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Niklas Hagman

Niklas Hagman
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Born (1979-12-05) December 5, 1979 (age 37)
Espoo, Finland
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shoots Left
Liiga team
Former teams
Kärpät
HIFK
Espoo Blues
Kärpät
Florida Panthers
HC Davos
Dallas Stars
Toronto Maple Leafs
Calgary Flames
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Ässät
HC Fribourg-Gottéron
Jokerit
National team  Finland
NHL Draft 70th overall, 1999
Florida Panthers
Playing career 1997–present
Medal record
Representing Finland Finland
Men's ice hockey
World Junior Championship
Gold medal – first place 1998 Finland
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2006 Turin
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Vancouver

Niklas Hagman (born December 5, 1979) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for Kärpät in the Finnish Liiga. He was a third round pick of the Florida Panthers, 70th overall, at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft and made his National Hockey League (NHL) debut with Florida in 2001. He has also played for the Dallas Stars, Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames and Anaheim Ducks in the NHL, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the KHL, HIFK, Espoo Blues and Kärpät in the SM-liiga and HC Davos in the Swiss National League A.

An accomplished international player, Hagman has represented Finland at three Winter Olympic Games, winning a silver medal in 2006 and bronze at 2010. He played on the Finnish team that reached the final of the 2004 World Cup of Hockey, has appeared in five World Championships and twice played at the World Junior Championships, winning a gold medal in 1998.

Hagman grew up playing with HIFK, appearing with their under-18 and junior teams between 1995 and 1999. He played his first professional games in 1997–98 with HIFK. He appeared in eight games in the SM-liiga, Finland's top league, and scored his first goal. He split the majority of the 1998–99 season between HIFK's senior and junior teams before he was sent to the Espoo Blues to complete the season.


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