Yared Hagos (born 27 March 1983) is a

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former professional

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n descent, who last played for the

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in the UK's

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. He also recently played with the

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in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).

Playing career

Hagos started playing professionally in the Swedish elite league in the 2000–01 season with

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. He played for AIK for one more season before playing two seasons with

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. He was drafted by

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in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, as their third pick, 70th overall. Hagos played for the

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in the AHL for two seasons, totalling 44 points in 132 regular season games. For the 2007–08 season he returned to his native Sweden and played with

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, but after team was relegated from play in Elitserien, he signed a one-year contract with the Swedish Champions of 2008,

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. Halfway through the 2008–09 season, he changed club again, this time to Södertälje SK. Hagos played only 26 games in his return to AIK in the 2014–15 season, before securing a release to sign for his second German DEL team, Krefeld Pinguine, on 19 January 2015. On 24 April 2015, Hagos was signed to a one-year extension with Pinguine. In November 2016, Hagos signed for the

as the replacement for Tyler Mosienko who had left the team. On June 13, 2017, Hagos officially announced his retirement.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

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* 1983 births Ice hockey people from Stockholm AIK IF players Dallas Stars draft picks HV71 players Black ice hockey players Iowa Stars players Kölner Haie players Krefeld Pinguine players Living people Mora IK players Skellefteå AIK players Södertälje SK players Sheffield Steelers players Swedish ice hockey centres Swedish expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Swedish people of Ethiopian descent Swedish sportspeople of African descent Sportspeople of Ethiopian descent Timrå IK players {{Sweden-icehockey-centre-stub