessdate=6 December 2010|format=PDF}}

Personal

In July 2017, Brodin married his childhood sweetheart Emilia Appelqvist, a professional soccer player for Djurgårdens IF DFF and the Sweden women's national football team.{{cite news|last1=Andersson|first1=Wilmer|title=Stjärnparet gifte sig under helgen|url=https://www.expressen.se/sport/stjarnparet-gifte-sig-under-helgen/|accessdate=20 January 2018|publisher=Expressen|date=3 July 2017|language=Swedish}} In September 2018 Emilia gave birth to the couple's first child, a daughter named Mila Ida Brodin.{{cite news |last1=Hedlund |first1=Tomas |title=Djurgårdsparet föräldrar – babyboom i Djurgården |url=https://hockeybladet.nu/klubbar/dif/djurgardsparet-foraldrar-babyboom-i-djurgarden/ |accessdate=30 June 2019 |publisher=Hockeybladet |date=19 September 2018 |language=Swedish}}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Regular season

! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

2006–07

| Almtuna IS

| J18

| —

1472136

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2006–07

| Almtuna IS

| J20

| 24

33616

| —

2007–08

| Djurgårdens IF

| J18

| 21

6121818

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2007–08

| Djurgårdens IF

| J18 Allsv

| 14

34712

| 4

0000
2007–08

| Djurgårdens IF

| J20

| 2

0000

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2008–09

| Djurgårdens IF

| J20

| 41

11122390

| 6

1128
2008–09

| Djurgårdens IF

| SEL

| 1

0000

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2009–10

| Djurgårdens IF

| J20

| 20

52712

| —

2009–10

| Djurgårdens IF

| SEL

| 30

23526

| 16

0002
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2010–11

| Djurgårdens IF

| SEL

| 51

491361

| 7

2026
2011–12

| Djurgårdens IF

| SEL

| 46

25728

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2012–13

| Ässät

| SM-l

| 60

1081873

| 16

62818
2013–14

| Brynäs IF

| SHL

| 52

1141542

| 5

1012
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2014–15

| Brynäs IF

| SHL

| 54

7121961

| 7

1234
2015–16

| Djurgårdens IF

| SHL

| 50

13112442

| 8

31410
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

|2016–17

|Djurgårdens IF

|SHL

|49

11102134

|2

0002
2017–18

| Djurgårdens IF

| SHL

| 8

1010

| 11

1010
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2018–19

| Djurgårdens IF

| SHL

| 52

19163563

| 19

45939
2019–20

| HC Fribourg–Gottéron

| NL

| 50

16163279

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2020–21

| HC Fribourg–Gottéron

| NL

| 14

3258

| —

2021–22

| HC Fribourg–Gottéron

| NL

| 46

1091944

| 9

2136
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2022–23

| Djurgårdens IF

| Allsv

| 49

19102940

| 13

5496
bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | SHL totals

!393

!70

!70

!140

!357

!85

!14

!8

!22

!65

=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

! Result

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! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

2010

| Sweden

| WJC

| {{bronze3}}

| 6

| 3

| 2

| 5

| 6

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| 2022

| Sweden

| OG

| 4th

| 1

0000
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! colspan="4" | Junior totals

! 6

! 3

! 2

! 5

! 6

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="4" | Junior totals

! 1

! 0

! 0

! 0

! 0

References

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