Nichlas Torp Explained

Nichlas Torp
Birth Date:10 April 1989
Birth Place:Jönköping, Sweden
Height Ft:5
Height In:11
Weight Lb:203
Position:Defence
Shoots:Left
League:SHL
Team:Nybro Vikings
Former Teams:Timrå IK
Modo Hockey
Leksands IF
Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers
Malmö Redhawks
Düsseldorfer EG
IK Oskarshamn
HV71
Draft:163rd overall
Draft Year:2007
Draft Team:Montreal Canadiens
Career Start:2008

Nichlas Torp (born April 10, 1989 in Jönköping) is a Swedish ice hockey player currently playing with the Nybro Vikings in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).[1] He was selected in the sixth round, 163rd overall, by the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL) in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career

Torp made his debut in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) representing his hometown team HV71 during the 2008-09 season. In 2010, he helped the team win the Swedish national championship. He moved to Timrå IK in 2011, where he spent one year, followed by a four-year tenure at Modo Hockey.

The 2016-17 season saw him skate for Leksands IF, before taking his game abroad for the first time in his career, when putting pen to paper on a deal with the Nürnberg Ice Tigers of the German DEL on February 6, 2017.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eurohockey.net. Nichlas Torp - player profile and career stats. June 22, 2024.
  2. Web site: Ice Tigers holen schwedischen Verteidiger Torp Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers Nürnberg. www.icetigers.de. 2017-02-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20170207104359/http://www.icetigers.de/content/ice-tigers-holen-schwedischen-verteidiger-torp. 2017-02-07. dead.