Niklas Svedberg (born 4 September 1989) is a

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professional

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currently playing under contract with the

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of the

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(DEL). He won a Swedish championship title in 2012 with

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Playing career

On 29 May 2012, the

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announced that they had signed Svedberg from the Swedish Elite League to an Entry Level Contract. Svedberg made his AHL debut on 19 October 2012 against the

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. Svedberg was called up to the Boston Bruins on 24 May 2013. Svedberg was also voted as the AHL 2012–13 goalie of the year. Svedberg made his NHL debut on 2 January 2014 in a home game against the

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, playing all 60:50 of game time into a short

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, resulting in a 3-2 Bruins win. After the Bruins were eliminated by the

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in the

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, on 23 June 2014 Svedberg was signed to a one-year, one-way contract by the Bruins, in anticipation of 2013–14 Bruins backup goaltender

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becoming an unrestricted free agent. He appeared in 18 games with the Bruins over the course of the season, collecting 7 wins As a restricted free agent after his first year as the Bruins backup in the 2014–15 season, Svedberg opted to sign a one-year KHL contract with Russian club,

Salavat Yulaev Ufa Hockey Club Salavat Yulaev (russian: Хоккейный клуб «Салават Юлаев», Hokkejnyj klub «Salavat Julajev»; ba, «Салауат Юлаев» хоккей клубы, «Salawat Yulayev» xokkey klubı), commonly referred ...

on 10 May 2015. After leading all KHL goaltenders in games won during 2015–16, he re-signed a two-year contract extension with Salavat. Sveberg was released from the final year of his contract with Salavat in order to return to the NHL ranks, agreeing to a one-year, two-way contract as a free agent with the

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on 1 July 2017. In the 2017–18 season within the Wild organization, Svedberg was assigned for the duration of the year to AHL affiliate, the

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. In 44 appearances he compiled 18 wins with 18 losses. On June 8, 2018, Svedberg as an impending free agent signed a two-year contract to return to Sweden with

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in the SHL. In the 2018–19 season, Svedberg registered just 10 wins in 35 games with Timrå IK, unable to keep the club from suffering relegation to the Allsvenskan. In order to continue in the SHL, Svedberg left Timrå IK and agreed to join original hometown junior club, Djurgårdens IF for the final year of his contract on 7 June 2019.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Svedberg, Niklas 1989 births Living people Boston Bruins players Brynäs IF players Djurgårdens IF Hockey players Fischtown Pinguins players Iowa Wild players Modo Hockey players People from Sollentuna Municipality Providence Bruins players Salavat Yulaev Ufa players Swedish expatriate ice hockey people Swedish ice hockey goaltenders Timrå IK players Undrafted National Hockey League players Sportspeople from Stockholm County