Niklas Svedberg
| Niklas Svedberg | |||
|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) Svedberg on the All-Star game AHL in 2013 | |||
| Born |
4 September 1989 Sollentuna, Sweden | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Goaltender | ||
| Catches | Left | ||
| SHL team Former teams |
Timrå IK Modo Hockey Brynäs IF Boston Bruins Salavat Yulaev Ufa | ||
| National team |
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| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2008–present | ||
Niklas Svedberg (born 4 September 1989) is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing under contract for the Timrå IK organization of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He won a Swedish championship title in 2012 with Brynäs IF.
Playing career
On 29 May 2012, the Boston Bruins announced that they had signed Svedberg from the Swedish Elite League to an Entry Level Contract. Svedberg made his AHL debut on 19 October 2012 against the Manchester Monarchs. Svedberg was called up to the Boston Bruins on 24 May 2013. Svedberg was also voted as the AHL 2012–13 goalie of the year.[1]
Svedberg made his NHL debut on 2 January 2014 in a home game against the Nashville Predators, playing all 60:50 of game time into a short overtime, resulting in a 3-2 Bruins win.[2]
After the Bruins were eliminated by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs, on 23 June 2014 Svedberg was signed to a one-year, one-way contract by the Bruins, in anticipation of 2013–14 Bruins backup goaltender Chad Johnson becoming an unrestricted free agent.[3] He appeared in 18 games with the Bruins over the course of the season, collecting 7 wins
As a restricted free agent after his first year as the Bruins backup in the 2014–15 season, Svedberg opted to sign a one-year KHL contract with Russian club, Salavat Yulaev Ufa on 10 May 2015.[4] After leading all KHL goaltenders in games won during 2015–16, he re-signed a two-year contract extension with Salavat.
Sveberg was released from the final year of his contract with Salavat in order to return to the NHL ranks, agreeing to a one-year, two-way contract as a free agent with the Minnesota Wild on 1 July 2017.[5] In the 2017–18 season within the Wild organization, Svedberg was assigned for the duration of the year to AHL affiliate, the Iowa Wild. In 44 appearances he compiled 18 wins with 18 losses.
On June 8, 2018, Svedberg as an impending free agent signed a two-year contract to return to Sweden with Timrå IK in the SHL.[6][7]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | T/OT | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | GP | W | L | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | ||
| 2007–08 | Modo Hockey | SEL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7.11 | .666 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Modo Hockey | SEL | 3 | — | — | — | 178 | 16 | 0 | 5.41 | .828 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Huddinge IK | Allsv | 24 | — | — | — | 1376 | 74 | 2 | 3.23 | .897 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Modo Hockey | SEL | 32 | — | — | — | 1899 | 82 | 1 | 2.59 | .900 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Brynäs IF | SEL | 21 | — | — | — | 1261 | 48 | 2 | 2.28 | .917 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Mora IK | Allsv | 2 | — | — | — | 120 | 5 | 0 | 2.50 | .931 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Brynäs IF | SEL | 29 | — | — | — | 1726 | 71 | 0 | 2.47 | .912 | 13 | — | — | 814 | 23 | 4 | 1.70 | .947 | ||
| 2012–13 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 48 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 2873 | 104 | 4 | 2.17 | .925 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 675 | 37 | 0 | 3.29 | .889 | ||
| 2013–14 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 45 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 2602 | 114 | 2 | 2.63 | .910 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 510 | 23 | 1 | 2.70 | .905 | ||
| 2013–14 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 1.97 | .943 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 900 | 35 | 2 | 2.33 | .918 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 239 | 11 | 0 | 2.76 | .911 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | KHL | 53 | 29 | 19 | 3 | 3058 | 121 | 5 | 2.37 | .916 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 1111 | 47 | 0 | 2.54 | .912 | ||
| 2016–17 | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | KHL | 48 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 2528 | 126 | 1 | 2.99 | .897 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 272 | 8 | 0 | 1.76 | .933 | ||
| 2017–18 | Iowa Wild | AHL | 44 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 2613 | 125 | 2 | 2.87 | .905 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| SHL totals | 86 | — | — | — | 5072 | 218 | 3 | 2.58 | .906 | 13 | — | — | 814 | 23 | 4 | 1.70 | .947 | ||||
| NHL totals | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 961 | 37 | 2 | 2.31 | .920 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| KHL totals | 101 | 43 | 36 | 15 | 5586 | 247 | 6 | 2.65 | .907 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 1383 | 55 | 1 | 2.39 | .916 | ||||
References
- ↑ Brynas IF Gavle's 2010-11 Roster
- ↑ Kalman, Matt (3 January 2014). "Marchand, Svedberg help Bruins end two-game slide". www.nhl.com. NHL. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ↑ Switaj, Caryn (23 June 2014). "Svedberg Signed to One-Way Deal". bruins.nhl.com. Boston Bruins. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
- ↑ "Salavat sign Niklas Sveberg for one year" (in Russian). rsport.ru. 2015-05-10. Retrieved 2015-05-10.
- ↑ "Wild sign five players, including Landon Ferraro to two-way contracts". TwinCities.com. 2017-07-01. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ Linus Norberg (8 June 2018). "Niklas Svedberg klar för Timrå" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ↑ "Niklas Svedberg skriver på för Timrå IK". www.timråik.se. Timrå IK. 8 June 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database