Eric Johansson (ice hockey)

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Eric Johansson
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Johansson with the Albany River Rats during the 2004-05 season
Born (1982-01-07) January 7, 1982 (age 41)
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for Mora IK
TPS
HV71
Fehérvár AV19
Ritten Sport
Herning Blue Fox
Gothiques d'Amiens
Pustertal Wölfe
NHL Draft 255th overall, 2000
Minnesota Wild
187th overall, 2002
New Jersey Devils
Playing career 2002–2018

Eric Johansson (born January 7, 1982) is a Swedish-Canadian [1] former professional ice hockey player. [2]

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Playing career

Canadian-born Johansson started his hockey career in 1997, playing for Tri-City Americans in the junior league Western Hockey League. In the 2002–03 season, he joined the Albany River Rats in AHL, scoring 53 points in 151 games during the regular seasons. After three seasons with Albany, the last one spent primarily in ECHL with Augusta Lynx, he moved to Sweden and signed with Mora IK in the Swedish elite league Elitserien. After two seasons with the side he signed with another Elitserien team, HV71, after having started the season with TPS in the Finnish SM-liiga. [1] [3] During the Swedish playoff finals, Johansson scored the game-winning goal in game six and secured the championship for HV71. [4]

In June 2008, he signed a two-year deal with Leksands IF in the Swedish second-tier league, HockeyAllsvenskan. [5]

On October 23, 2010, Johansson signed with the Sapa Fehérvár AV19 of the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga league. [2]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1997–98CAC Canadians AAA AMHL 2213102319—————
1997–98 St. Albert Saints AJHL 1725717—————
1997–98 Tri–City Americans WHL 20112—————
1998–99 Tri–City AmericansWHL48814222061122
1999–2000 Tri–City AmericansWHL722436603840002
2000–01 Tri–City AmericansWHL7236448072—————
2001–02 Tri–City AmericansWHL6944591037351235
2002–03 Albany River Rats AHL 66791624—————
2003–04 Albany River RatsAHL637192632—————
2004–05 Albany River RatsAHL2229116—————
2004–05 Augusta Lynx ECHL 4215213636—————
2005–06 Mora IK SEL 501319324051346
2006–07 Mora IKSEL40812201241014
2007–08 TPS SM-liiga 82130—————
2007–08 HV71 SEL47491324172132
2008–09 Leksands IF Allsv 4522305243101012
2009–10 Leksands IFAllsv4914173130101456
2010–11 SAPA Fehérvár AV19 AUT 3820274718—————
2010–11 SAPA Fehérvár AV19 HUN —————769154
2011–12 SAPA Fehérvár AV19AUT2161521262352
2011–12 SAPA Fehérvár AV19HUN—————22130
2012–13 SAPA Fehérvár AV19AUT416232914—————
2012–13 Västerås IK Allsv133254101454
2013–14 Ritten Sport ITA 381634508177101710
2014–15 Ritten SportITA372519443215109192
2015–16 SC Riessersee DEL2 237192612—————
2016–17 Herning Blue Fox DEN 40114—————
2016–17 Gothiques d'Amiens FRA 19614206—————
2017–18 HC Pustertal Wölfe AlpsHL 318182616—————
AHL totals15116375362—————
SEL totals137254065762644812
AUT totals1003265973462352

Awards

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References

  1. 1 2 Gustafsson, Daniel (2007-10-08). "Eric Johansson fyller luckan" (in Swedish). HV71.se. Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2007-10-08.
  2. 1 2 "Svéd válogatott center a Sapa Fehérvárban!" (in Hungarian). Alba Volán Official Website. 2010-10-23. Archived from the original on 2010-10-25. Retrieved 2010-10-23.
  3. ↑ "Eric Johansson". Elite Prospects. 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-08.
  4. ↑ Pakarinen, Risto (2008-04-19). "Captain Davidsson leads team to victory". IIHF. Archived from the original on 2008-05-25. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
  5. ↑ Källgren, Pär (2008-06-12). "Nybliven svensk mästare till LIF". Leksands IF. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
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