{{short description|Swedish ice hockey player}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | name = | image = Niklas Persson 2010-1.JPG | caption = | image_size = 230px | ntl_team = SWE | position = Centre/Right wing | shoots = Left | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2 | weight_lb = 205 | played_for = Leksands IF<br> Linköpings HC<br> Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk<br> CSKA Moscow<br>Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|3|26}} | birth_place = Ösmo, Sweden | career_start = 1997 | career_end = 2019 }}
'''Niklas Persson''' (born March 26, 1979) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player who most notably played as captain for Linköpings HC in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He is the current president of hockey operations with Linköpings HC.
Persson retired from hockey in 2018 after playing more than 600 SHL games.<ref>{{cite web |title="Det var alldeles för svårt att tacka nej till" |url=https://www.expressen.se/sport/hockey/shl/det-var-alldeles-for-svart-att-tacka-nej-till/ |website=expressen.se |accessdate=12 September 2018 |language=Swedish |date=19 August 2018}}</ref> After a brief return to playing with Mjölby HC in the Division 2, Persson continued to work within Linköpings HC, given the role of assistant general manager before assuming the general manager's role to begin the 2019–20 season.
Persson is the cousin of Robert Nilsson who also plays professional ice hockey.<ref>{{cite web |title=The kids are alright |url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=5633&cHash=9b25b803d92159922e73ce129046e8a6 |website=iihf.com |accessdate=12 September 2018 |date=28 April 2011}}</ref>
==Career statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 1994–95 | Huddinge IK | J20 | 3||0||0||0||0 | —||—||—||—||— |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1995–96 | Leksands IF | J20 | 8||1||2||3||0 | —||—||—||—||— |- | 1996–97 | Leksands IF | J20 | 29||18||15||33||12 | —||—||—||—||— |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1997–98 | Leksands IF | J20 | 20||10||12||22||30 | —||—||—||—||— |- | 1997–98 | Leksands IF | SEL | 17||2||3||5||4 | 2||0||0||0||0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1998–99 | Leksands IF | SEL | 47||1||2||3||6 | 1||0||0||0||0 |- | 1999–00 | Leksands IF | SEL | 49||2||5||7||34 | —||—||—||—||— |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2000–01 | Leksands IF | SEL | 48||3||4||7||43 | —||—||—||—||— |- | 2001–02 | Leksands IF | Allsv | 42||9||13||22||50 | 9||9||2||11||16 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2002–03 | Leksands IF | SEL | 49||4||21||25||51 | 5||0||0||0||10 |- | 2003–04 | Leksands IF | SEL | 50||14||19||33||42 | —||—||—||—||— |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2004–05 | Leksands IF | Allsv | 43||15||23||38||36 | 10||2||5||7||8 |- | 2005–06 | Leksands IF | SEL | 34||7||10||17||30 | —||—||—||—||— |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2006–07 | Linköpings HC | SEL | 55||15||17||32||32 | 15||5||9||14||6 |- | 2007–08 | Linköpings HC | SEL | 54||10||22||32||44 | 15||3||6||9||10 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2008–09 | Linköpings HC | SEL | 55||21||21||42||38 | 7||4||4||8||4 |- | 2009–10 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | KHL | 55||13||25||38||30 | 7||0||1||1||2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2010–11 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | KHL | 39||3||12||15||32 | 7||1||2||3||2 |- | 2011–12 | CSKA Moscow | KHL | 53||6||18||24||28 | 5||1||1||2||6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2012–13 | CSKA Moscow | KHL | 42||8||11||19||14 | 7||0||0||0||4 |- | 2013–14 | Rapperswil–Jona Lakers | NLA | 45||11||18||29||16 | —||—||—||—||— |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2014–15 | Rapperswil–Jona Lakers | NLA | 43||17||22||39||16 | —||—||—||—||— |- | 2015–16 | Linköpings HC | SHL | 50||8||17||25||16 | 6||2||0||2||0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2016–17 | Linköpings HC | SHL | 50||7||15||22||16 | 6||0||1||1||4 |- | 2017–18 | Linköpings HC | SHL | 52||3||11||14||32 | 7||0||0||0||2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2018–19 | Mjölby HC | Div.2 | 1||1||1||2||2 | 1||0||0||0||2 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" |SHL totals ! 610 ! 97 ! 167 ! 264 ! 388 ! 64 ! 14 ! 20 ! 34 ! 36 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | KHL totals ! 189 ! 30 ! 66 ! 96 ! 104 ! 26 ! 2 ! 4 ! 6 ! 14 |} {{MedalTableTop|name = }} {{MedalSport | Ice hockey}} {{MedalCountry | {{SWE}} }} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalGold | 2013 Sweden/Finland | }} {{MedalSilver | 2011 Slovakia | }} {{MedalBronze | 2009 Switzerland | }} {{MedalBronze | 2010 Germany | }} {{MedalBottom}}
===International=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:40em" |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! Result ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 1997 | Sweden | EJC18 | {{silver2}} | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1998 | Sweden | WJC | 6th | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 |- | 1999 | Sweden | WJC | 4th | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2009 | Sweden | WC | {{bronze3}} | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 |- | 2010 | Sweden | WC | {{bronze3}} | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2011 | Sweden | WC | {{silver2}} | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |- | 2012 | Sweden | WC | 6th | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2013 | Sweden | WC | {{gold1}} | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="4" | Junior totals ! 18 ! 2 ! 4 ! 6 ! 14 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="4" | Senior totals ! 43 ! 7 ! 11 ! 18 ! 16 |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{icehockeystats}}
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