Ryan Johansen

Ryan Johansen
Date of birth	July 31, 1992
place of birth	Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada
size	188 cm
Weight	87 kg
position	center
number	# 92
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2010 , 1st round, 4th position Columbus Blue Jackets
Career stations
2008-2009	Penticton Vees
2009-2011	Portland Winterhawks
2011-2016	Columbus Blue Jackets
since 2016	Nashville Predators

Ryan Johansen (born July 31, 1992 in Vancouver , British Columbia ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Nashville Predators in the National Hockey League since January 2016 . Previously, the center spent almost four and a half years with the Columbus Blue Jackets , who had selected him in fourth position in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft .

Career

Johansen in the jersey of the Winterhawks (2010)

Ryan Johansen spent his early hockey years at various clubs in his hometown of Vancouver, before 2007 at the Bantam Draft of the Western Hockey League by the Portland Winter Hawks selected. However, he did not make his debut in the WHL until 2009 after he had spent the 2008/09 season with the Penticton Vees in the British Columbia Hockey League . In his first year with the Winterhawks in the WHL, he was the second-best scorer of his team with 69 points and the second-best scorer in the rookie ranking. In the 2010 NHL Entry Draft , he was then selected in fourth place by the Columbus Blue Jackets , but continued to play in Portland. In the 2010/11 season Johansen, who was top scorer of the playoffs with 28 points from 21 games, had a large share in the final of the Winterhawks.

For the 2011/12 season , the Canadian made his debut for the Columbus Blue Jackets in the National Hockey League and quickly became a top performer.

On January 6, 2016, Johansen was transferred to the Nashville Predators in exchange for Seth Jones . In the 2016/17 season he reached the final of the Stanley Cup with the Predators , but lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins there . The attacker then signed a new eight-year contract in Nashville in July 2017, which is expected to earn him an average annual salary of eight million US dollars.

International

For Canada, Johansen took part in the U20 World Junior Championship in 2011 , where he not only won the silver medal, but was also elected to the all-star team of the tournament.

Achievements and Awards

• 2010 CHL Top Prospects Game
• 2011 WHL West First All-Star Team
• 2012 NHL All-Star Game SuperSkills Competition
• 2015 NHL All-Star Game and MVP award

International

• 2011 silver medal at the U20 World Junior Championship
• 2011 All-Star-Team of the U20 World Junior 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	Penticton Vees	BCHL		47	5	12	17th	21st		10	4th	3	7th	2
2009/10	Portland Winterhawks	WHL		71	25th	44	69	53		13	6th	12	18th	18th
2010/11	Portland Winterhawks	WHL		63	40	52	92	64		20th	13	15th	28	6th
2011/12	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		67	9	12	21st	24		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Springfield Falcons	AHL		40	17th	16	33	20th		5	0	1	1	2
2012/13	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		40	5	7th	12	12		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		82	33	30th	63	43		6th	2	4th	6th	4th
2014/15	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		82	26th	45	71	40		-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		38	6th	20th	26th	25th		-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	Nashville Predators	NHL		42	8th	26th	34	36		14th	4th	4th	8th	16
2016/17	Nashville Predators	NHL		82	14th	47	61	60		14th	3	10	13	12
2017/18	Nashville Predators	NHL		79	15th	39	54	78		13	5	9	14th	2
2018/19	Nashville Predators	NHL		80	14th	50	64	42		6th	1	1	2	2
2019/20	Nashville Predators	NHL		68	14th	22nd	36	45		4th	1	4th	5	2
WHL overall				134	65	96	161	117		33	19th	27	46	24
NHL overall				660	144	298	442	405		57	16	32	48	38

International

Represented Canada to:

• U20 World Junior Championship 2011

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2011	Canada	U20 World Cup			7th	3	6th	9	2
Juniors overall					7th	3	6th	9	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 : Ryan Johansen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Player biography on the Nashville Predators website
• Ryan Johansen at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ whl.ca, Portland Winterhawks Point Leaders Regular Season ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ whl.ca, Rookie Point Leaders Regular Season ( Memento of the original from October 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ nhl.com, Johansen to Predators; Blue Jackets get Jones