Eric Johansson (ice hockey)

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

Eric Johansson
Born (1982-01-07) January 7, 1982
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

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 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
1999–2000 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
2008–09 Leksands IF Swe-1 45 22 30 52 43 — — — — —
2009–10 Leksands IF Swe-1 49 14 17 31 30 — — — — —
SEL totals 137 25 40 65 76 26 4 4 8 12
AHL totals 151 16 37 53 62 — — — — —

Awards

References
  1. 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. "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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