Daniel Niklas Bång (born 19 April 1987) is a Swedish former professional

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. He played 8 NHL games with the

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but spend most of the 2012/13 season with their

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(AHL) affiliate the

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. He played as a

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with Kista HC and AIK. Bång has previously played for AIK of the Swedish top-tier league

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(SEL). He signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Nashville Predators of the

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(NHL) worth $0.7 million

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on 1 June 2012. After signing a 1-year contract with

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of the Swiss

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(NLA) he signed a 2-year extension in January 2014. He was part of the LHC team who qualified for the playoffs for the first time in the club's history on 4 March 2014. They went on to push the top seed

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to a seventh game that they lost 1–0 in Zurich.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

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* 1987 births Living people AIK IF players Lausanne HC players Milwaukee Admirals players Nashville Predators players Ice hockey people from Stockholm Swedish ice hockey right wingers Undrafted National Hockey League players {{Sweden-icehockey-winger-stub