Niclas Hävelid Niclas Hävelid ( born April 12 , 1973 in Stockholm , Sweden ) is a professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for Linköpings HC of the Swedish Elitserien . 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 Division 1 of the SIHA . After two seasons with the Enköping he played with the Arlanda Wings for the 1990 – 1991 season . The following year , he moved to AIK , a team based in Stockholm . He continued with AIK until the 1998 – 99 season when he went to the Malmö Redhawks . Hävelid was drafted 83rd overall by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft . In 1999 , he played in his first North American season , notching nine points ( two goals , seven assists ) in 50 games with Anaheim , making his NHL debut at Dallas on October 2 , 1999 . A month later , he recorded his first goal , assist and multiple - point game in the NHL in one night against the Blackhawks and goaltender Jocelyn Thibault on November 19 . In December , he would continue to post four ( one goal , three assists ) out of nine points for the season in a nine game span from December 12 – 29 , 1999 . The new year would not begin as well . With a broken finger , Hävelid would miss 22 games , from January 15 – March 8 , 2000 . His lone two game minor league stint for post injury conditioning would be with the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks . He was scoreless in both games . In the early months of the 2000 – 01 season with the Ducks , Hävelid earned six of his ten assists for the year in a nine game span from October 16 – 30 , 2000 . This would include a career - best four game point streak . He would set yet another career high with two goals and four points against Columbus on December 13 , 2000 . January 2001 would bring yet another disappointing injury , a tear in the anterior cruciate ligament , or ACL , and a partial tear in the medial collateral ligament , suffered during a game against the Pittsburgh Penguins on January 15 , 2001 . He would miss 35 games from the injury , however still retain his ranking as third on the club in Average Time On Ice of 21 : 51 . While the 2001 – 02 season would only generate one goal and two assists , the 2002 – 03 season would prove to be one to remember . Among five Mighty Ducks to play in all 82 regular - season games , he would set career highs with 11 goals , 22 assists and 33 points with Anaheim . By the end of the regular season , he ranked third on club with career - best plus - five rating and ATOI of 22 : 29 , higher than the 2001 – 02 season . He was second among Mighty Ducks blue liners in points , goals and assists , and shared the team lead and was third among NHL defencemen with a career - best five game - winning tallies . Hävelid began by collecting nine out of his 33 points ( five goals , four assists ) in a 14 – game span from November 27 – December 28 , 2002 , including a career - high two - game goal streak finalized with a career - best two goals against Phoenix on December 22 , 2002 . The new year of 2003 was injury free , and brought a plus or even rating in 11 straight games from January 18 – February 12 , and was plus - eight in that span . Within that time , he earned five assists in a five game stretch from January 22 – February 4 , including a three - game assist / point streak , during which Hävelid played his 200th NHL game at San Jose on January 30 , 2003 . Two months later , he registered four points in a three - game span from March 19 – 22 ( one goal , three assists ) . The Ducks began the Stanley Cup Playoffs with a sweep of the Detroit Red Wings in the first round . Moving to the Semifinals , Hävelid contributed in a hard fought series against the Dallas Stars on April 23 , 2003 , resulting in the 4th longest overtime game in NHL history ( Game 1 ) . The match lasted into five overtime periods with an overtime length of 80 : 43 , with goals from fellow Ducks and future Thrashers teammates Jason Krog and Steve Rucchin , yet ended only when Petr Sýkora scored the game winning goal for Anaheim to a final score of 4 – 3 . The series would end in six games ( 4 – 2 ) . With a closely contested sweep of the Minnesota Wild , he led the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim to their first NHL Western Conference Championship and the Clarence S . Campbell Bowl . May 27 , 2003 , would bring Hävelid and the Mighty Ducks to the Stanley Cup Finals against the New Jersey Devils , where he notched a final Playoffs result of four assists in 21 games , sharing second among the defencemen on his team . But the series would end in heartbreak for Anaheim as the Devils won Game 7 , 3 – 0 , the third shutout of the series . The following season would show even better rankings for Hävelid , as he earned 26 points in 79 games with the Ducks ( six goals , 20 assists ) . He would lead the Mighty Ducks defencemen and rank eighth on the team in points , share first among Mighty Ducks defencemen in goals , and top the club ' s blue liners with career - best five power play goals and three game - winning tallies . He would also finish second on the club ranking with 22 : 38 ATOI , just nine seconds per game over the previous season . On December 21 , 2003 , he took a career - high seven shots against the San Jose Sharks and registered a career - best four assists tying his career high with four points against Minnesota on January 23 , 2004 , in a regular season rematch . He played his 300th NHL game at Phoenix on March 16 . In the summer of 2004 , he was traded to the Thrashers for defenceman Kurtis Foster . Due to the NHL lockout , Hävelid signed as a free agent with Södertälje , posting four points ( two goals , two assists ) over 46 games . This effort helped Södertälje reach the league semifinals , where he notched two points in 10 post - season games . With the resolution of the Lockout , he re - joined the Atlanta Thrashers the following year . He began by leading all NHL players with plus - eight rating for the week of November 7 – 13 , 2005 . By the end of the season , the total would show him with a plus - 14 rating over his final 18 games , after going minus - six through the first 64 games , even with the previous recognition . Hävelid performed his defensive duties for Atlanta , blocking at least one shot in 76 out of 82 games , topping the squad or sharing first in blocked shots on 34 occasions , ending the season as second on the squad with 190 blocked shots . He led the team with 2 , 510 shifts , averaging 30 . 6 shifts per game to top the Thrashers roster and rank 11th in the league . He led the team in ice time on 37 occasions , and defencemen 45 times , skating in career - best 24 : 25 ATOI per contest to lead Thrashers and share 19th in NHL , an increase of 1 : 47 over his previous NHL season with Anaheim . Sharing the team lead with 82 games played to equal his single - season record , the Thrashers finished with 41 – 33 – 8 record with him in the lineup , and 17 – 5 – 2 when he recorded a point , as he notched his 100th career point , a goal , against Philadelphia on December 28 , 2005 . He was also third among squad ' s defencemen in goals , and recorded five multiple - point games to place second among Thrashers defencemen , earning 14 points ( one goal , 13 assists ) over final 28 games after notching 18 points ( three goals , 15 assists ) over first 54 games . This led to his being counted third among Thrashers defencemen and 10th overall with 32 points ( four goals , 28 assists ) . In recognition of his efforts during the 2005 – 06 season , he was awarded the Dan Snyder Memorial Award , cited as the team ' s Unsung Hero for the year . That summer he signed a three - year contract extension with the Thrashers . In the 2006 – 07 season , Hävelid played in 77 games , registering 21 points ( three goals , 18 assists ) and ranking third among Thrashers defencemen . The team posted a 13 – 4 – 1 record when he registered points , and went 38 – 27 – 11 with him in the lineup . He recorded 225 blocked shots to top the team and rank third in the NHL , improving from the previous season by 35 blocked shots . Hävelid continued to record a plus or even rating in 46 out of 77 games , with a plus - seven from October 7 – 11 , and a plus - four from November 30 – December 5 , 2006 . He collected a plus - rating 29 times , including season - best plus - four rating against Florida on October 7 , 2006 . He would continue with a plus rating in five consecutive games from March 6 – 15 , posting a plus - six rating in that span . He registered his 100th career NHL assist against Phoenix on January 6 , 2007 , and recorded two out of his three goals over a four game span from January 20 – 30 , 2007 . Hävelid collected six assists over 10 games from February 26 – March 18 , and posted at least one point in 19 games , including pair of two - assist games at New Jersey on December 23 , 2006 , and against Philadelphia on March 15 , 2007 . The time Hävelid spent on the ice would increase as well . He reached 20 minutes or more of ice time on 72 occasions , topping 30 minutes of ice time six times , including a career - best 33 : 59 at Philadelphia on October 26 . Skating in at least 30 shifts on 32 occasions , including a career - high 40 shifts at Buffalo on October 28 , Hävelid ranked 15th in the NHL with an ATOI of 25 : 16 , a career best . For the first time in Thrashers franchise history , they made the 2007 Stanley Cup Playoffs . While being swept in the Quarterfinals by the New York Rangers , Hävelid still led the team ' s defencemen and was tied for third on his squad with two points ( two assists ) in four post - season contests , sharing the team lead . He also ranked second on the Thrashers in the postseason with an average of 24 : 14 of ice time in four contests . By the beginning of the 2007 – 08 season , Hävelid has earned 138 points ( 31 goals , 107 assists ) in 469 NHL games with Anaheim and Atlanta , missing just eight games over the past four NHL seasons . In Atlanta , he has averaged 24 : 49 of ice time per game over 159 contests with the Thrashers to rank first on the team ' s all - time list . On March 2 , 2009 , Hävelid was traded to the New Jersey Devils with Myles Stoesz for Anssi Salmela . On May 14 , 2009 , he signed a 1 + 1 year contract with Linköpings HC . International play . Played for Team Sweden in :