Johan Larsson (ice hockey player, 1992)

Sweden Johan Larsson


Date of birth	July 25, 1992
place of birth	Lau , Sweden
size	182 cm
Weight	90 kg

position	center
number	# 22
Shot hand	Left

Draft

KHL Junior Draft	2010 , 5th round, 111th position Metallurg Novokuznetsk
NHL Entry Draft	2010 , 2nd round, 56th position Minnesota Wild

Career stations

2010–2012	Brynäs IF
2012-2013	Houston Eros
2013-2015	Rochester Americans
since 2013	Buffalo Sabers

Johan Larsson (born July 25, 1992 in Lau ) is a Swedish ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Buffalo Sabers in the National Hockey League since April 2013 . With the Swedish national team , he won the gold medal at the 2018 World Cup .

Career

Larsson in the jersey of the Sabers (2013)

Johan Larsson began his career as a hockey player in the youth division of Brynäs IF , for whose professional team he made his debut in the Elitserien , the top Swedish division, in the 2010/11 season . In the following season the center won the Swedish championship with his team . He himself scored 45 scorer points in a total of 65 games, including 14 goals, and was voted Elitserien Rookie of the Year .

For the 2012/13 season Larsson moved to North America and acted first as a regular player in the AHL - farm team of the Minnesota Wild before it to be available during the same season NHL gave debut. At the trade deadline on April 3, 2013, he was transferred to the Buffalo Sabers .

There he switched frequently between the NHL and AHL squads until 2015, and since 2015 he has only been used in the NHL.

International

For Sweden , Larsson took part in the junior division of the 2010 U18 World Cup and the 2011 and 2012 U20 World Cup . At the U18 World Cup 2010 he and his team won the silver medal, and at the U20 World Cup 2012 the gold medal. At the U18 World Cup in 2010, he was also elected to the All-Star Team.

In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad for the first time at the 2012 World Cup . After six years, he was reassigned to the Swedish squad for the 2018 World Cup and won the gold medal with the team.

Achievements and Awards

Larsson with the 2012 U20 World Cup

2012 Swedish champion with Brynäs IF
2012 Rookie of the Year of the Elitserien

International

2010 silver medal at the U18 World Championship
2010 All-Star Team of the U18 Junior World Championship
2012 gold medal at the U20 World Cup
2018 gold medal at the world championship

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
2008/09	Brynäs IF J20	SuperElit	33	4th	5	9		55	5	0	0	0		2
2009/10	Brynäs IF J20	SuperElit	40	15th	19th	34		80	5	1	1	2		2
2010/11	Brynäs IF J20	SuperElit	10	6th	9	15th		8th	1	0	0	0		0
2010/11	Brynäs IF	Elitserien	43	4th	4th	8th	+3	18th	5	0	2	2	-4	4th
2011/12	Brynäs IF	Elitserien	49	12	24	36	-10	34	16	2	7th	9	+6	16
2012/13	Houston Eros	AHL	62	15th	22nd	37	± 0	38	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Minnesota Wild	NHL	1	0	0	0	± 0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Rochester Americans	AHL	7th	1	3	4th	-2	2	3	0	3	3	+2	6th
2013/14	Rochester Americans	AHL	51	15th	26th	41	+7	75	5	1	2	3	-3	4th
2013/14	Buffalo Sabers	NHL	28	0	4th	4th	± 0	19th	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Rochester Americans	AHL	44	15th	25th	40	+12	38	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Buffalo Sabers	NHL	39	6th	10	16	± 0	12	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	Buffalo Sabers	NHL	74	10	7th	17th	-4	27	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	Buffalo Sabers	NHL	36	6th	5	11	–7	20th	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Buffalo Sabers	NHL	80	4th	13	17th	-30	49	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	Buffalo Sabers	NHL	73	6th	8th	14th	-8th	37	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019/20	Buffalo Sabers	NHL	62	6th	12	18th	+8	26th	-	-	-	-	-	-
SuperElit overall			83	25th	33	58		143	11	1	1	2		4th
Elitserien total			92	16	28	44	–7	52	21st	2	9	11	+2	20th
AHL total			164	46	76	122	+17	153	8th	1	5	6th	-1	10
NHL overall			393	38	59	97	-41	190	-	-	-	-	-	-

International

Represented Sweden at:

year	team	event	result	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
2010	Sweden	U18 World Cup		5	6th	8th	14th	+8	0
2011	Sweden	U20 World Cup	4th Place	6th	1	3	4th	± 0	4th
2012	Sweden	U20 World Cup		6th	0	6th	6th	+3	0
2012	Sweden	WM	6th place	7th	0	2	2	-2	0
2018	Sweden	WM		10	0	1	1	+1	2
Juniors overall				17th	7th	17th	24	+11	4th
Men overall				17th	0	3	3	-1	2

( 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

Commons : John Larsson - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Player biography on the Buffalo Sabers website
Johan Larsson at eurohockey.com
Johan Larsson at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

↑ nhl.com: "WEBER ACTIVATED, FOUR ROOKIES SENT DOWN" (English, November 19, 2013, accessed on December 5, 2013)

Squad of the Buffalo Sabers in the season 2019/20

personal data
SURNAME	Larsson, Johan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swedish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH	July 25, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lau , Sweden

[1] .com: "WEBER ACTIVATED, FOUR ROOKIES SENT DOWN" (English, November 19, 2013, accessed on December 5, 2013)