Jonathan Johnson (ice hockey)

Nils Jonathan Johnsson (born January 11, 1993), better known as Jonathan Johnson, is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre, currently playing for Skellefteå AIK in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).

Jonathan Johnson
Born (1993-01-11) January 11, 1993
Gävle, Sweden
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)
Position Centre
Shoots Left
SHL team
Former teams
Skellefteå AIK
Frölunda HC
Playing career 2011present

Early life

Johnson was born on January 11, 1993, in Gävle. He is the oldest son of former ice hockey player Jonas Johnson. Jonathan's younger brother Andreas is also an ice hockey player, currently playing for the San Jose Sharks organization in the National Hockey League.[1]

Playing career

Johnson started playing ice hockey with Gävle GIK at a young age, in 1998 when his father started playing for Frölunda HC Johnson joined HK Kings from Kungsbacka. During the 2007–08 season Johnson played one game for Kings' senior team in Division 3—Sweden's fifth highest league. In 2008 Johnson represented Halland in TV-pucken, collecting two assists in five games, the same year he also joined Frölunda's junior organisation for the 2008–09 season. During the 2009–10 season Johnson was the top scored in the J18 Elit South division, with 17 goals and 13 assists for a total of 30 points in 19 games, in the continuation series J18 Allsvenskan he scored nine goals and 18 points in 20 games. In the Swedish U18 Championship playoffs Johnson production dropped, scoring one goal and three points in eight games as Frölunda won a bronze medal. In 2009–10 Johnson also made his debut with the under 20 team in the J20 SuperElit. The following season he was a regular with the under 20 team, winning the 2010 European Trophy Junior tournament with Frölunda during the pre-season, and scoring six goals and 16 points in 33 games in the J20 SuperElit, while also playing sporadically with the under 18 team. In the playoffs Johnson continued suiting up for both the under 18 and under 20 team, scoring two goals and four points in four games with the under 18 team, and two goals, three points, in six games with the under 20 team, winning the Swedish Championship with both teams.

During the 2011–12 season Johnson first saw action with Frölunda's senior team, making his debut in an exhibition game against the New York Rangers, where he scored a goal on his first shot against former Frölunda keeper Henrik Lundqvist.[2] He made his Elitserien debut on November 1 at Hovet, in a game against Djurgårdens IF. In December Johnson was loaned to Örebro HK in HockeyAllsvenskan. [3]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2009–10 Frölunda HC J20 50000
2010–11 Frölunda HC J20 336101649 62130
2011–12 Frölunda HC J20 4824355959 20004
2011–12 Örebro HK Allsv 10000
2011–12 Frölunda HC SEL 90000
2012–13 Frölunda HC J20 4216284464 61232
2012–13 Frölunda HC SEL 40000
2012–13 Kungälvs IK Div.1 64372
2012–13 Karlskrona HK Allsv 11010
2013–14 Frölunda HC SHL 21010
2013–14 IK Oskarshamn Allsv 4515611
2014–15 IF Troja/Ljungby Div.1 3620204020 72352
2015–16 Tingsryds AIF Allsv 521492320 70110
2016–17 Tingsryds AIF Allsv 521192022 50000
2017–18 IF Troja/Ljungby Allsv 5119203910
2018–19 Modo Hockey Allsv 5115223728 50554
2019–20 Modo Hockey Allsv 5229507932 20114
2020–21 Skellefteå AIK SHL 48915248 121348
2021–22 Skellefteå AIK SHL 5114385216 61340
2022–23 Skellefteå AIK SHL 5010283810 155384
SHL totals 164348111534 33791612

References

  1. "ANDREAS JOHNSSON". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  2. Nilsson, Stefan (2011-10-01). "Gjorde mål på Henke". Expressen (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
  3. Bodin, Uffe (2011-12-07). "Jonas Johnsons son till Örebro" (in Swedish). Hockeysverige.se. Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-12-08.
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