Niklas Wikegård Explained

Niklas Wikegård
Birth Date:3 October 1963
Birth Place:Gävle, Sweden

Niklas Wikegård (born October 3, 1963) is a Swedish former ice hockey player and coach, currently working for the TV4 Group as a color commentator in ice hockey-related shows.

Wikegård was head coach for Djurgårdens IF between 2002 and 2005.[1] He has also coached Väsby IK,[2] Bodens IK,[3] and Swiss team EHC Chur.[4] He also worked as an assistant coach to Stephan Lundh in Djurgården 1996 to 1998,[5] and in Malmö Redhawks 1998 to 2001.

In several years Wikegård worked as a color commentator for SVT during hockey games and as a co-host of the show Hockeykväll (English: Hockey Night).[6] On May 23, 2011, SVT announced that Wikegård would leave SVT.[7] The day later Wikegård signed a three-year-long contract with the TV4 Group.[8] Wikegård is also working for the online gambling company Expekt.com.[9] Niklas, as of 19 December 2023 started working, once again, for Djurgården Hockey, but this time in capacity of Sporting manager for the club in Stockholm.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Fahlman, Johan . Alla tiders elitserie . 2008 . Idrottsförlaget i Västerås AB . Swedish . 978-91-977326-1-1 . 65–66 . Djurgårdens IF.
  2. Book: Fahlman, Johan . Alla tiders elitserie . 2008 . Idrottsförlaget i Västerås AB . Swedish . 978-91-977326-1-1 . 260 . Väsby IK.
  3. News: Tiden går - minnet består . Niklas . Berglund . . 2007-01-04 . Swedish . 2010-03-12 .
  4. News: Nej, ni räcker inte till Malmö . Alf . Karlsson . . 2008-03-10 . Swedish . 2010-03-12 .
  5. Web site: Tränare . difhockey.se . . Swedish . 2010-01-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100425064701/http://www.difhockey.se/trojnummer.php . 2010-04-25 .
  6. News: Ny programledare för Hockeykväll . Kjell Nilsson . . 2007-08-15 . Swedish . 2009-01-08 .
  7. News: Niklas Wikegård slutar på SVT . Kristoffer Bergström, Daniel Grefve . . Swedish . 2011-05-23 . 2011-05-23.
  8. News: Lämnar SVT – klar för TV 4 . . Swedish . 2011-05-24 . 2011-05-24.
  9. News: Wikegård: "Finns bara en vass femma i LHC" . . Swedish . 2011-03-10 . 2011-05-24.