Niklas Persson

Niklas Persson (born March 26, 1979) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player who most notably played as captain for Linköpings HC in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He is the current president of hockey operations with Linköpings HC.

Persson retired from hockey in 2018 after playing more than 600 SHL games. After a brief return to playing with Mjölby HC in the Division 2, Persson continued to work within Linköpings HC, given the role of assistant general manager before assuming the general manager's role to begin the 2019–20 season.

Persson is the cousin of Robert Nilsson who also plays professional ice hockey.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1994–95 Huddinge IK J20 30000 ————— 1995–96 Leksands IF J20 81230 ————— 1996–97 Leksands IF J20 2918153312 ————— 1997–98 Leksands IF J20 2010122230 ————— 1997–98 Leksands IF SEL 172354 20000 1998–99 Leksands IF SEL 471236 10000 1999–00 Leksands IF SEL 4925734 ————— 2000–01 Leksands IF SEL 4834743 ————— 2001–02 Leksands IF Allsv 429132250 9921116 2002–03 Leksands IF SEL 494212551 500010 2003–04 Leksands IF SEL 5014193342 ————— 2004–05 Leksands IF Allsv 4315233836 102578 2005–06 Leksands IF SEL 347101730 ————— 2006–07 Linköpings HC SEL 5515173232 1559146 2007–08 Linköpings HC SEL 5410223244 1536910 2008–09 Linköpings HC SEL 5521214238 74484 2009–10 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk KHL 5513253830 70112 2010–11 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk KHL 393121532 71232 2011–12 CSKA Moscow KHL 536182428 51126 2012–13 CSKA Moscow KHL 428111914 70004 2013–14 Rapperswil–Jona Lakers NLA 4511182916 ————— 2014–15 Rapperswil–Jona Lakers NLA 4317223916 ————— 2015–16 Linköpings HC SHL 508172516 62020 2016–17 Linköpings HC SHL 507152216 60114 2017–18 Linköpings HC SHL 523111432 70002 2018–19 Mjölby HC Div.2 11122 10002SHL totals 610 97 167 264 388 64 14 20 34 36 KHL totals 189 30 66 96 104 26 2 4 6 14

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 1997 Sweden EJC18 5 0 0 0 2 1998 Sweden WJC 6th 7 0 2 2 10 1999 Sweden WJC 4th 6 2 2 4 2 2009 Sweden WC 9 2 4 6 4 2010 Sweden WC 9 0 4 4 0 2011 Sweden WC 8 3 0 3 8 2012 Sweden WC 6th 8 2 1 3 2 2013 Sweden WC 9 0 2 2 2 Junior totals 18 2 4 6 14 Senior totals 43 7 11 18 16