Rickard Wallin

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Position	Forward
Height Weight	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 194 lb (88 kg)
Elitserien Team	Färjestads BK
Nationality	Sweden
Born	April 9, 1980, Stockholm, SWE
NHL Draft	160th overall, 1998 Phoenix Coyotes
Pro Career	1998 – present

Rickard Wallin (born April 9, 1980, Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward. He's currently playing for Färjestads BK in the Swedish Elitserien. He was drafted in 1998 NHL Entry Draft in 6th round as the 160th pick overall by the Phoenix Coyotes.

Before playing any games with the Coyotes, they traded him to the Minnesota Wild for Joe Juneau on June 23, 2000. After winning the Swedish Championship with Färjestads BK in 2002, Wallin signed with Minnesota during the summer of 2002. Wallin spend three years in the Wild organisation, playing 19 games with the Wild and scoring 10 points (6 goals + 4 assists). In September 2005 he returned to home to Sweden and Färjestads BK. That season he won his second Swedish Championship. After the season he signed with HC Lugano of the Swiss Nationalliga A. But he stayed only one season with HC Lugano. On March 29, 2007 he signed a three-year contract with Färjestads BK^[1].