Niklas Eriksson

Olympic medal record
Men's Ice hockey

Niklas Eriksson
Niklas Eriksson
Born	17 February 1969 (age 55); 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 team	Sweden
NHL draft	117th overall, 1989; Philadelphia Flyers
Playing career	1987–2007

Niklas Urban Eriksson (born 17 February 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]

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	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1987–88	Leksands IF	SEL	16	1	8	9	4	2	0	0	0	0
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
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
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
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
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
1996–97	HIFK	Liiga	48	8	11	19	37	—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Leksands IF	SEL	41	10	16	26	75	4	1	1	2	4
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	—	—	—	—	—
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
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	—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Leksands IF	Allsv	35	16	21	37	20	7	0	2	2	2
2005–06	HC Pustertal	ITA	48	12	38	50	46	—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	HC Pustertal	ITA	37	12	53	65	16	—	—	—	—	—
SEL totals			514	138	200	338	418	43	8	12	20	36
Allsv totals			114	37	61	98	129	32	4	20	24	18

International

Year	Team	Event	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1987	Sweden	EJC	7	2	1	3	2
1989	Sweden	WJC	7	6	3	9	6
1994	Sweden	OG	8	0	1	1	0

References

^ "Old School Hockey - Niklas Eriksson". Leksands IF (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
^ "Elite Prospects - Niklas Eriksson Team Staff Profile". www.eliteprospects.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.

External links

Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database

[1] "Old School Hockey - Niklas Eriksson". Leksands IF (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.

[2] "Elite Prospects - Niklas Eriksson Team Staff Profile". www.eliteprospects.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.

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