Nichlas Hardt (born 6 July 1988) is a Danish professional

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Forward who currently plays for the

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of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).

Playing career

Hardt was selected Rookie of the Year in the Danish ice hockey league in 2007, where he represented the

Herlev Hornets The Herlev Hornets were a Denmark, Danish professional ice hockey team playing in the top Danish ice hockey league Oddset Ligaen, AL-Bank Ligaen. The team is located in the Copenhagen suburb of Herlev. In 2011, the team returned to the top Danish ...

. Despite his relatively small stature, Hardt is known for his physical style of play, throwing many hits while being a relentless forechecker. He became the first Danish player to play in the top

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league, the

SM-liiga The SM-liiga (marketed as just Liiga from 2013 on), (Finnish for ''League'') colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in English or FM-ligan in Swedish, is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. It is one of the six founding leagu ...

, when he joined

Tappara Tappara (; Finnish for "Battle axe") is a Finnish professional ice hockey team playing in the Liiga. They play at ''Tampere Deck Arena'' in Tampere, Finland. The team has won 18 Finnish league championships (1959, 1961, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979, ...

towards the end of the 2007–08 season. In the playoffs, he enjoyed considerable success for Tappara, registering 4 goals and 3 assists in 11 games as Tappara went on to finish third in the playoffs and win the bronze medals. On 16 April 2014, Hardt left

Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; russian: Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХЛ), Kontinental'naya khokkeynaya liga) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs ba ...

bound

Jokerit Helsingin Jokerit (English: Jokers or Jesters) are a professional ice hockey team based in Helsinki, Finland. The team won six league championships as a member of the Finnish SM-liiga (1973, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, and 2002). Jokerit plays its h ...

after three seasons and signed a contract with SHL club, Linköpings HC for the 2014–15 season.

International play

He represented

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at the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and again at the

2008 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships The 2008 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships was the 72nd such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams representing 48 countries participated in four levels of competition. The competition also served as qualification for ...

and

2010 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships The 2010 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships was the 74th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams representing 48 countries participated in four levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for ...

References

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* 1988 births Danish ice hockey forwards Herlev Hornets players Jokerit players Living people Linköping HC players Malmö Redhawks players Tappara players Sportspeople from Rødovre Växjö Lakers players {{Denmark-icehockey-bio-stub