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Position
  
Left Wing

Name
  
Niklas Andersson

Career start
  
1989

Shot
  
Left

Role
  
Ice hockey player

Career end
  
2011

National team
  
Height
  
1.76 m

Current team
  
Frolunda HC

Playing career
  
1987–2011

Weight
  
80 kg


Niklas Andersson

Born
  
20 May 1971 (age 53) Kungalv, Sweden (
1971-05-20
)

Played for
  
Frolunda HCQuebec NordiquesNew York IslandersSan Jose SharksNashville PredatorsCalgary Flames

NHL Draft
  
68th overall, 1989Quebec Nordiques

Similar People
  
P J Axelsson, Joakim Andersson, Niclas Andersen

December 14 1996 islanders at lightning niklas andersson goal


Niklas Per Andersson (born 20 May 1971) is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey left winger. In his career, he spent time with several National Hockey League (NHL) teams as well as various minor professional teams in North America, but mostly played for Frölunda HC in the Swedish Elitserien. He is the younger brother of former hockey player Mikael Andersson.

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Playing career

Andersson was selected in the 4th round (68th overall) of the 1989 NHL Entry Draft by the Quebec Nordiques, while he was playing in his native Sweden for Västra Frölunda HC. At the age of 20, he left Frölunda to play in the American Hockey League (AHL) for the Nordiques' affiliate, the Halifax Citadels. He played there for two years until the team moved to Cornwall, Ontario. After a year with Cornwall he was signed as a free agent by the New York Islanders, and assigned to their International Hockey League (IHL) club, the Denver Grizzlies (which became the Utah Grizzlies the following year), until being recalled halfway through the 1995–96 season. He finished that year with the Islanders, and played another two before signing with the San Jose Sharks prior to the 1997–98 season.

Andersson spent the following year with two minor clubs, one in the AHL and one in the IHL. He was not re-signed by the Sharks, and instead went to the Toronto Maple Leafs. He never played in the NHL for the Leafs, and was instead sent to the IHL's Chicago Wolves until he traded back to the Islanders on 17 August 1999 for Craig Charron. Partway through the season he was claimed off of waivers by the Nashville Predators and played seven games for them before being placed back on waivers and picked up by the Islanders again. He finished the year with them, playing in 17 games and scoring 10 points.

During the following off season he was signed by the Calgary Flames, but played most of the season in the IHL with the Chicago Wolves again. After that season, he returned to his native Sweden and his old club Frölunda HC, for whom he had been a key player the past nine seasons.

On 9 March 2011, Andersson decided to retire completely from hockey, having played 763 games for Frölunda HC. He is currently an amateur scout covering Europe for the Los Angeles Kings.

References

Niklas Andersson Wikipedia


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