Niclas Wallin (born February 20, 1975 in
BodenBoden is a locality and the seat of Boden Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden with 18,680 inhabitants in 2005.- History :...
,
Norrbotten CountyNorrbotten County is a Swedish county or län in the extreme north of Sweden. It borders to Västerbotten County and the Gulf of Bothnia. It also borders the counties of Nordland and Troms in Norway, and Lapland Province in Finland....
) is a professional ice hockey player who plays for the
NHLThe National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league as a joint venture for its self perpetuating membership of 30 franchised member clubs located in the United States and Canada...
's
Carolina HurricanesThe Carolina Hurricanes are a professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League , and play their home games at the 18,680-seat RBC Center...
. His career began in Bodens IK, the hometown team. Having had a breakthrough in the 1995–96 season, he was picked up by the Swedish
ElitserienElitserien, or the Swedish Elite League , as it is often unofficially called in English, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden...
team
Brynäs IFBrynäs IF is a professional Swedish ice hockey team from Gävle. The club plays in the highest Swedish league , and has done so since 1960.-History:...
. After spending some years with
Brynäs IFBrynäs IF is a professional Swedish ice hockey team from Gävle. The club plays in the highest Swedish league , and has done so since 1960.-History:...
, Wallin was drafted in the 4th round, 97th overall by the Hurricanes at the
2000 NHL Entry DraftThe 2000 NHL Entry Draft was held from June 24 to 25 at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, following the 2000 NHL Expansion Draft on June 23 for the Columbus Blue Jackets and Minnesota Wild...
and has remained at the team to this day.
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Niclas Wallin (born February 20, 1975 in
BodenBoden is a locality and the seat of Boden Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden with 18,680 inhabitants in 2005.- History :...
,
Norrbotten CountyNorrbotten County is a Swedish county or län in the extreme north of Sweden. It borders to Västerbotten County and the Gulf of Bothnia. It also borders the counties of Nordland and Troms in Norway, and Lapland Province in Finland....
) is a professional ice hockey player who plays for the
NHLThe National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league as a joint venture for its self perpetuating membership of 30 franchised member clubs located in the United States and Canada...
's
Carolina HurricanesThe Carolina Hurricanes are a professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League , and play their home games at the 18,680-seat RBC Center...
. His career began in Bodens IK, the hometown team. Having had a breakthrough in the 1995–96 season, he was picked up by the Swedish
ElitserienElitserien, or the Swedish Elite League , as it is often unofficially called in English, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden...
team
Brynäs IFBrynäs IF is a professional Swedish ice hockey team from Gävle. The club plays in the highest Swedish league , and has done so since 1960.-History:...
. After spending some years with
Brynäs IFBrynäs IF is a professional Swedish ice hockey team from Gävle. The club plays in the highest Swedish league , and has done so since 1960.-History:...
, Wallin was drafted in the 4th round, 97th overall by the Hurricanes at the
2000 NHL Entry DraftThe 2000 NHL Entry Draft was held from June 24 to 25 at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, following the 2000 NHL Expansion Draft on June 23 for the Columbus Blue Jackets and Minnesota Wild...
and has remained at the team to this day. During the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Wallin returned to his native Sweden playing 39 games for
Luleå HFLuleå Hockeyförening is an ice hockey club from Luleå, Sweden. Luleå has played in Elitserien constantly since the 1984-85 season. They have won the Swedish championships once, in 1996...
. In
2006The 2006 Stanley Cup Final was a best-of-seven playoff series that determined the National Hockey League champion for the 2005–06 season. As a culmination of the 2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, the Eastern Conference champion Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Western Conference champion Edmonton Oilers...
, he won his first
Stanley CupThe Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club cup trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion. It has been referred to as The Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
with the
Carolina HurricanesThe Carolina Hurricanes are a professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League , and play their home games at the 18,680-seat RBC Center...
.
Niclas Wallin is known to many Hurricanes fans as "The Secret Weapon" due to his timing with postseason goals. He has only scored three of them, but they have all come in overtime, including "The Miracle at Molson" game in
MontrealMontreal is the second-largest city in Canada and the largest city in the province of Quebec. Originally called Ville-Marie , the city takes its present name from Mont-Royal, the triple-peaked hill located in the heart of the city, whose name was also initially given to the island on which the...
in
2002The 2002 Stanley Cup playoffs, the championships of the National Hockey League was played from April until June. The Detroit Red Wings defeated the Carolina Hurricanes four games to one to clinch the 10th championship in their history. It was the Hurricanes first ever appearance in the championship...
and game 2 of the
2006 postseasonThe 2006 Stanley Cup playoffs for the National Hockey League championship began on April 21, 2006, following the 2005–06 regular season. The sixteen teams that qualified, seeded one through eight from each conference, played best-of-seven series with re-seeding after the conference quarterfinals...
series against the
New Jersey DevilsThe New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
.
He scored in his own net once during a delayed penalty.
Career statistics
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G A goal in ice hockey provides a team with one point. Unlike in American football, where a touchdown is scored if any part of the football crosses any part of the goal line, in ice hockey the entire puck must completely cross the goal line for a goal to be awarded.-Method of scoring:The object of...
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A In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal...
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Pts Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player who either scores a goal or earns an assist during a game. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one...
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PIMA penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes during which the player can not participate in play...
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GP |
G |
A |
Pts |
PIM |
| 1996–97 |
Brynäs IF Brynäs IF is a professional Swedish ice hockey team from Gävle. The club plays in the highest Swedish league , and has done so since 1960.-History:...
|
SEL Elitserien, or the Swedish Elite League , as it is often unofficially called in English, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden...
|
47 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
16 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| 1997–98 |
Brynäs IF |
SEL |
46 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
95 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| 1998–99 |
Brynäs IF |
SEL |
46 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
52 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
| 1999–00 |
Brynäs IF |
SEL |
48 |
7 |
9 |
16 |
73 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| 2000–01 |
Cincinnati Cyclones The Cincinnati Cyclones are a professional hockey team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The team is a member of the ECHL. Founded in 1990, the team first played their games in the Cincinnati Gardens and now play at U.S. Bank Arena....
|
IHL |
8 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| 2000–01 |
Carolina HurricanesThe Carolina Hurricanes are a professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League , and play their home games at the 18,680-seat RBC Center...
|
NHL |
37 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
21 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| 2001–02 |
Carolina Hurricanes |
NHL |
52 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
36 |
23 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
12 |
| 2002–03 |
Carolina Hurricanes |
NHL |
77 |
2 |
8 |
10 |
71 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| 2003–04 |
Carolina Hurricanes |
NHL |
57 |
3 |
7 |
10 |
51 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| 2004–05 |
Luleå HF Luleå Hockeyförening is an ice hockey club from Luleå, Sweden. Luleå has played in Elitserien constantly since the 1984-85 season. They have won the Swedish championships once, in 1996...
|
SEL |
39 |
6 |
7 |
13 |
89 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
| 2005–06 |
Carolina Hurricanes |
NHL |
50 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
42 |
25 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
14 |
| 2006–07 |
Carolina Hurricanes |
NHL |
67 |
2 |
8 |
10 |
48 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| 2007–08 |
Carolina Hurricanes |
NHL |
66 |
2 |
6 |
8 |
54 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
2008–09The 2008–09 NHL season was the 91st season of the National Hockey League. It was the first season since prior to the 2004–05 lockout in which every team played each other at least once during the season, following three seasons where teams only played against two divisions in the other conference ...
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Carolina Hurricanes |
NHL |
64 |
2 |
8 |
10 |
42 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
| NHL totals |
470 |
18 |
46 |
64 |
365 |
69 |
3 |
5 |
8 |
32 |
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