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Johan Andersson (ice hockey, born 1987)

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Height
  
1.8 m

NHL Draft
  
Undrafted

Weight
  
90 kg


Name
  
Johan Andersson

Positions
  
Centerman

Role
  
Ice hockey, born 1987

Playing career
  
2006

Johan Andersson (ice hockey, born 1987)

Born
  
May 2, 1987 (age 36) Nynashamn, Stockholm County (
1987-05-02
)

HockeyAllsvenskan team Former teams
  
Sodertalje SK Sodertalje SK Hammarby IF Almtuna IS AIK Timra IK

Johan Per Erik Andersson (born May 2, 1987) is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre currently playing for Södertälje SK of the HockeyAllsvenskan.

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Playing career

Andersson played his under-20 (U20) hockey with Södertälje SK, he started out with the under-18 (U18) team during the 2003-04 season in the J18 Allsvenskan. During that season he also played 9 games with the Södertälje SK under-20 team in the J20 SuperElit league.

In 2004-05 he split time between the U18 and U20 teams again as well as playing for Sweden in the IIHF World U18 Championship and 16 other international games for Sweden.

2005-06 saw Andersson make his SHL (Elitserien) debut with Södertälje SK, playing one game in the top level league. He spent the remainder of 2005-06 with the U20 team and played for Sweden U20 and Sweden U19 teams.

Andersson played for Södertälje SK again in 2006-07 splitting time between J20 SuperElit and the HockeyAllsvenskan.

In 2007-08 Andersson signed with Hammarby IF and played the full season in HockeyAllsvenskan, however the team went bankrupt after the season and he was forced to move on to Almtuna IS for 2008-09.

After two years with Almtuna IS playing in the HockeyAllsvenskan he signed a one-year contract with AIK to play in the SHL (Elitserien at the time) for 2010-11 Andersson then signed a one-year contract with Timrå for the 2011-12 in which he only played 11 games including the Kvalserien.

Having left Timrå after the Kvalserien in which Timrå were relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan, Andersson went back to Södertälje SK to a one-year contract for the 2012-13 season. Andersson then re-signed with Södertälje SK for the 2013-14 season.

Career statistics

Updated November 28, 2013

References

Johan Andersson (ice hockey, born 1987) Wikipedia