Eric Johansson (ice hockey)

Eric Johansson
Born	(1982-01-07) January 7, 1982 Edmonton, Canada
Occupation	Ice hockey player
Years active	1997–2018

Eric Johansson (born January 7, 1982) is a retired professional ice hockey player holding dual Swedish-Canadian nationality.

Playing career

Johansson launched his hockey journey in 1997 with the Tri-City Americans competing in the Western Hockey League. During the 2002–03 campaign, he advanced to the Albany River Rats of the American Hockey League (AHL), accumulating 53 points across 151 regular-season appearances. After three seasons, which also included a stint with the Augusta Lynx in the ECHL, he transferred to Sweden to join Mora IK in the Swedish Hockey League (Elitserien). Upon completing two seasons there, he began a season with TPS in Finland's SM-liiga before signing with HV71. A highlight of his tenure was scoring the decisive goal in game six of the Swedish playoff finals, clinching the championship for HV71.

In June 2008, Johansson agreed to a two-year deal with Leksands IF, competing in Sweden’s second division, HockeyAllsvenskan. Later, on October 23, 2010, he signed with Sapa Fehérvár AV19, participating in the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga.

Career statistics

  2005–06 Elitserien season (SEL)     Mora IK     SEL     50     13     19     32     40     5     1     3     4     6     2006–07 Elitserien season     Mora IK     SEL     40     8     12     20     12     4     1     0     1     4   2007–08 SM-liiga season   TPSSM-liiga 8 2 1 3 0 — — — — — 2007–08 Elitserien seasonHV71 SEL 47 4 9 13 24 17 2 1 3 2 2008–09 HockeyAllsvenskan seasonLeksands IFHockeyAllsvenskan 45 22 30 52 43 10 1 0 1 2 2009–10 HockeyAllsvenskan season Leksands IF Allsv 49 14 17 31 30 10 1 4 5 6 2010–11 Austrian Hockey League seasonSAPA Fehérvár AV19Austrian Hockey League 38 20 27 47 18 — — — — — 2011–12 Austrian Hockey League season SAPA Fehérvár AV19 AUT 21 6 15 21 2 6 2 3 5 2 2012–13 Austrian Hockey League season SAPA Fehérvár AV19 AUT 41 6 23 29 14 — — — — — 2013–14 Elite.A seasonRitten SportItalian Hockey League - Serie A 38 16 34 50 8 17 7 10 17 10 2014–15 Serie A (ice hockey) season Ritten Sport ITA 37 25 19 44 32 15 10 9 19 2 2015–16 DEL2 seasonSC Riessersee DEL2 23 7 19 26 12 — — — — — 2016–17 Metal Ligaen seasonHerning Blue Fox Metal Ligaen (DEN) 4 0 1 1 4 — — — — — 2016–17 Ligue Magnus seasonGothiques d'Amiens Ligue Magnus (FRA) 19 6 14 20 6 — — — — — 2017–18 HC Pustertal WölfeAlps Hockey League 31 8 18 26 16 — — — — —

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1997–98	CAC Canadians AAA	AMHL		22	13	10	23	19		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	St. Albert Saints	AJHL		17	2	5	7	17		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Tri–City Americans	WHL		2	0	1	1	2		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Tri–City Americans	WHL		48	8	14	22	20		6	1	1	2	2
1999–2000	Tri–City Americans	WHL		72	24	36	60	38		4	0	0	0	2
2000–01	Tri–City Americans	WHL		72	36	44	80	72		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Tri–City Americans	WHL		69	44	59	103	73		5	1	2	3	5
2002–03 AHL season	Albany River Rats	American Hockey League (AHL)		66	7	9	16	24		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04 AHL season	Albany River Rats	AHL		63	7	19	26	32		—	—	—	—	—
2004–05 AHL season	Albany River Rats	AHL		22	2	9	11	6		—	—	—	—	—
2004–05 ECHL season	Augusta Lynx	ECHL		42	15	21	36	36		—	—	—	—	—
AHL totals				151	16	37	53	62		-	-	-	-	-
SEL totals				137	25	40	65	76		26	4	4	8	12
AUT totals				100	32	65	97	34		6	2	3	5	2

Awards

• Selected for the Western Hockey League East Second All-Star Team in 2002
• Secured the Swedish Championship title with HV71 in 2008