Niklas Eriksson
Niklas Urban Eriksson is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player, continuing as an ice hockey coach. He won a gold medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics. Eriksson played most of his years in Leksands IF, and has also represented IFK Helsingfors and HC Pustertal Wölfe. With 721 games for Leksands IF Eriksson is the player with most games for the club, and as of 2019 Eriksson is one of the honored players with jersey number 16 up in the ceeling of Tegera Arena.
After ending his career as a player in 2008 Eriksson continued as a coach. After coaching Leksands IF Eriksson has coached Lillehammer IK and Almtuna IS. He is since 2018 Head Coach for Örebro HK.Career statistics
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