Marcus Johansson

Marcus Johansson
For the ice hockey player born in 1979, see Marcus Johansson (ice hockey b. 1979).
Marcus Johansson
Born October 6, 1990 (1990-10-06) (age 21)
Landskrona, Sweden
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 189 lb (86 kg; 13 st 7 lb)
Position Centre/Wing
Shoots Left
NHL team
Former teams		 Washington Capitals
Färjestads BK (SEL)
National team  Sweden
NHL Draft 24th overall, 2009
Washington Capitals
Playing career 2007–present

Marcus Johansson (born October 6, 1990) is a Swedish ice hockey player[1] currently playing for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League. He was selected by the Capitals in the first round (24th overall) of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.

In 2008–09, Johansson was part of the Färjestads BK team that became Swedish Champions.

On May 17, 2010, Johansson was signed to a three-year entry-level contract with the Capitals. He recorded his first NHL goal on October 19, 2010 against Tim Thomas of the Boston Bruins. Johansson is nicknamed "Mackan" and "MoJo" by fans and comes from a hockey family.[2]

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Playing career

2005-06: Johansson had seven assists in 12 games for Malmo in U-18 Allsvenskan (Sweden's second league). He had four assists in six playoff games.

2006-07: Johanssson played for Farjestads' U-18 team and scored 5 goals with 9 assists and 8 PIM in 12 games. In eight playoff games, he scored 7 goals with 3 assists and had 2 PIM. In Sweden's U-17 TV-Pucken tournament, he played eight games for Skane and had 5 goals with 5 assists and 41 PIM. He played for Team Sweden at the WJC U-18 tournament and had 4 assists and was +5 in six games. Sweden defeated Canada, 8-3, in the bronze medal game.

2007-08: Johansson split his second season with the Farjestads club between the U-18 team and on loan to Skare in Sweden's third division before making his Swedish Elite League debut in the playoffs. Johansson was scoreless with no PIM in three games in the SEL playoffs. In 19 games with Skare's senior team, he scored 2 goals with 10 assists and had 10 PIM. He scored 12 goals with 26 assists and had 16 PIM for Farjestads' U-18 team. In the U-18 playoffs, he scored 4 goals with 8 assists in eight games. Johansson was selected for Sweden's WJC U-18 team. In six games, he scored 3 goals with 2 assists and was +3 with 14 PIM as Sweden advanced to the bronze medal game for the second straight year but was beaten by Team USA, 6-3.

2008-09: Johansson saw limited ice time in his first full Elitserien season as Farjestads won the regular season and playoff championships. He scored 5 goals with 5 assists and was +4 with 10 PIM in 45 games while averaging just less than 10 minutes of ice time per game. In the playoffs he played in 6 of 13 games and was -1 averaging 7.23 minutes of ice time. Johansson was loaned to Skare in Sweden's third league and scored 5 goals with 5 assists in 10 games. He played for Team Sweden at the WJC U-18 tournament; scoring 2 goals and finishing +5 in six games as Sweden reached the tournament final before falling to Canada, 5-1.

2009-10: Johansson moved from winger to center in his second year with Farjestads and saw a bit more action. Johansson's 10 goals were tied for fourth on the team and he added 10 assists in 42 games while averaging just over 14 minutes of ice-time per game. For the season, he finished with an even plus/minus with 10 PIM. Farjestads slipped to fifth in the twelve-team league and fell to Skelleftea in a seven-game series in the first round of the playoffs. Johansson had five assists and was an even plus/minus with 2 PIM in the playoffs. Johansson captained Team Sweden in the WJC U-20 tournament and scored 1 goal with 5 assists and was +7 despite missing most of the third period in one game after receiving a game misconduct for an elbow on Team USA's Jerry D'Amigo (Tor) and sitting out the bronze medal game win over Switzerland. Johansson signed a three-year, entry-level contract with Washington in May.

International play

Medal record

Marcus Johansson
Competitor for  Sweden
Men's ice hockey
World Junior Championships
Bronze 2010 Canada Ice hockey
Silver 2009 Canada Ice hockey

Johansson has represented Sweden at the 2009 and 2010 World Junior Championships, and was captain of the Swedish team for the 2010 tournament.

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2007–08 Färjestads BK SEL — — — — — 3 0 0 0 0
2008–09 Färjestads BK SEL 45 5 5 10 10 6 0 0 0 0
2009–10 Färjestads BK SEL 42 10 10 20 10 7 0 5 5 2
2010–11 Hershey Bears AHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2010–11 Washington Capitals NHL 69 13 14 27 10 9 2 4 6 0
SEL totals 87 15 15 30 20 16 0 5 5 2
NHL totals 69 13 14 27 10 9 2 4 6 0

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
2007 Sweden WJC U18 6 0 4 4 0
2008 Sweden WJC U18 6 3 2 5 14
2009 Sweden WJC 6 2 0 2 0
2010 Sweden WJC 5 1 5 6 29
Junior International totals 23 6 11 17 43

References

  1. ^ "Marcus Johansson". eurohockey.net. http://www.eurohockey.net/players/show_player.cgi?serial=101913. Retrieved January 2, 2009. 
  2. ^ "A Capital Offense, June 4, 2010". http://acapitaloffense.blogspot.com/2010/06/what-to-expect-from-marcus-johansson.html. Retrieved February 6, 2011. 

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Preceded by
John Carlson		 Washington Capitals first round draft pick
2009		 Succeeded by
Evgeny Kuznetsov


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