Niklas Andersson
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| Position | Left Wing |
| Shoots | Left |
| Height Weight |
5 ft 9.25 in (1.76 m) 176 lb (80 kg/12 st 8 lb) |
| SEL Team | Frölunda HC |
| Nationality |  Sweden |
| Born | May 20, 1971 , Kungälv, SWE |
| NHL Draft | 68th overall, 1989 Quebec Nordiques |
| Pro career | 1989 – present |
Per Niklas Andersson (born May 20, 1971 in Kungälv, Sweden) is a professional ice hockey player. He plays forward, mostly as a left winger, and has spent time with several National Hockey League teams as well as playing professionally in Europe. He is a fast skating player with good offensive instincts, who has struggled somewhat with physical play in the NHL.
[edit] 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 Sweden to play in the American Hockey League 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 club, the Denver Grizzlies (which became the Utah Grizzlies the following year), until being recalled halfway through the 1995–1996 season. He finished that year with the Islanders, and played another there before signing with the San Jose Sharks prior to the 1997–1998 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 August 17, 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 Frölunda Indians, for whom he has been a key player for the past five seasons.
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1987–88 | Västra Frölunda HC | Swe-2 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | ||
| 1988–89 | Västra Frölunda HC | Swe-2 | 30 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | ||
| 1989–90 | Västra Frölunda HC | SEL | 38 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1990–91 | Västra Frölunda HC | SEL | 22 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Västra Frölunda HC | Swe-2 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 1991–92 | Halifax Citadels | AHL | 57 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1992–93 | Halifax Citadels | AHL | 76 | 32 | 50 | 82 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1993–94 | Cornwall Aces | AHL | 42 | 18 | 34 | 52 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1994–95 | Denver Grizzlies | IHL | 66 | 22 | 39 | 61 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 10 | ||
| 1995–96 | Utah Grizzlies | IHL | 30 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| New York Islanders | NHL | 48 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1996–97 | New York Islanders | NHL | 74 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1997–98 | Utah Grizzlies | IHL | 21 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Kentucky Thoroughblades | AHL | 37 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| San Jose Sharks | NHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1998–99 | Chicago Wolves | IHL | 65 | 17 | 47 | 64 | 49 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | ||
| 1999–00 | Chicago Wolves | IHL | 52 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 59 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 4 | ||
| New York Islanders | NHL | 17 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Nashville Predators | NHL | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 2000–01 | Chicago Wolves | IHL | 66 | 33 | 39 | 72 | 81 | 16 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 14 | ||
| Calgary Flames | NHL | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 2001–02 | Västra Frölunda HC | SEL | 41 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 64 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2002–03 | Västra Frölunda HC | SEL | 49 | 24 | 18 | 42 | 59 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | ||
| 2003–04 | Västra Frölunda HC | SEL | 46 | 17 | 19 | 36 | 80 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 2004–05 | Frölunda HC | SEL | 44 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 4 | ||
| 2005–06 | Frölunda HC | SEL | 50 | 13 | 38 | 51 | 53 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 10 | ||
| 2006–07 | Frölunda HC | SEL | 51 | 21 | 27 | 48 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| NHL Totals | 165 | 29 | 53 | 82 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Elitserien Totals | 341 | 119 | 192 | 311 | 377 | 60 | 20 | 29 | 49 | 30 | ||||
[edit] External links
| Preceded by Henrik Zetterberg |
Golden Puck 2003 |
Succeeded by Johan Davidsson |
