Niklas Eriksson
{{short description|Swedish ice hockey player}}
{{for|the Swedish archer|Niklas Eriksson (archer)}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = Niklas Eriksson 20100827.JPG
| image_size = 230px
| position = Right wing
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| weight_lb = 194
| played_for = Leksands IF
HIFK
HC Pustertal Wölfe
| ntl_team = SWE
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|2|17|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Västervik, Sweden
| draft = 117th overall
| draft_year = 1989
| draft_team = Philadelphia Flyers
| career_start = 1987
| career_end = 2007
}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's Ice hockey}}
{{MedalGold| 1994 Lillehammer |Ice hockey}}
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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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.leksandsif.se/artikel/d3v9ajrrj-30ead/old-school-hockey-niklas-eriksson|title=Old School Hockey - Niklas Eriksson|website=Leksands IF|language=sv|access-date=2019-02-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212130831/https://www.leksandsif.se/artikel/d3v9ajrrj-30ead/old-school-hockey-niklas-eriksson|archive-date=2019-02-12|url-status=live}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/staff/1260/niklas-eriksson|title=Elite Prospects - Niklas Eriksson Team Staff Profile|website=www.eliteprospects.com|access-date=2019-02-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405090211/https://www.eliteprospects.com/staff/1260/niklas-eriksson|archive-date=2019-04-05|url-status=live}}
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |
| 1987–88
| SEL | 16 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1988–89 | Leksands IF | SEL | 33 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 1989–90
| Leksands IF | SEL | 40 | 18 | 16 | 34 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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| 1990–91 | Leksands IF | SEL | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1990–91
| Leksands IF | Allsv | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
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| 1991–92 | Leksands IF | SEL | 22 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1991–92
| Leksands IF | Allsv | 18 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
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| 1992–93 | Leksands IF | SEL | 37 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1993–94
| Leksands IF | SEL | 33 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
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| 1994–95 | Leksands IF | SEL | 39 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 1995–96
| Leksands IF | SEL | 34 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
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| 1996–97 | HIFK | Liiga | 48 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1997–98
| Leksands IF | SEL | 41 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 75 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
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| 1998–99 | Leksands IF | SEL | 49 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 1999–2000
| Leksands IF | SEL | 44 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 61 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2000–01 | Leksands IF | SEL | 18 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2001–02
| Leksands IF | Allsv | 43 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 75 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 8 |
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| 2002–03 | Leksands IF | SEL | 50 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2003–04
| Leksands IF | SEL | 50 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2004–05 | Leksands IF | Allsv | 35 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005–06
| ITA | 48 | 12 | 38 | 50 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2006–07 | HC Pustertal | ITA | 37 | 12 | 53 | 65 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |
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! colspan="3" | SEL totals ! 514 ! 138 ! 200 ! 338 ! 418 ! 43 ! 8 ! 12 ! 20 ! 36 |
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! colspan="3" | Allsv totals ! 114 ! 37 ! 61 ! 98 ! 129 ! 32 ! 4 ! 20 ! 24 ! 18 |
=International=
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! Year ! Team ! Event ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |
| 1987
| Sweden | EJC | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
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| 1989 | Sweden | WJC | 7 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 6 |
| 1994
| Sweden | OG | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
References
External links
- {{icehockeystats}}
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Category:HIFK (ice hockey) players
Category:Ice hockey players at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Sweden
Category:Olympic medalists in ice hockey
Category:Sportspeople from Västervik
Category:Philadelphia Flyers draft picks
Category:Swedish ice hockey right wingers
Category:Ice hockey people from Kalmar County