Niklas Sjökvist (born July 20, 1970) is a

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former

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player. He is the father of proplayer Tobias Sjökvist.

Career

In 1986 Sjökvist made his debut for

Bofors IK BIK Karlskoga is a Swedish ice hockey team based in Karlskoga, Sweden. They are currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, the HockeyAllsvenskan. In 1963, the club IFK Bofors was merged with Karlskoga IF and formed KB 63 (formally I ...

for which he played in Division 1 and Division 2. He played for

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and

IF Troja-Ljungby IF Troja-Ljungby is a Swedish ice hockey club from Ljungby, Sweden. They are currently playing in the third highest league in Sweden, Hockeyettan Hockeyettan is the third tier of ice hockey in Sweden. As of the 2015–16 season, the league c ...

in Division 1. In 1996 he started playing for

Färjestad BK Färjestad Bollklubb (; abbreviated as FBK) is a Swedish professional ice hockey team based in Karlstad. Färjestad has had 21 Swedish Championship final appearances, winning ten times since the Swedish Hockey League (SHL; formerly Elitserien) ...

in the Elitserien, he won two Swedish titles with them. In his first season in the Elitserien he became Rookie of the Year. He stopped playing in 2000 after an injury. In 2002-2003 he was an assistant-coach at

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

References

External links

* 1970 births Living people Färjestad BK players Swedish ice hockey centres People from Karlskoga Municipality Ice hockey people from Örebro County {{Sweden-icehockey-player-stub