Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) Name Anton Karlsson | Playing career Shoots Left | |
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Weight 187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb) SHL teamFormer teams Frolunda HCSkelleftea AIK NHL Draft 87th overall, 2014Arizona Coyotes | ||
Anton Karlsson (born August 3, 1996) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing with the Frölunda HC organization. He was selected in the 5th round (164th overall) by Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the 2013 KHL Junior Draft and was also drafted by the Arizona Coyotes in the third round (87th overall) of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.
At the age of 17, Karlsson captained the Swedish team at the 2013 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament, made his professional debut with the Mora IK of HockeyAllsvenskan during the 2013-14 season, and won a silver medal playing with Team Sweden at the 2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Karlsson made his Swedish Hockey League debut playing with Skellefteå AIK during the 2014–15 SHL season.
Anton is the younger brother of Erik Karlsson, who also currently plays for Frölunda HC.