Anders Eriksson (ice hockey, born 1985)

Dan Anders Eriksson (born March 17, 1985) is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward. He is currently an unrestricted free agent having last played with Lausitzer Füchse in the DEL2 in Germany.

Anders Eriksson
Born (1985-03-17) March 17, 1985 (age 39)
Floda, Sweden
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 196 lb (89 kg; 14 st 0 lb)
Position Centre
Shoots Right
team
Former teams
Free Agent
Växjö Lakers
Örebro HK
Lausitzer Füchse
Playing career 2005–present

Playing career edit

Eriksson was born in Floda, Sweden, but grew up in Gothenburg with Frölunda HC as his youth team. As a 19-year-old, he signed with Borås HC of the Swedish Division 1, the third tier in Swedish senior ice hockey, for his first professional contract with a senior team. With 21 goals and 41 points in 42 games with the team in the 2006–07 season, Eriksson was a significant factor for Borås HC reaching the 2007 HockeyAllsvenskan Kvalserien that season. In the 2007 Kvalserien he scored 5 goals and 8 points in 8 games; Borås finished second in the 2007 Kvalserien and promoted to the HockeyAllsvenskan, the second-tier league, for the 2007–08 season. Anders Eriksson continued to play for the team for three seasons and was a good reason why Borås managed to stay in the HockeyAllsvenskan. His last season with the team ended with 14 goals and 28 points in 51 games.

Växjö Lakers in the same league, intending to reach the Kvalserien qualification for the top-tier league Elitserien (SEL) for the third consecutive year, signed Anders Eriksson prior to the 2010–11 season. In the regular season, he scored 12 goals and 33 points for the team, which won the HockeyAllsvenskan for the first time in the club's history and successfully moved on to play in the 2011 Kvalserien. Eriksson's major breakthrough came there. A significant contributor to the Lakers' promotion to the Elitserien, he finished fourth in the scoring league, with 7 goals and 11 points in 10 games. Four of his goals were game-winning ones (GWG's), winning the GWG league.

Anders Eriksson played his first Elitserien game on September 13, 2011, against Frölunda HC. He did not manage to score any points as Frölunda shutout the Lakers 2–0.[1][2]

After four seasons with Örebro HK and establishing himself in the SHL, Eriksson left the club as a free agent to try-out with Färjestad BK for the 2016–17 season. On September 11, 2016 he was released from his try-out with FBK and returned to train with Örebro HK. On September 26, 2016 was re-signed to a temporary seven week contract to cover for initial injuries on the Örebro HK roster.[3]

Career statistics edit

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2000–01 Frölunda HC J20 1 0 0 0 0
2003–04 Frölunda HC J20 36 10 18 28 18 5 1 0 1 4
2004–05 Frölunda HC J20 32 11 14 25 28 6 2 0 2 2
2005–06 Borås HC Div. 1 44 12 17 29 61
2006–07 Borås HC Div. 1 42 21 20 41 58 8 5 3 8 18
2007–08 Borås HC Allsv 45 11 21 32 30 4 1 2 3 2
2008–09 Borås HC Allsv 35 3 8 11 26
2009–10 Borås HC Allsv 51 14 14 28 65
2010–11 Växjö Lakers Allsv 51 12 21 33 28 10 7 4 11 18
2011–12 Växjö Lakers SEL 47 3 5 8 14
2012–13 Örebro HK Allsv 43 8 11 19 12 16 5 5 10 10
2013–14 Örebro HK SHL 55 3 7 10 36
2014–15 Örebro HK SHL 55 12 6 18 53 6 0 0 0 0
2015–16 Örebro HK SHL 49 5 6 11 28 2 0 0 0 0
2016–17 Örebro HK SHL 12 1 0 1 0
2016–17 AIK IF Allsv 36 4 8 12 35 8 0 2 2 4
2017–18 Lausitzer Füchse DEL2 42 17 27 44 32
2018–19 Lausitzer Füchse DEL2 49 15 27 42 44 7 3 4 7 6
SHL totals 218 24 24 48 131 8 0 0 0 0

References edit

  1. ^ Jonas Gustavsson (2011-09-13). "Truppen till premiären klar" (in Swedish). Växjö Lakers Hockey. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
  2. ^ Robert Sandberg (2011-09-13). "Matchrapport: Frölunda-Växjö Lakers 0-2" (in Swedish). Växjö Lakers Hockey. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
  3. ^ "Eriksson and Adolfsson back in OHK" (in Swedish). Örebro HK. 2016-09-26. Retrieved 2016-09-26.

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