Jonas Johansson

Infobox Ice Hockey Player


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team = HV71
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league = SEL
position = Right wing
shoots = Right
height_ft = 6
height_in = 2
weight_lb = 203
nickname =
nationality = SWE
birth_date = birth date and age|1984|3|18
birth_place = Jönköping, SWE
draft = 28th overall
draft_year = 2002
draft_team = Colorado Avalanche
career_start = 2001
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prospect_team =

Jonas Johansson (born March 18, 1984, in Jönköping, Sweden) is a professional Swedish ice hockey player, currently with HV71 in the Swedish elite league Elitserien.

Playing career

Johansson was drafted in the 1st round, 28th overall, by the Colorado Avalanche in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.cite web | title=Jonas Johansson | publisher=Elite Prospects | url=http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=133 | accessdate=2007-05-29] He was traded on October 23, 2003, to Washington Capitals with Bates Battaglia for Steve Konowalchuk and the Capitals' 3rd round choice in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.cite web | title=Washington Capitals - Team - Jonas Johansson | publisher=WashingtonCaps.com | url=http://capitals.nhl.com/team/app?page=HistoricalPlayerDetail&pkey=8470150&service=page | accessdate=2008-04-21]

Johansson started his hockey career with the Swedish Jönköping-based club HV71's junior team in 1999 and played with them for three season before moving to the United States. In total he played 26 games, totalling 15 goals and 19 assists for 34 points in the Swedish junior league. In season 2001-02 of the Swedish elite league Elitserien he appeard in five regular games and two playoff games for HV71.

During season 2005-06 playing for Hershey Bears Johansson scored three points in one game on January 6, 2006, against Bridgeport Sound Tigers. [cite web | title=Player Details - JONAS JOHANSSON | publisher=HERSHEY BEARS Hockey Club | url=http://www.hersheypa.com/events/hershey_bears/team/player_detail.php?id=58 | accessdate=2006-08-13] After two seasons plying with the Bears, Johnsson was loaned to Grand Rapids Griffins on February 27, 2007. [cite web | title=Griffins, Bears make swap | publisher=theahl.com | url=http://www.theahl.com/news/league/index.html?article_id=7505 | date=2007-02-27 | accessdate=2007-03-03] In early May, 2007, after playing ice hockey for five seasons in North America, he signed a two-year deal with his former Swedish club HV71 in the Swedish elite league Elitserien. [cite news | title=Jonas Johansson till HV71 | publisher=SvD.se | url=http://www.svd.se/sportspel/nyheter/artikel_226065.svd | language=Swedish | date=2007-05-09 | accessdate=2008-04-21]

Awards

* AHL Calder Cup champion with Hershey Bears in 2006.
* Swedish Champion with HV71 in 2008.

Career statistics

"Statistics as of April 21, 2008"

International play

Johansson has played for Sweden in the following competitions:

*2002 World U18 Championships

International statistics

References

External links

*hockeydb|62723
*eurohockey|32162