Niklas Nordgren

Niklas Nordgren (born June 28, 1979) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey forward. He began and finished his career playing for Modo Hockey in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).

Playing career Nordgren was drafted by the Carolina Hurricanes in Round 8, 195th overall at the 1997 NHL entry draft. However, he remained in Sweden and made his Swedish Elitserien debut with Modo Hockey in 1998–99. Nordgren became a regular in the Elite League with Timrå IK in 2001–02 and played four seasons there.

Nordgren made the transition to North America in 2005–06, and split time between Carolina and their AHL affiliate Lowell before being traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins with Krystofer Kolanos and a 2007 2nd-round pick at the March 9th trade deadline for forward Mark Recchi.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1996–97 Modo Hockey J20 22 14 6 20 — — — — — — 1996–97 Modo Hockey SEL 5 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1997–98 Modo Hockey J20 28 15 15 30 52 — — — — — 1998–99 Modo Hockey SEL 7 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 1998–99 Modo Hockey J20 1 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 1998–99 Örnsköldsviks SK Div. 1 25 9 5 14 22 — — — — — 1999–00 IF Sundsvall Hockey Swe.1 37 21 11 32 58 — — — — — 2000–01 IF Sundsvall Hockey Swe.1 35 22 19 41 57 — — — — — 2001–02 Timrå IK SEL 49 8 6 14 16 — — — — — 2002–03 Timrå IK SEL 47 20 23 43 40 10 1 4 5 4 2003–04 Timrå IK SEL 46 13 15 28 44 10 4 1 5 32 2004–05 Timrå IK SEL 46 19 17 36 71 7 0 2 2 6 2005–06 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 43 4 2 6 30 — — — — — 2005–06 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 8 6 4 10 10 — — — — — 2005–06 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 15 0 0 0 4 — — — — — 2006–07 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers NLA 41 17 13 30 74 6 1 1 2 10 2007–08 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers NLA 49 20 31 51 131 5 5 1 6 16 2008–09 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers NLA 49 25 28 53 86 — — — — — 2009–10 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers NLA 39 6 19 25 8 — — — — — 2010–11 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers NLA 46 14 25 39 44 — — — — — 2011–12 Kloten Flyers NLA 14 4 5 9 14 3 1 1 2 8 2012–13 Timrå IK SEL 43 8 20 28 30 — — — — — 2013–14 Modo Hockey SHL 28 1 8 9 28 2 1 0 1 0 2014–15 Modo Hockey SHL 51 8 10 18 18 — — — — — NHL totals 58 4 2 6 34 — — — — — SHL totals 322 77 99 176 249 29 6 7 13 42 NLA totals 238 86 121 207 357 14 7 3 10 34