Ice hockey player
| Niklas Nordgren | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
(2000-05-04) 4 May 2000 (age 24) Helsinki, Finland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb) | ||
| Position | Right wing | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| Mestis team Former teams |
Kiekko-Vantaa HIFK Lahti Pelicans | ||
| NHL draft |
74th overall, 2018 Chicago Blackhawks | ||
| Playing career | 2017–present | ||
Niklas Nordgren (born 4 May 2000) is a Finnish professional ice hockey Forward who currently plays as a right wing for Kiekko-Vantaa of the Finnish Mestis.
Playing career
He represented Finland in the 2018 IIHF World U18 Championships where he won the gold medal, scoring the game-winning goal in the gold medal game on a shorthanded breakaway with Jesperi Kotkaniemi's assistance.
Nordgren was projected as a top eligible draft pick for the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, and was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks in the third round, 74th overall.
Having left HIFK on an initial loan move during the 2020–21 season to Lahti Pelicans, Nordgren's tenure with the Pelicans was made permanent in the off-season after signing a two-year contract extension on 20 May 2021.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2016–17 | HIFK | Jr. A | 40 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 32 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 4 | ||
| 2017–18 | HIFK | Jr. A | 28 | 13 | 29 | 42 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | ||
| 2017–18 | HIFK | Liiga | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | HIFK | Jr. A | 13 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | HIFK | Liiga | 15 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | HIFK | Jr. A | 16 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | HIFK | Liiga | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | HIFK | Liiga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Lahti Pelicans | Liiga | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | Lahti Pelicans | Liiga | 19 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | Peliitat | Mestis | 26 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | Lahti Pelicans | Liiga | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | Peliitat | Mestis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2023–24 | Kiekko-Vantaa | Mestis | 47 | 21 | 28 | 49 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Liiga totals | 80 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  Finland
| ||
| Ice hockey | ||
| World U18 Championships | ||
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2018 Russia | |
International
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Finland | U17 | 7th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2018 | Finland | U18 | 
|
7 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 4 | |
| Junior totals | 12 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 6 | ||||
References
- ^ Niklas Nordgren career statistics at EliteProspects.com
- "Pelicans agree to terms with three players" (in Finnish). Lahti Pelicans. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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