David Nyström (born February 21, 1980) is a former Swedish professional
ice hockey
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player who played in the
Swedish Hockey League
The Swedish Hockey League (SHL; ) is a professional ice hockey league in Sweden and the highest level of the ice hockey in Sweden, Swedish ice hockey system. The league currently consists of 14 teams. The league was founded in 1975, and while Li ...
(SHL) and Norwegian
GET-ligaen
EliteHockey Ligaen (EHL) is the premier Norwegian ice hockey league, organised by the Norwegian Ice Hockey Association. It comprises 10 clubs and works on the premise of promotion and relegation, in which the two teams who placed last must play ...
.
Nyström was drafted in the eighth round of the
1999 NHL Entry Draft by the
Philadelphia Flyers
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, but he never played professionally in North America.
He spent the first eight seasons of his professional career in Sweden, playing parts of two seasons in the SHL with
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 ...
and
Södertälje SK
Södertälje Sportklubb, also known as Södertälje SK and often referred to as SSK, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club playing in HockeyAllsvenskan, the second highest level of pro hockey in Sweden. Södertälje were charter members of El ...
, and five of his final six seasons in Norway, playing for
Vålerenga
Vålerenga () is a neighbourhood in the city of Oslo, Norway, belonging to the borough of Gamle Oslo. Vålerenga is located between the neighbourhoods of Gamlebyen, Jordal, Ensjø, Etterstad and Lodalen. Vålerenga is in particular known for i ...
and
Frisk Asker
Idrettsforeningen Frisk Asker is a Norwegian sports club from Asker, Akershus. It has sections for association football and ice hockey. It also used to play bandy
Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two team sport, teams wearing ...
.
He is the son of former SHL player and head coach
Lars-Fredrik Nyström.
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1980 births
Living people
Frisk Asker Ishockey players
Frölunda HC players
IF Troja-Ljungby players
Philadelphia Flyers draft picks
Skellefteå AIK players
Södertälje SK players
Ice hockey people from Stockholm
Swedish ice hockey right wingers
Vålerenga Ishockey players
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