Andreas Karlsson

Andreas Karlsson
Date of birth	19th August 1975
place of birth	Ludvika , Sweden
size	191 cm
Weight	92 kg
position	center
number	# 28
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1993 , 6th lap, 148th position Calgary Flames
Career stations
1992-1999	Leksands IF
1999-2002	Atlanta Thrashers
2002-2003	Chicago Wolves
2003-2004	EHC Basel
2004-2006	HV 71 Jönköping
2006-2008	Tampa Bay Lightning
2008-2011	Frölunda HC

Andreas Karlsson (born August 19, 1975 in Ludvika ) is a former Swedish ice hockey player who played for the Atlanta Thrashers and Tampa Bay Lightning in the National Hockey League during his active career .

Career

Andreas Karlsson began his career as a hockey player in the youth of Leksands IF , for whose professional team he made his debut in the Elitserien in the 1992/93 season . He was then selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1993 in the sixth round as the 148th player of the Calgary Flames , for which he never played. Instead he signed after another six years in Leksand for the 1999/2000 season with the Atlanta Thrashers from the National Hockey League . At the same time, the attacker played in his rookie year in the NHL for Atlanta's farm team , the Orlando Solar Bears from the International Hockey League .

After the Swede had started the 2001/02 season in the NHL team of the Thrashers, he finished it with their new farm team, the Chicago Wolves from the American Hockey League , with whom he won the Calder Cup . In the playoffs, with 21 points scorer, including seven goals, in 23 games he was one of the players with the best point yield of his team. The Swede also spent the entire 2002/03 season with the Wolves in the AHL. In the summer of 2004 he received a contract with the newly promoted EHC Basel from the Swiss National League A , which he left after only one year after its direct relegation to sign in his Swedish homeland with HV 71 Jönköping . For this he played for two years as well as for the Tampa Bay Lightning in the NHL. From the 2008/09 season , the 2006 world champion ran for Frölunda HC in the Elitserien. In March 2011 Karlsson ended his playing career.

International

For Sweden , Karlsson took part in the U20 World Junior Championship in 1995 and the World Championships in 1996 and 2006 .

Achievements and Awards

• 2002 Calder Cup win with the Chicago Wolves
• 2006 Swedish all-star team
• 2006 Guldhjälmen
• 2006 Håkan Loob Trophy (together with Tomi Kallio )

International

• 1995 bronze medal at the U20 Junior World Championship
• 1999 Baltica Cup win
• 1999 Best striker in the Baltica Cup
• 2006 gold medal at the world championship

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	5	264	16	35	51	72
Playoffs	1	6th	0	0	0	0

Web links

• Andreas Karlsson at hockeydb.com (English)
• Andreas Karlsson at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Andreas Karlsson at eurohockey.com