Nils Ekman

Quick Facts

Full Name	Nils Ekman
Occupation	Ice Hockey Player
Date Of Birth	Mar 11, 1976(1976-03-11)
Age	48
Birthplace	Stockholm
Country	Sweden
Birth City	Stockholm County
Horoscope	Pisces

Nils Ekman Biography

Nils Ekman is one of the most popular and richest Ice Hockey Player who was born on March 11, 1976 in Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden. Nils Karl “Nisse” Ekman (born 11 March 1976) is a Swedish former professional right winger in ice hockey. In his 15-year time as professional player level, he was a part of the National Hockey League, Swedish Elite League (SEL), Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) and the SM-liiga. He was a member of his SEL squad Djurgardens IF when he suffered an injury to his brain in December of 2010, causing him to quit hockey on the 10th of August, 2011.

Not having enough room to accommodate him on the 20th of November 1999 Calgary exchanged Ekman for Tampa Bay Lightning. Tampa Bay Lightning along with a selection in the 4th round (Vladimir Gorbunov) in the 2000 Entry Draft for Andreas Johansson. He made his debut for the Lightning in the season that year and scored just four points over 28 games. To get more experience, he signed up for the IHL and played 1999-2000 with teams like the Detroit Vipers and the Long Beach Ice Dogs with the Ice Dogs, scoring 32 points over 37 games, and receiving rookie of the Year honours. He also scored 6 points in five game playoffs in the playoffs for Long Beach. The 2000-01 season was when after scoring 36 points in 33 games with Detroit He was then recalled to the NHL and the player improved upon his previous performance with 20 point over 43 games. But, he scored an extremely low score of plus/minus of 15.

On 12 August 2003, Ekman was traded to the San Jose Sharks for Chad Wiseman. A team that had completely flopped the previous season, the Sharks were willing to give the untested Ekman a chance. For the 2003–04 NHL season he posted a career high in goals (22) and had 33 assists, as well as a franchise-record plus 35 rating, negating all doubts about defensive struggles. Still, he had only 3 assists in 16 games for San Jose in the playoffs.

During the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Ekman proved that 2004 was no fluke with 18 goals and 27 assists in 44 games for Djurgården. This was the highest total on the team, and fifth-highest in the league (eighth-highest in goals) that had players like Peter Forsberg and Henrik Zetterberg.

After his team’s exit from the playoffs Ekman signed the contract with Calgary and they were pleased with his progress and Ekman was a part of his team the Saint John Flames in the American Hockey League (AHL). But he didn’t take part in any games, and returned to Kiekko-Espoo during the 1998-99 season. He scored 34 points over 52 games. He did not take part for Europe over the next three seasons, as his departure was to North America.

Nils Ekman Net Worth

Nils Ekman is one of the richest Ice Hockey Player from Sweden. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Nils Ekman 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Ekman was a young man who spent his early years playing in his home country of Sweden. In 1993-94 after scoring five goals and four assists in 11 games for Hammarby IF in the Swedish Junior League, Ekman was invited to join the team’s parent club in the Swedish 2nd tier league HockeyAllsvenskan where he scored nine points in the span of 18 games. The attention from those of the Calgary Flames, he was chosen by the team during the 1994 NHL Entry Draft in the 5th round, as the 107th overall selection. In the 1994-95 season after a brief two-game run playing in the Swedish junior league, he scored seven assists and 10 goals over 29 appearances for the club’s parent. Following a similar year at Hammarby in which the player scored nine goals as well as 7 assists over 27 games. He travelled to Finland.

Ekman played a significant portion of his youth in Finland. In the 1996-97 season He played for Kiekko-Espoo from the SM-league scoring 24 goals, and adding 19 assists in the 50 games. He also scored to his score in four of the games that were playoff based. In the following year, his goals fell and he scored 14 goals and 14 assists over 42 games. This led some to believe he was yet another European draft failure. But, Ekman had a strong playoffs, scoring two goals as well as 2 assists over seven matches.

In the summer of 2001 he was traded to the New York Rangers, but after failing to get a place on the squad he moved back to Sweden and played with Djurgårdens IF in Swedish elite league Elitserien for a season and scored 31 points in 38 games while playing a strong two-way game. Determined to make the NHL, in the 2002–03 NHL season he came back to North America and played with the Hartford Wolf Pack in the AHL. Showing how far he had developed, Ekman put up 30 goals and 36 assists in 57 games. However, he was unable to crack the New York lineup because the team preferred to give veterans playing time over youngsters.

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After two seasons with the St. Petersburg-based club, scoring 21 goals and 62 points in 83 games, Ekman signed a three-year deal with his former club Djurgården in May 2010.

Facts & Trivia

Nils Ranked on the list of most popular Ice Hockey Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Sweden. Nils Ekman celebrates birthday on March 11 of every year.