Niclas Burström (born January 25, 1991) is a

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professional

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who currently plays for

IK Oskarshamn IK Oskarshamn is an ice hockey club from Oskarshamn in Sweden. The team plays in the top-tier league, SHL, after succeeding through the 2019 SHL qualifiers and thus earning promotion to the SHL. The 2019–20 season will be the team's first s ...

in the

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(SHL).

Playing career

Burström played as a youth in his native Sweden within the program of

Skellefteå AIK Skellefteå AIK is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Skellefteå, Sweden. They currently play In the Swedish Hockey League. They play their home games in Skellefteå Kraft Arena, which seats 6,001 spectators. The team has won the Swed ...

of the

(SHL). He made his professional debut in the 2008–09 season. On September 28, 2012, Burström as an emerging defenseman signed a four-year contract extension to remain with Champions Skellefteå. After completing his tenth season within Skellefteå's organization following the 2016–17 season, Burström left as a free agent seeking a new challenge in agreeing to a two-year contract with Russian club,

HC Vityaz Hockey Club Vityaz (, en, HC Knight) is a professional ice hockey team based in Podolsk, Moscow Oblast, Russia. They are members of the Bobrov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League. In the first few seasons of the KHL, the team was widely kn ...

of the KHL on May 3, 2017. In the 2017–18 season, Burström appeared in 29 games from the blueline, registering just 1 goal. On November 19, 2017, he was traded by Vityaz to Yugra, recapturing his form to play out the season with 6 points in 24 games. Having returned to the SHL with the

Växjö Lakers Växjö Lakers Hockey Club (often referred to as the Växjö Lakers or VLH) is a Swedish ice hockey club from Växjö in Sweden. The club plays in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL; formerly Elitserien), the top-level league of Swedish ice hockey, and ...

for the 2018–19 season, Burström then returned to original hometown club, Skellefteå AIK, agreeing on a two-year contract on 11 April 2019. Following a lone season in the

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(DEL) with the

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, Burström returned to the SHL after securing a three-year contract with IK Oskarshman on 16 April 2022.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards and honours

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Burstrom, Niclas 1991 births Living people IK Oskarshamn players People from Skellefteå Municipality Schwenninger Wild Wings players Skellefteå AIK players Swedish ice hockey defencemen Växjö Lakers players HC Vityaz players HC Yugra players Sportspeople from Västerbotten County