Joakim Andersson

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Joakim Andersson
Date of birth 5th February 1989
place of birth Munkedal , Sweden
size 187 cm
Weight 93 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2007 , 3rd round, 88th position
Detroit Red Wings
Career stations
until 2005 Munkedals BK
2005-2010 Frölunda HC
2010-2013 Grand Rapids Griffins
2011-2016 Detroit Red Wings
2016-2018 Örebro HK
since 2018 HV71

Joakim Andersson (born February 5, 1989 in Munkedal ) is a Swedish ice hockey striker who has been under contract with HV71 in the Svenska Hockeyligan since April 2018 .

Career

At the beginning of his career, Joakim Andersson played for his hometown club Munkedals BK in the Swedish fifth league before moving to Frölunda HC in 2005 at the age of 16 . There he played in the U20 team from the highest Swedish youth league and a good first year with 20 points in 35 games. In the playoffs he was even able to increase his points yield a little when Frölunda made it to the final.

In 2006/07 Andersson increased when he was one of the team's best strikers alongside his compatriot Simon Hjalmarsson and the two Danes Lars Eller and Mikkel Bødker . With 20 goals, Andersson was the team's second best scorer and had a total of 46 scorer points in the regular season. In the playoffs he was Frölunda's second best scorer behind Eller and thus helped the team to win the Swedish U20 championship. At the same time, some players from the U20 juniors, including Eller, Bødker and Andersson, supported the U18 team in the playoffs of their age group, but failed in the final.

Because of his good performance, the Detroit Red Wings selected him in the NHL Entry Draft 2007 in the third round in 88th position.

After Andersson had already played a game for the professionals of Frölunda during the 2006/07 season , he finally switched to the professional field in autumn 2007. In order to gain experience with the seniors, Frölunda loaned him to Borås HC from the second-class HockeyAllsvenskan at the beginning of the season . He integrated well into the team and was one of the best scorers in Borås with 23 points from 33 games. At the end of the season Andersson was ordered back by Frölunda and completed the last nine games of the season as well as the playoffs in the first-class Elitserien . After the professional team failed, he returned to the juniors once more to support the Frölunda U20 team in the fight for the championship, which they eventually won. Although Andersson only played five finals, he was the top scorer in the playoffs with six goals.

In the 2008/09 season Andersson was part of the regular team of the professional team of Frölunda HC.

Andersson (right) in the face-off against Andrew Shaw (2014)

On April 13, 2010 Andersson signed a three-year entry - level contract with the Detroit Red Wings . This was extended by two years in the summer of 2013 after the Swede had for the first time completed more appearances in the NHL than in the Grand Rapids Griffins in the American Hockey League (AHL) in the 2012/13 season . In the following two seasons Andersson established himself in the NHL squad of the Red Wings, so that he received an additional year of contract in June 2015. In the following season 2015/16 he lost his regular place and only completed 34 games for the Red Wings and 19 for the Griffins in the AHL. As a result, Andersson decided to return to his home country, so that he signed a two-year contract with Örebro HK in April 2016 . After the two-year period, Andersson moved to HV71 Jönköping within the Swedish league .

Joakim Andersson is considered a two-way striker who shows good performances both on the offensive with playmaker skills and on the defensive with his physically tough game. He has strong puck control and is a good face-off player. However, he has weaknesses in his speed as well as in the area of ​​fitness.

International

Joakim Andersson made his debut for the Swedish national team at the 2006 U18 World Cup in front of a home crowd. The “three crowns” selection failed in the quarter-finals to the Czech Republic and also lost the game for fifth place against Russia .

Also in 2007 Andersson took part in the U18 World Cup, which this time was successful. Although they had to admit defeat in the semi-finals of the Russian selection, in the game for the bronze medal they clearly beat the Canadian team 8: 3.

In 2008 he was part of the Swedish U20 team that competed in the Junior World Championships . Sweden made it to the final and equalized a 2-0 deficit against Canada in the last third before North America scored the winning goal in extra time. With six assists from six games, Andersson was the best assists of his team and behind Jordan Schroeder and Marek Slovák the third best preparer of the entire tournament.

Andersson made his fourth international appearance for the Swedish youth team at the U20 World Cup in 2009 .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2015/16 season

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2003/04 Munkedals BK SWE-5 12 12 9 21st 0 - - - - -
2004/05 Munkedals BK SWE-5 14th 16 9 25th 14th - - - - -
2005/06 Frölunda HC SWE jr. 35 9 11 20th 10 7th 2 5 7th 4th
Frölunda HC SWE-U18 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0
2006/07 Frölunda HC SWE jr. 41 20th 26th 46 60 8th 0 7th 7th 4th
Frölunda HC SWE-U18 2 1 2 3 2 6th 3 2 5 28
Frölunda HC Elitserien 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Kungälvs IK SWE-3 2 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
2007/08 Borås HC Allsvenskan 33 6th 17th 23 26th - - - - -
Frölunda HC Elitserien 9 1 0 1 2 4th 1 1 2 0
Frölunda HC SWE jr. 6th 8th 2 10 30th 5 6th 3 9 4th
2008/09 Frölunda HC Elitserien 49 6th 6th 12 22nd 11 0 0 0 4th
Borås HC Allsvenskan 4th 2 2 4th 2 - - - - -
Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 1 0 1 1 2 10 1 2 3 4th
2009/10 Frölunda HC Elitserien 55 6th 12 18th 42 7th 1 2 3 0
2010/11 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 79 7th 15th 22nd 30th - - - - -
2011/12 Detroit Red Wings NHL 5 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2011/12 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 73 21st 30th 51 34 - - - - -
2012/13 Detroit Red Wings NHL 38 3 5 8th 8th 14th 1 4th 5 10
2012/13 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 36 10 17th 27 55 10 3 5 8th 0
2013/14 Detroit Red Wings NHL 65 8th 9 17th 12 1 0 0 0 0
2014/15 Detroit Red Wings NHL 68 3 5 8th 22nd 7th 1 1 2 2
2015/16 Detroit Red Wings NHL 29 1 2 3 6th 5 0 1 1 2
2015/16 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 19th 3 2 5 2 - - - - -
SWE-5 total 26th 28 18th 46 14th 0 0 0 0 0
SWE-U18 total 3 1 2 3 2 8th 3 3 6th 28
SWE jr. total 82 37 39 76 100 20th 8th 15th 23 12
Allsvenskan total 37 8th 19th 27 28 0 0 0 0 0
Elitserien total 114 13 18th 31 66 22nd 2 3 5 4th
AHL total 208 41 65 106 123 20th 4th 7th 11 4th
NHL overall 205 15th 21st 36 48 27 2 6th 8th 14th

International

Represented Sweden at:

year team event Sp T V Pt SM
2006 Sweden U18 World Cup 6th 0 0 0 4th
2007 Sweden U18 World Cup 6th 0 1 1 4th
2008 Sweden U20 World Cup 6th 0 6th 6th 2
2009 Sweden U20 World Cup 6th 2 4th 6th 6th
Juniors overall 24 2 11 13 16

( 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 )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ redwings.nhl.com
  2. ^ Johan Arvidsson: Andersson: ”Vill hjälpa Örebro ta Nästa steg”. orebrohockey.se, April 30, 2016, accessed April 30, 2016 (Swedish).
  3. ↑ Prospect Profile: Joakim Andersson ( Memento from March 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
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personal data
SURNAME Andersson, Joakim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 5th February 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Munkedal , Sweden