Rickard Wallin

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Position	Centre
Height Weight	6 ft 02 in (1.88 m) 194 lb (88 kg/13 st 12 lb)
SEL Team F. teams	Färjestads BK NHL Minnesota Wild AHL Houston Aeros NLA HC Lugano
Nationality	Sweden
Born	April 9, 1980 (1980-04-09) (age 28), Stockholm, SWE
NHL Draft	160^th overall, 1998 Phoenix Coyotes
Pro career	1998 – present

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

Before playing any games with the Coyotes, Wallin was traded 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 spent 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 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].