Eric Johansson

Eric Johansson (born January 7, 1982, in Edmonton, Alberta) is a professional Swedish-Canadian ice hockey player, currently with Leksands IF in the Swedish second tier league, HockeyAllsvenskan.

Playing career
Canadian-born Johansson started his ice hockey career in 1997, playing for the Tri-City Americans in the junior league Western Hockey League from 1997 to 2002.

The Minnesota Wild picked him 255th overall in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft but Johansson never signed with them. The New Jersey Devils then picked him 187th overall in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.

For season 2002–03 he joined the Albany River Rats in AHL, scoring 53 points in 151 games during the regular seasons. After three seasons with Albany, the last one spent primarily in ECHL with Augusta Lynx, he moved to Sweden and signed with Mora IK in the Swedish elite league Elitserien. After two seasons with the side he signed with another Elitserien team, HV71, after having started the season with TPS in the Finnish SM-liiga. During the Swedish playoff finals, Johansson scored the game-winning goal in games six and secured the championship for HV71.

In June, 2008, he signed a two year deal with Leksands IF in the Swedish second tier league, HockeyAllsvenskan.

Awards

 * Swedish Champion with HV71 in 2008.