Niclas Hävelid

Niclas Hävelid (born 12 April 1973 in Stockholm ) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who was active in the Swedish Elitserien, as well as the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and Atlanta Thrashers in the National Hockey League during his career for the AIK and Linköpings HC. Since his career end in April 2013 he works as a coach.

Career

In the 1991/92 season Niclas Hävelid began his career in professional hockey with AIK Solna. Until 1998, the defender played a total of seven years with AIK. In the 1998/99 season at Premier League rivals Malmö Redhawks him the breakthrough with 22 scorer points, including ten goals, which was a personal high score for him. During the NHL Entry Draft in 1999 the Swede than a total of 83 players was selected by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.

In 1999 Hävelid played for the first time in a North American professional league and scored nine points ( two goals, seven assists ) in 50 games for Anaheim. His debut in the National Hockey League he gave on October 2, 1999 in a game against the Dallas Stars. A month later, on 19 November, he scored against the Chicago Blackhawks scored his first goal and his first assist for the Ducks. The new millennium began Hävelid with an injury. Due to a broken finger, he missed 22 games and had from 15 January to March 8, 2000 expose nearly two months. To re- play matches quickly after his injury, Hävelid ran in two games for the Anaheim's farm team, the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks on.

Against the Columbus Blue Jackets come to Sweden on 13 December 2000 two goals and four assists, which meant a Karrierekord for him. Due to an injury he incurred against the Pittsburgh Penguins on January 15, 2001, Hävelid missed another 35 games. The 2002/03 season was the most successful defender in his career. He was one of only five players in the Ducks, who were in all 82 games of the regular season on the ice and was 33 points ( 11 goals, 22 assists) to reach the playoffs in. In the playoffs, succeeded in moving into the Stanley Cup final, but they lost to the New Jersey Devils with 3:4 in the best- of-seven series. In the seventh and final game of the series Anaheim had no chance with a 0-3 defeat.

March 16, 2004 Hävelid came in a game against the Phoenix Coyotes for his 300th game in the National Hockey League. In the summer of that year he was transferred in exchange for Kurtis Foster to the Atlanta Thrashers. During the lockout Hävelid played for Södertälje SK in his native Sweden and scored four points in 46 games (2 goals, 2 assists). With Södertälje he reached the semifinals in the domestic league. After the resumption of gaming operations in the NHL, he returned to the Thrashers. Due to its performance in the NHL 2005/2006 season, the Swede the Dan Snyder Memorial Award, an award conferred internally the Thrashers won for the first time in his career.

On January 6, 2007 Hävelid scored his 100th Assist in the NHL. In the season 2006/ 07 Hävelid contributed 21 points ( 3 goals, 18 assists) for the first time, reaching the Thrashers since the inception of franchise in.

Internationally

For Sweden Hävelid took part in the European Junior Championships in 1991, the World Youth Championship in 1993, the Izvestia Cup, as the Ice Hockey World Championship for Men 1998 the Ice Hockey World Championship for Men in 2004 and 2006 Olympics in part.

Awards and achievements

NHL stats

(End of season 2010/11)