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

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. During the Swedish playoff finals, Johansson scored the game-winning goal in game six and secured the championship for HV71.

Eric Johansson (ice hockey)

In June 2008, he signed a two-year deal with Leksands IF in the Swedish second-tier league, HockeyAllsvenskan.

Eric Johansson (ice hockey)

On October 23, 2010, Johansson signed with the Sapa Fehérvár AV19 of the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga league.

Eric Johansson (ice hockey)

Career statistics

Awards

Western Hockey League East Second All-Star Team 2002

Swedish Champion with HV71 in 2008.

References

External links

1982 births

Fehérvár AV19 players

Albany River Rats players

Augusta Lynx players

Canadian ice hockey centres

Canadian people of Swedish descent

HV71 players

Leksands IF players

Living people

Minnesota Wild draft picks

Mora IK players

New Jersey Devils draft picks

Ice hockey people from Edmonton

HC TPS players

Tri-City Americans players

Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden