List of drafted Frölunda HC players



This is a list of drafted Frölunda HC players, players who have been drafted in the National Hockey League (NHL) Entry Draft and played the season prior to the draft for the Frölunda ice hockey organization. There have been 51 players drafted in the NHL Entry Draft from the Frölunda organization. That ranks second in Europe, outranked only by Russian club CSKA Moscow (62 players). Most of the players on this list were drafted from Frölunda's junior team which is the most successful junior team in Sweden, having won more Anton Cups (9) than any other team.

Nine Frölunda players have been selected in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft. The highest draft selection was Fredrik Sjöström, who was drafted eleventh overall in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. The most-recent first-round selections were Erik Karlsson and Anton Gustafsson in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. The most notable players drafted from Frölunda are: defenseman Calle Johansson, who played more the 1100 regular season games in the NHL, Ottawa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson, who won the Calder Memorial Trophy (NHL Rookie of the Year) in 1996, and three time Vezina Trophy (Top Goalie in the NHL) nominee Henrik Lundqvist.

Two players were drafted as overage players, having played several seasons at a professional level: Ronnie Sundin, drafted by the New York Rangers in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft at age 26, and Jonas Johnson, drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft at age 32. Three pair of siblings have also been drafted: brothers Mikael & Niklas Andersson, and the two sets of twins, Joel & Henrik Lundqvist and Fred & John Wikner.