Niklas Hagman | |||
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Born |
Espoo, Finland |
December 5, 1979 ||
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 |
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National team | Finland | ||
NHL Draft | 70th overall, 1999 Florida Panthers |
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Playing career | 1997–present |
Medal record | ||
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Representing Finland | ||
Men's ice hockey | ||
World Junior Championship | ||
1998 Finland | ||
Olympic Games | ||
2006 Turin | ||
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.