Niklas Rubin (born December 23, 1995) is a

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professional

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. He currently plays for

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of the

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. Rubin has previously played for

Luleå HF Luleå Hockeyförening is an ice hockey club from Luleå, Sweden. The club has been playing in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), the top tier of ice hockey in Sweden, since the 1984–85 season. They are the northernmost team in the league and h ...

and

Frölunda HC Frölunda Hockey Club, previously known as the Frölunda Indians, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Gothenburg. They currently play in the highest Swedish league, the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), formerly the Elitserien, where th ...

in the SHL. Rubin has also played for the Swedish national hockey team.

Career

Professional

Porin Ässät (2022-present)

In 2022, Niklas Rubin signed a one-year contract to

. On 30 December 2022 Rubin became the first Ässät goalie to be credited with a goal when TPS player

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scored on his own net. On January 26 2023, Porin Ässät announced that Rubin had signed a one-year extension to his contract. Ässät announced the contract of the star goalie on a

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titled "Ihan tavallinen video" (Finnish for "A completely normal video"). The title was later changed to "Niklas Rubin jatkaa Ässissä".

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* 1995 births Living people Frölunda HC players Luleå HF players People from Kungsbacka Swedish ice hockey goaltenders Tingsryds AIF players Sportspeople from Halland County {{Sweden-icehockey-player-stub