Jonas Andersson

Jonas Andersson
Date of birth	February 24, 1981
place of birth	Lidingö , Sweden
size	190 cm
Weight	96 kg
position	Right wing
number	# 71
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1999 , 2nd round, 33rd position Nashville Predators
Career stations
until 1999	AIK Solna
1999-2000	North Bay Centennials
2000-2003	Milwaukee Admirals
2004-2005	Leksands IF Södertälje SK Brynäs IF
2005-2006	Ilves Tampere
2006-2008	HPK Hämeenlinna
2008-2009	Kärpät Oulu
2009-2010	HK Dinamo Minsk
2010-2011	Manitoba mosses
2011	Ak Bars Kazan
2011-2013	Atlant Mytishchi
2013-2014	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
2014	HK Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk

Jonas Andersson (born February 24, 1981 in Lidingö ) is a Swedish ice hockey player who was most recently under contract at HK Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk from the KHL .

Career

Jonas Andersson began his career as a hockey player in the youth of AIK Solna , for which he was active until 1999. He was then selected in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft in the second round as the 33rd player of the Nashville Predators . First he played for a year with the North Bay Centennials in the Ontario Hockey League before he was on the ice for the first time for Nashville's farm team , the Milwaukee Admirals , in the International Hockey League towards the end of the 1999/2000 season . Also in the following season Andersson played for Milwaukee in the IHL. For the 2001/02 season, Milwaukee moved to the American Hockey League , where Andersson was active with the team for the following two years. In the 2001/02 season the striker also made his debut in the National Hockey League for the Predators, but remained pointless in five missions.

Had after Andersson injury in the 2003-04 season sidelined with ice hockey, he returned for the next game year in his native Sweden, where he initially signed a contract at second division Leksands IF received before it for Södertälje SK and Brynäs IF in Elitserien on the ice. After this year Andersson moved to the Finnish SM-liiga , where he was active for Ilves Tampere and HPK Hämeenlinna for the following three seasons . At the end of the 2007/08 season , Kärpät Oulu signed the attacker. Andersson became champions with the Finns at the end of the season . In the following season Andersson reached the final in the SM-liiga again with his team, but lost there with Kärpät with 0: 4 wins to the opponent JYP Jyväskylä .

After this success he moved together with teammate Josef Boumedienne to HK Dinamo Minsk from the Continental Hockey League . In July 2010 he got a one-year contract with the Nashville Predators. Most of the time, however, the Swede spent with the Manitoba Moose in the AHL, as Andersson was transferred to the Vancouver Canucks in October 2010 in a transfer deal . After four pointless games for the Canucks, he returned to Europe in January 2011 and signed a contract with Ak Bars Kazan in the KHL. In May 2011 the striker was signed by their league rivals Atlant Mytishchi .

For Atlant Andersson completed 99 KHL games in which he scored 26 goals before he was given in January 2013 in exchange for Ilya Krikunow to Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod .

In the 2013/14 season he was initially under contract with HK Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk before he was released from this in November 2014.

International

For Sweden Andersson took part in the U20 World Junior Championship in 2001 and the World Championship in 2010 .

Achievements and Awards

• 2000 OHL First All-Rookie Team
• 2008 Finnish champion with Kärpät Oulu
• 2009 Finnish runner-up with Kärpät Oulu
• 2009 Spengler Cup win with HK Dinamo Minsk
• 2010 bronze medal at the world championship

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
NHL Regular Season	2	9	0	0	0	2
NHL playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-
Elitserien main round	1	41	2	4th	6th	10
Elitserien Playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

Web links

• Jonas Andersson at hockeydb.com (English)
• Jonas Andersson at eliteprospects.com (English)