André Petersson

André Willy Petersson (born September 11, 1990) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player,[1] who is currently playing under contract with HV71 of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He was selected by the Ottawa Senators in the 4th round (109th overall) of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.

André Petersson
Born (1990-09-11) September 11, 1990
Olofström, Sweden
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb)
Position Right wing
Shoots Right
SHL team
Former teams		 HV71
Ottawa Senators
HC Sochi
Avangard Omsk
Barys Astana
Dynamo Moscow
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
National team  Sweden
NHL Draft 109th overall, 2008
Ottawa Senators
Playing career 2007–present

Playing career
Petersson scores his PSO shot against Finland (2015 Channel One Cup)

Petersson has won the Swedish junior championship and the regular Swedish championship with HV71 in 2009 and 2010, respectively. He has twice played in the IIHF World U20 Championship and won the silver medal in 2009 and the bronze medal in 2010.[2]

Petersson began the 2011–12 season in North America, playing with Ottawa's top farm team, the Binghamton Senators of the American Hockey League.[3] He was called up to Ottawa on January 17, 2012,[4] and made his National Hockey League debut on January 21 against the Anaheim Ducks. Petersson had a good first season with Binghamton, scoring 23 goals and 21 assists to place second on the team in scoring. As the 2012–13 season started with an NHL lockout and no NHL training camp, Petersson started with Binghamton and had 2 goals and 3 assists before injuring his hip and ending his season early.

On March 5, 2014, Petersson was traded by the Senators to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for defenseman Alex Grant.[5] He was immediately assigned to AHL affiliate, the Norfolk Admirals where he remained for the duration of the season.

On June 16, 2014, as a restricted free agent from the Ducks, Petersson opted to return to Europe in signing a one-year contract for Russian club, HC Sochi for their inaugural season.[6]

After spending the 2017–18 season with Avangard Omsk, registering 10 goals and 27 points in 40 games, Petersson continued his career in the KHL by signing a one-year contract with Barys Astana on June 13, 2018.[7] He recorded a productive 23 goals and 45 points in 51 games for the Kazakh-based club in the 2018–19 season.

As a free agent, Petersson left Barys to sign a one-year contract to continue in the KHL with HC Dynamo Moscow on June 16, 2019.[8] In the following 2019–20 season, Petersson added 17 goals and 39 points through 47 games. He led the team with 5 goals in their first-round victory over rivals Spartak Moscow before the remainder of the playoffs were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On 4 May 2020, Petersson as a free agent signed a two-year contract with his fifth KHL club, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl.[9]

In the 2021–22 season, Petersson appeared in just 6 games with Lokomotiv before returning to former club, Dynamo Moscow, on 27 December 2021. He appeared in a further 2 regular season games before advancing to the playoffs with Dynamo. He posted 1 point through 6 playoff contests before leaving the club during their conference semifinals against CSKA Moscow due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine on March 16, 2022.[10]

On 23 June 2022, Petersson opted to return to his original Swedish club, HV71 of the SHL, in agreeing to a three-year deal.[11]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2008–09 HV71 SEL 10 0 1 1 0 — — — — —
2009–10 HV71 SEL 37 10 5 15 14 6 0 1 1 2
2009–10 Borås HC Allsv 1 1 0 1 0 — — — — —
2010–11 HV71 SEL 31 8 4 12 18 — — — — —
2011–12 Binghamton Senators AHL 60 23 21 44 20 — — — — —
2011–12 Ottawa Senators NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2012–13 Binghamton Senators AHL 17 2 3 5 16 — — — — —
2013–14 Binghamton Senators AHL 47 17 23 40 28 — — — — —
2013–14 Norfolk Admirals AHL 18 6 8 14 8 10 3 3 6 2
2014–15 HC Sochi KHL 54 20 18 38 32 4 1 0 1 2
2015–16 HC Sochi KHL 45 22 22 44 26 4 1 0 1 2
2016–17 HC Sochi KHL 39 14 15 29 22 — — — — —
2017–18 Avangard Omsk KHL 40 10 17 27 18 6 5 2 7 4
2018–19 Barys Astana KHL 51 23 22 45 42 8 3 2 5 18
2019–20 Dynamo Moscow KHL 47 17 22 39 28 6 5 1 6 4
2020–21 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl KHL 42 15 14 29 20 11 3 5 8 10
2021–22 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl KHL 6 0 3 3 2 — — — — —
2021–22 Dynamo Moscow KHL 2 0 1 1 0 6 0 1 1 2
2022–23 HV71 SHL 47 21 21 42 16 — — — — —
SHL totals 125 39 31 70 48 6 0 1 1 2
NHL totals 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
KHL totals 326 121 134 255 190 45 18 11 29 42
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2009 Canada
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Canada

International
Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2007 Sweden U18 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 0 2 2 0
2009 Sweden U18 4th 6 4 4 8 2
2009 Sweden WJC 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 3 3 6 2
2010 Sweden WJC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 8 3 11 4
2023 Sweden WC 6th 7 2 4 6 6
Junior totals 23 15 12 27 8
Senior totals 7 2 4 6 6

References
  1. "André Petersson". eurohockey.net. Archived from the original on January 18, 2009. Retrieved January 2, 2009.
  2. Freijd, Johan (April 20, 2009). "Nya kontrakt för HV-trio". HV71.se (in Swedish). HV71. Archived from the original on April 22, 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
  3. "Senators sign forward Andre Petersson to entry-level contract". www.ottawasenators.com. Ottawa Senators. April 8, 2011. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
  4. "Sens call up help from Binghamton". Archived from the original on January 20, 2012. Retrieved 2012-01-22. Sens call up help from Binghamton
  5. "Senators Trade D Petersson To Ducks For D Grant". TSN.ca. March 5, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
  6. "Transfer news: June 16" (in Russian). Kontinental Hockey League. June 14, 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
  7. "Barys sign Andre Petersson" (in Russian). Barys Astana. June 13, 2018. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  8. "Andre Petersson, Dynamo new signing" (in Russian). HC Dynamo Moscow. June 16, 2019. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  9. "Andre Petersson to Lokomotiv" (in Russian). Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. May 4, 2020. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  10. "O'Dell and Petersson leave the team" (in Russian). HC Dynamo Moscow. March 16, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  11. "Petersson returns to HV71" (in Swedish). HV71. June 23, 2022. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
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