Nichlas Torp

Swedish ice hockey player

Ice hockey player

Nichlas Torp

Born	(1989-04-10) April 10, 1989 (age 35) Jönköping, Sweden
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	203 lb (92 kg; 14 st 7 lb)
Position	Defence
Shoots	Left
SHL team Former teams	Nybro Vikings Timrå IK Modo Hockey Leksands IF Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers Malmö Redhawks Düsseldorfer EG IK Oskarshamn HV71
NHL draft	163rd overall, 2007 Montreal Canadiens
Playing career	2008–present

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]

References

^ "Nichlas Torp - player profile and career stats". Eurohockey.net. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
^ "Ice Tigers holen schwedischen Verteidiger Torp | Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers Nürnberg". www.icetigers.de. Archived from the original on 2017-02-07. Retrieved 2017-02-07.