Eric Johansson

Infobox Ice Hockey Player


image_size =
team = Leksands IF
former_teams = Mora IK
league = Swe-2
position = Centre
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 0
weight_lb = 190
nickname =
nationality = CAN
nationality_2 = SWE
birth_date = birth date and age|1982|1|7
birth_place = Edmonton, AB, CAN
draft = 187th overall
draft_year = 2002
draft_team = New Jersey Devils
career_start = 2002

Eric Johansson (born January 7, 1982, in Edmonton, Alberta) is a professional Swedish-Canadiancite web | title=Eric Johansson fyller luckan | publisher=HV71.se | first=Daniel | last=Gustafsson | url=http://www.hv71.se/Nyheter/Eric-Johansson-fyller-luckan/ | language=Swedish | date=2007-10-08 | accessdate=2007-10-08] ice hockey player, currently with Leksands IF in the Swedish second tier league, HockeyAllsvenskan.

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.cite web | title=Eric Johansson | publisher=Elite Prospects | url=http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=6042 | accessdate=2007-10-08 | year=2007] During the Swedish playoff finals, Johansson scored the game-winning goal in games six and secured the championship for HV71. [cite web | title=Captain Davidsson leads team to victory | publisher=IIHF | last=Pakarinen | first=Risto | url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/captain-davidsson-leads-team-to-victory.html | date=2008-04-19 | accessdate=2008-06-09] In june, 2008, he signed a two year deal with Leksands IF in the Swedish second tier league, HockeyAllsvenskan. [cite web | title=Nybliven svensk mästare till LIF | publisher=Leksands IF | last=Källgren | firts=Pär | url=http://www.leksandsif.se/index.php?page=innerframe_news_show&readmore=3745 | date=2008-06-12 | accessdate=2008-06-12]

Awards

* Swedish Champion with HV71 in 2008.

Career statistics

"Statistics as of the end of the 2007–08 season."cite web | title=Eric Johansson - player profile and career stats | publisher=European Hockey.Net | url=http://www.eurohockey.net/players/show_player.cgi?serial=92685 | accessdate=2008-04-20]

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