| Niklas Hagman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Hagman with theCalgary Flames in 2010 | |||
| Born | (1979-12-05)December 5, 1979 (age 46) | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb) | ||
| Position | Left wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for | HIFK Espoo Blues Kärpät Florida Panthers HC Davos Dallas Stars Toronto Maple Leafs Calgary Flames Anaheim Ducks Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Ässät HC Fribourg-Gottéron Jokerit HPK | ||
| National team |  Finland | ||
| NHL draft | 70th overall,1999 Florida Panthers | ||
| Playing career | 1997–2017 | ||
Niklas Hagman (born December 5, 1979) is aFinnish former professionalice hockeyforward. He was a third round pick of theFlorida Panthers, 70th overall, at the1999 NHL Entry Draft and made hisNational Hockey League (NHL) debut with Florida in 2001. He has also played for theDallas Stars,Toronto Maple Leafs,Calgary Flames andAnaheim Ducks in the NHL,Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the KHL,HIFK,Espoo Blues andKärpät in the SM-liiga andHC Davos in the SwissNational League A.
An accomplished international player, Hagman has representedFinland at threeWinter Olympic Games, winning a silver medal in 2006 and bronze at 2010. He played on the Finnish team that reached the final of the2004 World Cup of Hockey, has appeared in fiveWorld Championships and twice played at theWorld Junior Championships, winning a gold medal in 1998.
Hagman grew up playing withHIFK, appearing with their under-18 and junior teams between 1995 and 1999.[1] He played his first professional games in 1997–98 with HIFK.[2] He appeared in eight games in theSM-liiga, Finland's top league, and scored his first goal. He split the majority of the 1998–99 season between HIFK's senior and junior teams before he was sent to theEspoo Blues to complete the season.[1]
While theFlorida Panthers selected Hagman in the third round, 70th overall, at the1999 NHL Entry Draft,[3] he remained in Finland. He played withKärpät of theMestis, the Finnish second division, in 1999–00, and remained with the team for 2000–01 after they gained promotion to the SM-liiga. He led Kärpät with 28 goals that season and finished second on the team in points.[1]
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Hagman left Finland to join the Panthers for the start of the2001–02 season. He appeared in 78 games for Florida, scoring 10 goals and 28 points on the season.[1] He was named the NHL's Rookie of the Month for March 2002, and though he fell to 23 points in2002–03, played in the YoungStars game at the2003 NHL All-Star Game.[4]
Following another 23-point campaign in2003–04, Hagman signed withHC Davos of the SwissNational League A as the2004–05 season was wiped out by alabour dispute.[1] He scored 40 points in 44 games,[4] as Davos won the Swiss championship.[5] He returned to the Panthers to begin the2005–06 season, but after 30 games, he was traded to theDallas Stars in exchange for a seventh-round selection at the2007 NHL Entry Draft.[6]
Hagman recorded his 100th career NHL point in a 2–1 victory over theVancouver Canucks on October 23, 2006.[4] He enjoyed his career best season in2007–08, scoring 27 goals and 41 points.[1] He led the Stars with eight game-winning goals and scored his firsthat-trick on February 28, 2008, against theChicago Blackhawks.[4] An unrestrictedfree agent following the season, Hagman signed a four-year,US$12 million contract with theToronto Maple Leafs.[7]
Hagman reached numerous milestones en route to his second 20-goal campaign in2008–09. He played his 500th NHL game on November 17, 2008, against theBoston Bruins, scored his 200th point on February 22, 2009, against theNew York Rangers and his 100th goal on March 28, also against Boston.[4] He spent the majority of the2009–10 season with the Leafs, and was their leading scorer with 20 goals when he was included in a major trade on January 31, 2010.[4]
TheCalgary Flames acquired Hagman, along withJamal Mayers,Matt Stajan andIan White, in exchange forDion Phaneuf,Fredrik Sjöström andKeith Aulie.[8] Hagman finished the season with 25 goals and 44 points split between Toronto and Calgary.[4]
Hagman started the2011–12 season with the Flames, but was a healthy scratch in six of the first 14 games, and scored only one goal and three assists in the eight games he played. The Flames placed Hagman on waivers and, when he cleared waivers on November 11, assigned him to theAmerican Hockey League'sAbbotsford Heat, the Flames' top minor league affiliate.[9] The Flames then placed the winger on re-entry waivers to allow another team to pick him up for only half his salary. He was subsequently claimed by theAnaheim Ducks on November 14, 2011, with the Flames remaining responsible to pay the other half of his salary for the duration of his contract.[10]
Following the 2011–12 season, Hagman returned to Europe, signing a deal withLokomotiv Yaroslavl of the KHL.[11] In the2012–13 season for Yaroslavl, he played 49 games in the regular season, scoring 12 goals and providing eight assists. This was then followed by a six-game playoff run in which Hagman went scoreless.
In July 2013, the Finnish SM-liiga clubÄssät announced that Hagman had signed for a one-year contract.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| RepresentingFinland | ||
| Ice hockey | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 | 2006 Turin | |
 | 2010 Vancouver | |
| World Cup | ||
| 2004 Toronto | |
| World Junior Championship | ||
 | 1998 Finland | |
Hagman first represented his country internationally as a member of theFinnish junior team at the1998 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The tournament was held inHelsinki, and though the Finns were not expected to be contenders, they ultimately won the gold medal.[2] Hagman scored the championship winning goal in overtime to defeat the Russians.[12] He described winning the championship in his home country as being one of the greatest achievements of his career.[2] He again played with the Finnish junior team at the1999 tournament, but the Finns were unable to duplicate their success, finishing fifth.[13]
An injury toVille Peltonen shortly before the2002 Winter Olympics opened up a chance for Hagman to represent theFinnish senior team for the first time.[14] He appeared in four games for the Finns, scoring one goal.[1] Later that spring, he played his first of four consecutiveWorld Championships. He played in the2004 World Cup of Hockey, scoring one goal in five games for Finland, who finished as the tournament runners-up to Canada.
Hagman made his second Olympic appearance at the2006 Winter Games inTurin. He scored only one assist in eight games,[1] but was part of a strong team defence that allowed only five goals in seven games as Finland found itself in the gold medal final against Sweden.[15] The Finns lost the game, 3–2, and settled for the silver medal. It was a result Hagman found disappointing, especially in losing to Finland's arch-rivals in hockey.[2] Hagman played his third Olympics at the2010 Vancouver Games. Following a devastating 6–1 loss to theUnited States in the semi-final, Finland found itself trailingSlovakia by a 3–1 score entering the third period of the bronze medal game. Hagman sparked a four-goal outburst in the final period, scoring on the powerplay five minutes into the frame to bring the Finns within one goal before teammateOlli Jokinen scored both tying and winning goals.[16] For Hagman, the bronze represented his second Olympic medal.[2]
Hagman's fatherMatti was the first Finnish player to play in the NHL, and they are the first Finnish father and son to have played in the League.[17] His uncle isKai Haaskivi, a retired professionalfootball (soccer) player and former member of theFinnish national team and his cousin is the actorOlli Haaskivi.[18] Hagman announced his engagement to Finnish model and first runner-up of Miss Finland 2003, Piritta Hannula, in Spring 2005. They were married on July 8, 2006, inHelsinki. They have a son named Lukas, born in February 2007. Their daughter Lila was born in September 2009. In March 2018 Niklas and Piritta Hagman filed a request for divorce. The divorce became legal in December same year.[19]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1995–96 | HIFK | FIN U18 | 26 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 1995–96 | HIFK | FIN U20 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | HIFK | FIN U18 | 21 | 19 | 12 | 31 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1996–97 | HIFK | FIN U20 | 30 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | HIFK | FIN U18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | HIFK | FIN U20 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | HIFK | SM-l | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | HIFK | FIN U20 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | HIFK | SM-l | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Espoo Blues | SM-l | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1999–2000 | Kärpät | FIN U20 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–2000 | Kärpät | FIN.2 | 41 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2000–01 | Kärpät | SM-l | 56 | 28 | 18 | 46 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2001–02 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 78 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 80 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 75 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | HC Davos | NLA | 44 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 6 | ||
| 2005–06 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 30 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 54 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 2006–07 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 82 | 17 | 12 | 29 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||
| 2007–08 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 82 | 27 | 14 | 41 | 51 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | ||
| 2008–09 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 65 | 22 | 20 | 42 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 55 | 20 | 13 | 33 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 27 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 71 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 63 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | KHL | 49 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| 2013–14 | Ässät | Liiga | 44 | 21 | 17 | 38 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | HC Fribourg–Gottéron | NLA | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | ||
| 2014–15 | Jokerit | KHL | 46 | 19 | 9 | 28 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2015–16 | Jokerit | KHL | 44 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2016–17 | Kärpät | Liiga | 14 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | HPK | Liiga | 17 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| SM-l/Liiga totals | 170 | 58 | 46 | 104 | 121 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| NHL totals | 770 | 147 | 154 | 301 | 220 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 28 | ||||
| KHL totals | 139 | 36 | 26 | 62 | 79 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 18 | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Finland | WJC | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1999 | Finland | WJC | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | |
| 2002 | Finland | OG | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2002 | Finland | WC | 9 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | |
| 2003 | Finland | WC | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | |
| 2004 | Finland | WC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 | Finland | WCH | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2005 | Finland | WC | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2006 | Finland | OG | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2009 | Finland | WC | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2010 | Finland | OG | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | |
| 2013 | Finland | WC | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Junior totals | 13 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 2 | |||
| Senior totals | 68 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 28 | |||