Niklas Svedberg

Niklas Svedberg (born 4 September 1989) is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing under contract with Djurgårdens IF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He won a Swedish championship title in 2012 with Brynäs IF.

Niklas Svedberg
Svedberg on the All-Star game AHL in 2013
Born (1989-09-04) 4 September 1989
Sollentuna, Sweden
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
SHL team
Former teams		 Djurgårdens IF
Modo Hockey
Brynäs IF
Boston Bruins
Salavat Yulaev Ufa
Timrå IK
National team  Sweden
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2008–present

Playing career

On 29 May 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 19 October 2012 against the Manchester Monarchs. Svedberg was called up to the Boston Bruins on 24 May 2013. Svedberg was also voted as the AHL 2012–13 goalie of the year.[1]

Svedberg made his NHL debut on 2 January 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.[2]

After the Bruins were eliminated by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs, on 23 June 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.[3] 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 10 May 2015.[4] 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 1 July 2017.[5] In the 2017–18 season within the Wild organization, Svedberg was assigned for the duration of the year to AHL affiliate, the Iowa Wild. In 44 appearances he compiled 18 wins with 18 losses.

On June 8, 2018, Svedberg as an impending free agent signed a two-year contract to return to Sweden with Timrå IK in the SHL.[6][7] In the 2018–19 season, Svedberg registered just 10 wins in 35 games with Timrå IK, unable to keep the club from suffering relegation to the Allsvenskan.

In order to continue in the SHL, Svedberg left Timrå IK and agreed to join original hometown junior club, Djurgårdens IF for the final year of his contract on 7 June 2019.[8]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP W L T/OT MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV%
2007–08 Modo Hockey SEL 1 0 0 0 8 1 0 7.11 .666 — — — — — — — —
2008–09 Modo Hockey SEL 3 0 3 0 178 16 0 5.41 .828 — — — — — — — —
2008–09 Huddinge IK Allsv 24 8 15 0 1376 74 2 3.23 .897 — — — — — — — —
2009–10 Modo Hockey SEL 32 12 14 6 1899 82 1 2.59 .900 — — — — — — — —
2010–11 Brynäs IF SEL 21 11 6 4 1261 48 2 2.28 .917 — — — — — — — —
2010–11 Mora IK Allsv 2 1 1 0 120 5 0 2.50 .931 — — — — — — — —
2011–12 Brynäs IF SEL 29 12 12 4 1726 71 0 2.47 .912 13 10 3 814 23 4 1.70 .947
2012–13 Providence Bruins AHL 48 37 8 2 2873 104 4 2.17 .925 12 6 6 675 37 0 3.29 .889
2013–14 Providence Bruins AHL 45 25 15 4 2602 114 2 2.63 .910 9 4 4 510 23 1 2.70 .905
2013–14 Boston Bruins NHL 1 1 0 0 61 2 0 1.97 .943 — — — — — — — —
2014–15 Boston Bruins NHL 18 7 5 1 900 35 2 2.33 .918 — — — — — — — —
2014–15 Providence Bruins AHL 4 3 1 0 239 11 0 2.76 .911 — — — — — — — —
2015–16 Salavat Yulaev Ufa KHL 53 29 19 3 3058 121 5 2.37 .916 19 9 10 1111 47 0 2.54 .912
2016–17 Salavat Yulaev Ufa KHL 48 14 17 12 2528 126 1 2.99 .897 5 1 4 272 8 0 1.76 .933
2017–18 Iowa Wild AHL 44 18 18 7 2613 125 2 2.87 .905 — — — — — — — —
2018–19 Timrå IK SHL 35 10 23 0 1942 111 2 3.42 .888 — — — — — — — —
SHL totals 117 45 58 14 7014 329 5 2.81 .897 13 10 3 814 23 4 1.70 .947
NHL totals 19 8 5 1 961 37 2 2.31 .920 — — — — — — — —
KHL totals 101 43 36 15 5586 247 6 2.65 .907 24 10 14 1383 55 1 2.39 .916

References
  1. Brynas IF Gavle's 2010-11 Roster
  2. Kalman, Matt (3 January 2014). "Marchand, Svedberg help Bruins end two-game slide". www.nhl.com. NHL. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  3. Switaj, Caryn (23 June 2014). "Svedberg Signed to One-Way Deal". bruins.nhl.com. Boston Bruins. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  4. "Salavat sign Niklas Sveberg for one year" (in Russian). rsport.ru. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  5. "Wild sign five players, including Landon Ferraro to two-way contracts". TwinCities.com. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  6. Linus Norberg (8 June 2018). "Niklas Svedberg klar för Timrå" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  7. "Niklas Svedberg skriver på för Timrå IK". www.timråik.se. Timrå IK. 8 June 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  8. "Welcome home again Niklas Svedberg" (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF Hockey. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
Awards
Preceded by
Yann Danis		 Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award
2012–13		 Succeeded by
Jake Allen
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