André Petersson

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André Petersson
Date of birth November 11, 1990
place of birth Olofström , Sweden
size 177 cm
Weight 79 kg
position wing
number # 20
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2008 , 4th round, 109th position
Ottawa Senators
Career stations
until 2006 Tingsryd's AIF
2006-2011 HV71
2011-2014 Ottawa Senators
Binghamton Senators
2014 Norfolk Admirals
2014-2017 HK Sochi
2017-2018 HK Awangard Omsk
2018-2019 Barys Astana
2019-2020 HK Dynamo Moscow
since 2020 Yaroslavl locomotive

Willy André Petersson (born November 11, 1990 in Olofström ) is a Swedish ice hockey player who has been under contract with Lokomotive Yaroslavl in the Continental Hockey League since May 2020 .

Career

André Petersson began his career as a hockey player at Tingsryds AIF . At the age of 16 he switched to HV71 . For the club from Jönköping he first played in youth teams up to the J20 SuperElit and from 2008 also in the Elitserien , as the highest Swedish professional league was called at that time. Although he was selected in the 2007 CHL Import Draft by the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors in the first round as the 47th player and a year later by the Ottawa Senators in the NHL Entry Draft 2008 in the fourth round as the 109th player he who faithfully until 2011 the HV71 and won with the club in 2010 Swedish championship . In summer 2010 he reached the final of the European Trophy with HV71 , which however was lost 3: 5 against the Eisbären Berlin . He himself was named top scorer and best striker in the trophy.

For the 2011/12 season he then switched to the Ottawa Senators, but was mainly used in their farm team , the Binghamton Senators in the American Hockey League . He came to his only NHL game when he was used on January 21, 2012 for Ottawa against the Anaheim Ducks . In March 2014 he moved to Anaheim in exchange with Alex Grant , but was immediately passed on by the Ducks to their farm team, the Norfolk Admirals , where he ended the season. The following season he went to HK Sochi in the Continental Hockey League , where he still plays today. In 2015 he was nominated for the KHL All-Star Game .

Further stations in the KHL were in the 2017-2018 season of HK Awangard Omsk and then Barys Astana . After 50 scorer points for Astana in the 2018/19 season, he left the Kazakh club and moved to HK Dynamo Moscow . A year later, after his contract with Dynamo expired, he was hired by Lokomotive Yaroslavl .

International

With the Swedish offspring, Petersson took part in the U18 World Championships in 2007 and 2008 and the U20 World Championships in 2009 and 2010 , when he was the tournament's top scorer together with the Canadian Jordan Eberle . In 2009 he became vice world champion with Sweden , in 2007 and 2010 he won the bronze medal with his team.

In the 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2017/18 seasons he took part in the Euro Hockey Tour as part of the Swedish national team.

Achievements and Awards

International

  • 2010 bronze medal at the U20 World Cup
  • 2010 top scorer at the U20 World Cup

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2006/07 HV71 J20 SuperElit 6th 1 1 2 8th - - - - -
2007/08 HV71 J20 SuperElit 36 16 22nd 38 34 3 0 0 0 2
2008/09 HV71 J20 SuperElit 36 24 31 55 28 7th 7th 4th 11 8th
2008/09 HV71 Elitserien 10 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
2009/10 HV71 Elitserien 27 7th 3 10 10 6th 0 1 1 2
2009/10 Borås HC Allsvenskan 1 1 0 1 0 - - - - -
2010/11 HV71 Elitserien 31 8th 4th 12 18th - - - - -
2011/12 Binghamton Senators AHL 60 23 21st 44 20th - - - - -
2011/12 Ottawa Senators NHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2012/13 Binghamton Senators AHL 17th 2 3 5 16 - - - - -
2013/14 Binghamton Senators AHL 47 17th 23 40 28 - - - - -
2013/14 Norfolk Admirals AHL 18th 6th 8th 14th 8th 10 3 3 6th 2
2014/15 HK Sochi KHL 54 20th 18th 38 32 4th 1 0 1 2
2015/16 HK Sochi KHL 45 22nd 22nd 44 26th 4th 1 0 1 2
2016/17 HK Sochi KHL 39 14th 15th 29 22nd - - - - -
2017/18 HK Awangard Omsk KHL 40 10 17th 27 18th 6th 5 2 7th 4th
2018/19 Barys Astana KHL 51 23 22nd 45 42 8th 3 2 5 18th
2019/20 HK Dynamo Moscow KHL 47 17th 22nd 39 28 6th 5 1 6th 4th
J20 SuperElit overall 78 41 54 95 70 10 7th 4th 11 10
Elitserien total 78 18th 10 28 32 6th 0 1 1 2
KHL total 276 106 116 222 168 28 15th 5 20th 30th
AHL total 142 48 57 105 72 10 3 3 6th 2
NHL overall 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -

International

Petersson in the Tre Kronor jersey

Represented Sweden at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2007 Sweden U18 World Cup 3rd place, bronze 5 0 2 2 2
2007 Sweden HIMT 1st place, gold
2008 Sweden U18 World Cup 4th Place 6th 4th 4th 8th 2
2009 Sweden U20 World Cup 2nd place, silver 6th 3 3 6th 2
2010 Sweden U20 World Cup 3rd place, bronze 6th 8th 3 11 4th
Juniors overall 23 15th 12 27 10

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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Squad of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the 2020/21 season
personal data
SURNAME Petersson, André
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Petersson, Willy André (full name); Petersson, Andre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Olofström , Sweden