Niklas Persson (born March 26, 1979) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player who most notably played as captain for Linköpings HC in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He is the current president of hockey operations with Linköpings HC.
Persson retired from hockey in 2018 after playing more than 600 SHL games.[1] After a brief return to playing with Mjölby HC in the Division 2, Persson continued to work within Linköpings HC, given the role of assistant general manager before assuming the general manager's role to begin the 2019–20 season.
Persson is the cousin of Robert Nilsson who also plays professional ice hockey.[2]
niklas, persson, born, march, 1979, swedish, former, professional, hockey, player, most, notably, played, captain, linköpings, swedish, hockey, league, current, president, hockey, operations, with, linköpings, born, 1979, march, 1979, ösmo, swedenheight6, weig. Niklas Persson born March 26 1979 is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player who most notably played as captain for Linkopings HC in the Swedish Hockey League SHL He is the current president of hockey operations with Linkopings HC Born 1979 03 26 March 26 1979 age 45 Osmo SwedenHeight6 ft 2 in 188 cm Weight205 lb 93 kg 14 st 9 lb PositionCentre Right wingShotLeftPlayed forLeksands IF Linkopings HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk CSKA MoscowRapperswil Jona LakersNational team SwedenPlaying career1997 2019 Persson retired from hockey in 2018 after playing more than 600 SHL games 1 After a brief return to playing with Mjolby HC in the Division 2 Persson continued to work within Linkopings HC given the role of assistant general manager before assuming the general manager s role to begin the 2019 20 season Persson is the cousin of Robert Nilsson who also plays professional ice hockey 2 Contents 1 Career statistics 1 1 Regular season and playoffs 1 2 International 2 References 3 External linksCareer statistics editRegular season and playoffs edit Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1994 95 Huddinge IK J20 3 0 0 0 0 1995 96 Leksands IF J20 8 1 2 3 0 1996 97 Leksands IF J20 29 18 15 33 12 1997 98 Leksands IF J20 20 10 12 22 30 1997 98 Leksands IF SEL 17 2 3 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 1998 99 Leksands IF SEL 47 1 2 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 1999 00 Leksands IF SEL 49 2 5 7 34 2000 01 Leksands IF SEL 48 3 4 7 43 2001 02 Leksands IF Allsv 42 9 13 22 50 9 9 2 11 16 2002 03 Leksands IF SEL 49 4 21 25 51 5 0 0 0 10 2003 04 Leksands IF SEL 50 14 19 33 42 2004 05 Leksands IF Allsv 43 15 23 38 36 10 2 5 7 8 2005 06 Leksands IF SEL 34 7 10 17 30 2006 07 Linkopings HC SEL 55 15 17 32 32 15 5 9 14 6 2007 08 Linkopings HC SEL 54 10 22 32 44 15 3 6 9 10 2008 09 Linkopings HC SEL 55 21 21 42 38 7 4 4 8 4 2009 10 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk KHL 55 13 25 38 30 7 0 1 1 2 2010 11 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk KHL 39 3 12 15 32 7 1 2 3 2 2011 12 CSKA Moscow KHL 53 6 18 24 28 5 1 1 2 6 2012 13 CSKA Moscow KHL 42 8 11 19 14 7 0 0 0 4 2013 14 Rapperswil Jona Lakers NLA 45 11 18 29 16 2014 15 Rapperswil Jona Lakers NLA 43 17 22 39 16 2015 16 Linkopings HC SHL 50 8 17 25 16 6 2 0 2 0 2016 17 Linkopings HC SHL 50 7 15 22 16 6 0 1 1 4 2017 18 Linkopings HC SHL 52 3 11 14 32 7 0 0 0 2 2018 19 Mjolby HC Div 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 SHL totals 610 97 167 264 388 64 14 20 34 36 KHL totals 189 30 66 96 104 26 2 4 6 14 Medal record Ice hockey Representing nbsp Sweden World Championships nbsp 2013 Sweden Finland nbsp 2011 Slovakia nbsp 2009 Switzerland nbsp 2010 Germany International edit Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 1997 Sweden EJC18 nbsp 5 0 0 0 2 1998 Sweden WJC 6th 7 0 2 2 10 1999 Sweden WJC 4th 6 2 2 4 2 2009 Sweden WC nbsp 9 2 4 6 4 2010 Sweden WC nbsp 9 0 4 4 0 2011 Sweden WC nbsp 8 3 0 3 8 2012 Sweden WC 6th 8 2 1 3 2 2013 Sweden WC nbsp 9 0 2 2 2 Junior totals 18 2 4 6 14 Senior totals 43 7 11 18 16References edit Det var alldeles for svart att tacka nej till expressen se in Swedish 19 August 2018 Retrieved 12 September 2018 The kids are alright iihf com 28 April 2011 Retrieved 12 September 2018 External links editBiographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects com or Eurohockey com or The Internet Hockey Database nbsp This biographical article relating to a Swedish ice hockey centre is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Niklas Persson amp oldid 1148936900, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
