Andreas Johnsson

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Andreas Johnsson
Date of birth November 21, 1994
place of birth Gävle , Sweden
size 178 cm
Weight 82 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2013 , 7th round, 202nd position
Toronto Maple Leafs
KHL Junior Draft 2015 , 4th round, 98th position
HK Dinamo Minsk
Career stations
until 2016 Frölunda HC
2016-2018 Toronto Marlies
since 2018 Toronto Maple Leafs

Carl Andreas Johnsson (also: Andreas Johnson ; born November 21, 1994 in Gävle ) is a Swedish ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League since June 2015 and plays for them in the position of the left winger .

Career

Johnsson in the jersey of the Toronto Marlies (2018)

Andreas Johnsson was born in Gävle, where his father Jonas Johnson was active for Brynäs IF at the time . In his youth he went through the youth department of Frölunda HC , where he ran up for the J20 of the team in the J20 SuperElit , the highest junior league in Sweden, at the beginning of the 2010/11 season . During the 2012/13 season, the winger made his debut for the men's selection in the Elitserien and subsequently established himself in the professional squad of Frölundas. In addition, it chose Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft from at 202. position. In 2014 he was named Rookie of the Year after 24 scorer points in 44 games in the now renamed Svenska Hockeyligan (SHL) , before he was also considered 98th in the KHL Junior Draft 2015 by HK Dinamo Minsk .

In 2016 Johnsson won the Champions Hockey League with Frölunda and shortly afterwards also celebrated the Swedish championship . After signing an entry-level contract with the Maple Leafs in June 2015 , he moved to North America at the end of the 2015/16 season, where he played for the Toronto Marlies , the Maple Leafs' farm team , in the American Hockey League (AHL) . There the Swede also established himself as a regular scorer, represented the Marlies at the AHL All-Star Classic and was appointed to the AHL Second All-Star Team 2018, while he made his debut for Toronto in the National Hockey League (NHL) in March 2018 . He then won the AHL playoffs for the Calder Cup with the Marlies , leading the league in points (24) and was consequently awarded the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as Most Valuable Player of the post-season .

In the 2018/19 season, Johnsson was exclusively used for the NHL for the first time and recorded 20 goals and 43 points scorer. He then signed a new four-year contract in Toronto in June 2019 that is expected to earn him an average annual salary of $ 3.4 million.

International

On an international level, Johnsson played his first major tournament in 2014 with the U20 World Cup and won the silver medal with the Swedish U20 team . He made his debut for the senior national team in his home country as part of the Euro Hockey Tour 2014/15 .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2010/11 Frölunda HC J20 J20 SuperElit 30th 9 5 14th 4th 3 0 1 1 0
2011/12 Frölunda HC J20 J20 SuperElit 42 19th 13 32 +17 75 2 0 0 0 -3 0
2012/13 Frölunda HC J20 J20 SuperElit 42 23 31 54 +29 54 4th 1 1 2 +3 12
2012/13 Frölunda HC Elitserien 7th 1 0 1 ± 0 0 5 0 0 0 ± 0 0
2013/14 Frölunda HC J20 J20 SuperElit 4th 1 4th 5 +1 0 - - - - - -
2013/14 Frölunda HC SHL 44 15th 9 24 -1 2 7th 1 0 1 ± 0 4th
2014/15 Frölunda HC SHL 55 22nd 13 35 +5 34 8th 2 2 4th -1 4th
2015/16 Frölunda HC SHL 52 19th 25th 44 +8 20th 16 2 2 4th +3 8th
2015/16 Toronto Marlies AHL - - - - - - 2 0 0 0 -1 0
2016/17 Toronto Marlies AHL 75 20th 27 47 +8 42 11 6th 0 6th -1 13
2017/18 Toronto Marlies AHL 54 26th 28 54 +16 53 16 10 14th 24 +13 4th
2017/18 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 9 2 1 3 -2 0 6th 1 1 2 +2 2
2018/19 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 73 20th 23 43 +14 32 7th 1 3 4th −4 0
2019/20 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 43 8th 13 21st ± 0 14th 1 0 0 0 ± 0 0
J20 SuperElit overall 118 52 53 105 133 9 1 2 3 12
Elitserien / Svenska hockey clothes overall 158 57 47 104 +12 56 36 5 4th 9 +2 16
AHL total 129 46 55 101 +24 95 29 16 14th 30th +11 17th
NHL overall 125 30th 37 67 +12 46 14th 2 4th 6th −2 2

International

Represented the Swedes at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2014 Sweden U20 World Cup Silver medal 7th 3 3 6th +5 6th
Juniors overall 7th 3 3 6th +5 6th

( 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 )

Personal

His father Jonas Johnson was also an ice hockey player, acted as captain in Frölunda and represented his home country at two A-world championships. His brother Jonathan Johnson is also active in Swedish professional hockey.

Web links

Commons : Andreas Johnsson  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maple Leafs sign Johnson; re-sign Brennan. nhl.com, June 4, 2015, accessed April 21, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Maple Leafs Sign Kapanen and Johnsson to Contract Extensions. nhl.com, June 28, 2019, accessed June 28, 2019 .
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Squad of the Toronto Maple Leafs in the season 2019/20
personal data
SURNAME Johnsson, Andreas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johnsson, Andreas Carl (full name); Johnson, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH November 21, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Gävle , Sweden