Eric Johansson

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Position Centre
Shoots Left
Height
Weight
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
190 lb (86 kg/13 st 8 lb)
Team Uncontracted
Nationality Flag of Canada Canada &
Flag of Sweden Sweden
Born January 7, 1982 (1982-01-07) (age 26),
Edmonton, AB, CAN
NHL Draft 187th overall, 2002
New Jersey Devils
Pro career 2002 – present

Eric Johansson (born January 7, 1982, in Edmonton, Alberta) is a professional Swedish-Canadian[1] ice hockey player, currently uncontracted.

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[edit] Playing career

Canadian-born Johansson started his ice hockey career in 1997, playing for Tri-City Americans in the junior league Western Hockey League. For season 2002–03 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.[2][1] During the Swedish playoff finals, Johansson scored the game-winning goal in games six and secured the championship for HV71.[3]

[edit] Awards

  • Swedish Champion with HV71 in 2008.

[edit] Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1997–98 Tri-City Americans WHL 2 0 1 1 2 -- -- -- -- --
1998–99 Tri-City Americans WHL 48 8 14 22 20 6 1 1 2 2
1999–00 Tri-City Americans WHL 72 24 36 60 38 4 0 0 0 2
2000–01 Tri-City Americans WHL 72 36 44 80 72 -- -- -- -- --
2001–02 Tri-City Americans WHL 69 44 59 103 73 5 1 2 3 5
2002–03 Albany River Rats AHL 66 7 9 16 24 -- -- -- -- --
2003–04 Albany River Rats AHL 63 7 19 26 32 -- -- -- -- --
2004–05 Albany River Rats AHL 22 2 9 11 6 -- -- -- -- --
2004–05 Augusta Lynx ECHL 42 15 21 36 36 -- -- -- -- --
2005–06 Mora IK SEL 50 13 19 32 40 5 1 3 4 6
2006–07 Mora IK SEL 40 8 12 20 12 4 1 0 1 4
2007–08 TPS SM-l 8 2 1 3 0 -- -- -- -- --
2007–08 HV71 SEL 47 4 9 13 24 17 2 1 3 2
SEL totals 137 25 40 65 76 26 4 4 8 12
SM-liiga totals 8 2 1 3 0 -- -- -- -- --
AHL totals 151 16 37 53 62 -- -- -- -- --

Statistics as of the end of the 2007–08 season.[2][4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Gustafsson, Daniel (2007-10-08). Eric Johansson fyller luckan (Swedish). HV71.se. Retrieved on 2007-10-08.
  2. ^ a b Eric Johansson. Elite Prospects (2007). Retrieved on 2007-10-08.
  3. ^ Pakarinen, Risto (2008-04-19). Captain Davidsson leads team to victory. IIHF. Retrieved on 2008-06-09.
  4. ^ Eric Johansson - player profile and career stats. European Hockey.Net. Retrieved on 2008-04-20.

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