- List of drafted Frölunda HC players
This is a list of drafted Frölunda HC players, players who have been drafted in the
National Hockey League (NHL) Entry Draft and played the season prior to the draft for the Frölundaice hockey organization. There have been 47 players drafted in the NHL Entry Draft from the Frölunda organization. That ranks second in Europe, outranked only by Russian club CSKA Moscow (62 players). Most of the players on this list were drafted from Frölunda's junior team which is the most successful junior team in Sweden, having won more Anton Cups (9) than any other team.Nine Frölunda players have been selected in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft. The highest draft selection was
Fredrik Sjöström , who was drafted eleventh overall in the2001 NHL Entry Draft . The most-recent first-round selections wereErik Karlsson andAnton Gustafsson in the2008 NHL Entry Draft . The most notable players drafted from Frölunda are: defensemanCalle Johansson , who played more the 1100 regular season games in the NHL,Ottawa Senators captainDaniel Alfredsson , who won theCalder Memorial Trophy (NHL Rookie of the Year) in 1996, and three timeVezina Trophy (Top Goalie in the NHL) nomineeHenrik Lundqvist .Two players were drafted as overage players, having played several seasons at a professional level:
Ronnie Sundin , drafted by theNew York Rangers in the1996 NHL Entry Draft at age 26, andJonas Johnson , drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the2002 NHL Entry Draft at age 32. Three pair of siblings have also been drafted: brothers Mikael &Niklas Andersson , and the two sets of twins, Joel &Henrik Lundqvist and Fred & John Wikner.Drafted players
Footnotes
References
*
*
*
*
*
*
* cite book
last = Szemberg
first = Szymon
title = Västra Frölunda 50 År
origyear = 1994
publisher = Sportförlaget
location = Sweden
language = Swedish
isbn = 9789188540348
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.