Position Goaltender Name Niklas Svedberg Salary 600,000 USD (2015) Playing career Weight 80 kg | NHL Draft Undrafted Height 1.83 m Catches Left Role Ice hockey player Date joined May 29, 2012 | |
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Born September 4, 1989 (age 34)
Sollentuna, Sweden ( 1989-09-04 ) KHL team
Former teams Salavat Yulaev Ufa
Modo Hockey
Brynas IF
Boston Bruins Current team Salavat Yulaev Ufa (Goaltender) Similar People Claude Julien, Zdeno Chara, Don Cherry, Bruce Cassidy, Vener Safin | ||
Gear talk with the pros 12 niklas svedberg michael hutchinson
Niklas Svedberg (born September 4, 1989) is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing under contract for the Minnesota Wild organization of the National Hockey League (NHL). He won a Swedish championship title in 2012 with Brynäs IF.
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- Gear talk with the pros 12 niklas svedberg michael hutchinson
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Playing career
On May 29, 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 October 19, 2012 against the Manchester Monarchs. Svedberg was called up to the Boston Bruins on May 24, 2013. Svedberg was also voted as the AHL 2012–13 goalie of the year.
Svedberg made his NHL debut on January 2, 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.
After the Bruins were eliminated by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs, on June 23, 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. 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 May 10, 2015. 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 July 1, 2017.