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| former_teams = [[Anaheim Ducks|Mighty Ducks of Anaheim]]
| former_teams = [[Anaheim Ducks|Mighty Ducks of Anaheim]]
| league = [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| league = [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| position = [[Defenceman (ice hockey)|Defence]]
| position = [[Defenceman (ice hockey)|Defense]]
| shoots = Left
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 6
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| nationality = SWE
| nationality = SWE
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|4|12}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|4|12}}
| birth_place = [[Enköping]], [[Sweden]]
| birth_place = [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]]
| draft = 83rd overall
| draft = 83rd overall
| draft_year = 1999
| draft_year = 1999
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'''Niclas Hävelid''' (born [[April 12]], [[1973]] in [[Enköping]], [[Sweden]]) is a [[professional]] [[ice hockey]] defenceman who currently plays for the [[Atlanta Thrashers]] of the [[National Hockey League]].
'''Niclas Hävelid''' (born [[April 12]], [[1973]] in [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]]) is a [[professional]] [[ice hockey]] defenseman and Alternate Captain who currently plays for the [[Atlanta Thrashers]] of the [[National Hockey League]]. While born in [[Stockholm]], he was raised in [[Enköping]], roughly 78 km west of his birthplace.



Havelid was drafted 83rd overall by the [[Anaheim Mighty Ducks]] in the [[1999 NHL Entry Draft]]. In the summer of 2004, he was traded to the Thrashers for defenseman [[Kurtis Foster]].
==Playing Career==

Hävelid began his hockey career playing locally around his home of [[Enköping]] in League III of the [[Swedish Ice Hockey Association|SIHA]]. After two seasons with the Enköpings he moved to [[AIK Hockey|AIK]], a team based in [[Solna]], just north of [[Stockholm]]. Currently in the [[Swedish Ice Hockey Association|SIHA's]] second highest league, [[AIK Hockey|AIK]] had at the time of Hävelid's arrival won the Swedish championship seven times (1934, 1935, 1938, 1946, 1947, 1982, 1984) and had been runner-up six other times (1930, 1936, 1940, 1968, 1978, 1981).

He continued with [[AIK Hockey|AIK]] until the 1998-99 season when he went to the [[Malmö Redhawks]].

Hävelid was drafted 83rd overall by the [[Anaheim Mighty Ducks]] in the [[1999 NHL Entry Draft]]. In the summer of 2004, he was traded to the Thrashers for defenseman [[Kurtis Foster]].

==Awards==

* 2006 - [[Dan Snyder Memorial Award]]


==Career statistics==
==Career statistics==
{| BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" ID="Table3"
{| BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" width="75%" style="text-align:center"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  
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! Pts
! Pts
! PIM
! PIM
|-
| 1988-89
| Enköpings
| [[Swedish Ice Hockey Association|SIHA]]
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|-
| 1989-80
| Enköpings
| [[Swedish Ice Hockey Association|SIHA]]
| 24
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 28
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|-
| 1990-91
| Arlanda
| [[Swedish Ice Hockey Association|SIHA]]
| 30
| 2
| 3
| 5
| 22
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|-
| 1991-92
| [[AIK Hockey|AIK]]
| [[Swedish Ice Hockey Association|SIHA]]
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|-
| 1992-93
| [[AIK Hockey|AIK]]
| [[Swedish Ice Hockey Association|SIHA]]
| 30
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
|-
| 1993-94
| [[AIK Hockey|AIK]]
| [[Swedish Ice Hockey Association|SIHA]]
| 22
| 3
| 9
| 12
| 14
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|-
| 1994-95
| [[AIK Hockey|AIK]]
| [[Swedish Ice Hockey Association|SIHA]]
| 40
| 3
| 7
| 10
| 38
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|- ALIGN="center"
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[1999-00 NHL season|1999-00]]
| [[1999-00 NHL season|1999-00]]
| [[Anaheim Mighty Ducks]]
| '''[[Anaheim Mighty Ducks]]'''
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 50
| 50
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|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2000-01 NHL season|2000-01]]
| [[2000-01 NHL season|2000-01]]
| Anaheim Mighty Ducks
| '''[[Anaheim Mighty Ducks]]'''
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| NHL
| 47
| 47
| 4
| 4
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|- ALIGN="center"
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2001-02 NHL season|2001-02]]
| [[2001-02 NHL season|2001-02]]
| Anaheim Mighty Ducks
| '''[[Anaheim Mighty Ducks]]'''
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| NHL
| 52
| 52
| 1
| 1
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|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2002-03 NHL season|2002-03]]
| [[2002-03 NHL season|2002-03]]
| Anaheim Mighty Ducks
| '''[[Anaheim Mighty Ducks]]'''
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| NHL
| 82
| 82
| 11
| 11
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|- ALIGN="center"
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2003-04 NHL season|2003-04]]
| [[2003-04 NHL season|2003-04]]
| Anaheim Mighty Ducks
| '''[[Anaheim Mighty Ducks]]'''
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| NHL
| 79
| 79
| 6
| 6
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|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2005-06 NHL season|2005-06]]
| [[2005-06 NHL season|2005-06]]
| [[Atlanta Thrashers]]
| '''[[Atlanta Thrashers]]'''
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| NHL
| 82
| 82
| 4
| 4
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|- ALIGN="center"
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2006-07 NHL season|2006-07]]
| [[2006-07 NHL season|2006-07]]
| Atlanta Thrashers
| '''[[Atlanta Thrashers]]'''
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| NHL
| 77
| 77
| 3
| 3
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| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | SIHA totals
! 469
! 31
! 107
! 138
! 252
! 25
! 0
! 6
! 6
! 2
|- bgcolor="#ffffff"
|
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
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|}
|}

{{MedalTop}}
==International Play==
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Ice hockey at the Olympic Games|Ice hockey]]}}

{{MedalTableTop}}
{{MedalCountry| {{SWE}} }}
{{MedalSport | Men's Ice Hockey }}
{{MedalCompetition| [[IIHF World U20 Championship|World Junior Championship]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[IIHF World U20 Championship|1993 Gävle]]|Ice Hockey}}
{{MedalCompetition| [[Ice Hockey World Championships| World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Ice Hockey World Championships|1998 Zürich]]|Ice Hockey}}
{{MedalSilver| [[Ice Hockey World Championships|2004 Prague]]|Ice Hockey}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2006 Winter Olympics|2006 Turin]] | [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Ice hockey]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2006 Winter Olympics|2006 Turin]] | [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Ice hockey]]}}
{{MedalBottom}}
{{MedalBottom}}

{{sweden-icehockey-bio-stub}}
Played for Team [[Sweden]] in<ref name="TS">{{Cite web|url=http://www.swehockey.se/files/%7B228C1440-DF2E-4190-9AEA-779DB76F67D9%7D.pdf|title=World Championship and Olympic Games players in alphabetical order since 1920|accessdate=2008-02-21}}</ref>

* '''1991''' - European Junior Championships
* '''1993''' - World Junior Championship
* '''1995''' - Izvestia Tournament
* '''1998''' - World Championships (With current teammate [[Johan Hedberg]])
* '''2004''' - World Championships
* '''2006''' - Olympic Games

{| BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" width="55%" style="text-align:center"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! colspan="5" | Regular&nbsp;season
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Season
! Team
! League
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|-
| 1991
| {{flagicon|SWE}}
| European Junior Championships
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1993
| {{flagicon|SWE}}
| World Junior Championships
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10
|-
| 1998
| {{flagicon|SWE}}
| World Championships
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 8
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2004
| {{flagicon|SWE}}
| World Championships
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
|-
| 2006
| {{flagicon|SWE}}
| Olympic Games
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | Team Sweden Totals
! 38
! 1
! 4
! 5
! 14
|}
==Career Transactions==

* Selected by the [[Anaheim Mighty Ducks]] in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft as a 3rd round pick, 83rd overall.
* Traded to [[Atlanta Thrashers|Atlanta]] for [[Kurtis Foster]] on June 26, 2004.

==Charitable Work==

Hävelid currently operates an [[Atlanta]] based charity named ''Havelid's Helpers'' that operates in conjunction with [[Habitat For Humanity]] to provide housing for low income families.<ref name="HH">{{Cite web|url=http://thrashers.nhl.com/team/app?service=page&page=NewsPage&bcid=805a01cc1b064b88bd5f9489dca4212a|title=Havelid Launches Havelid's Helpers' to Benefit Habitat for Humanity|accessdate=2008-02-21}}</ref>

==References==
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==See also==
* [[List of NHL players]]
* [[List of Atlanta Thrashers players]]
* [[List of Anaheim Mighty Ducks players]]

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Revision as of 05:37, 22 February 2008

Niclas Hävelid
Born (1973-04-12) April 12, 1973 (age 51)
Stockholm, Sweden
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Defense
Shoots Left
NHL team
Former teams		 Atlanta Thrashers
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
NHL draft 83rd overall, 1999
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Playing career 1999–present

Niclas Hävelid (born April 12, 1973 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a professional ice hockey defenseman and Alternate Captain who currently plays for the Atlanta Thrashers of the National Hockey League. While born in Stockholm, he was raised in Enköping, roughly 78 km west of his birthplace.


Playing Career

Hävelid began his hockey career playing locally around his home of Enköping in League III of the SIHA. After two seasons with the Enköpings he moved to AIK, a team based in Solna, just north of Stockholm. Currently in the SIHA's second highest league, AIK had at the time of Hävelid's arrival won the Swedish championship seven times (1934, 1935, 1938, 1946, 1947, 1982, 1984) and had been runner-up six other times (1930, 1936, 1940, 1968, 1978, 1981).

He continued with AIK until the 1998-99 season when he went to the Malmö Redhawks.

Hävelid was drafted 83rd overall by the Anaheim Mighty Ducks in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. In the summer of 2004, he was traded to the Thrashers for defenseman Kurtis Foster.

Awards

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1988-89 Enköpings SIHA 7 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
1989-80 Enköpings SIHA 24 1 2 3 28 - - - - -
1990-91 Arlanda SIHA 30 2 3 5 22 - - - - -
1991-92 AIK SIHA 10 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
1992-93 AIK SIHA 30 1 2 3 2 3 0 0 0 2
1993-94 AIK SIHA 22 3 9 12 14 - - - - -
1994-95 AIK SIHA 40 3 7 10 38 - - - - -
1999-00 Anaheim Mighty Ducks NHL 50 2 7 9 20 - - - - -
2000-01 Anaheim Mighty Ducks NHL 47 4 10 14 34 - - - - -
2001-02 Anaheim Mighty Ducks NHL 52 1 2 3 40 - - - - -
2002-03 Anaheim Mighty Ducks NHL 82 11 22 33 30 21 0 4 4 2
2003-04 Anaheim Mighty Ducks NHL 79 6 20 26 28 - - - - -
2005-06 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 82 4 28 32 48 - - - - -
2006-07 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 77 3 18 21 52 4 0 2 2 0
SIHA totals 469 31 107 138 252 25 0 6 6 2
NHL totals 469 31 107 138 252 25 0 6 6 2

International Play

Niclas Hävelid
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Men's Ice Hockey
World Junior Championship
Silver medal – second place 1993 Gävle Ice Hockey
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1998 Zürich Ice Hockey
Silver medal – second place 2004 Prague Ice Hockey
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Turin Ice hockey

Played for Team Sweden in[1]

  • 1991 - European Junior Championships
  • 1993 - World Junior Championship
  • 1995 - Izvestia Tournament
  • 1998 - World Championships (With current teammate Johan Hedberg)
  • 2004 - World Championships
  • 2006 - Olympic Games
    Regular season
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM
1991 Sweden European Junior Championships 6 1 0 1 0
1993 Sweden World Junior Championships 7 0 0 0 10
1998 Sweden World Championships 9 0 2 2 8
2004 Sweden World Championships 9 0 2 2 0
2006 Sweden Olympic Games 7 0 0 0 4
Team Sweden Totals 38 1 4 5 14

Career Transactions

Charitable Work

Hävelid currently operates an Atlanta based charity named Havelid's Helpers that operates in conjunction with Habitat For Humanity to provide housing for low income families.[2]

References

  1. ^ "World Championship and Olympic Games players in alphabetical order since 1920" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-02-21.
  2. ^ "Havelid Launches Havelid's Helpers' to Benefit Habitat for Humanity". Retrieved 2008-02-21.

See also

Preceded by Winner of the Dan Snyder Memorial Award
2006 		Succeeded by
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