Roger Johansson
Roger Johansson ( born April 17, 1967 in Ljungby ) is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player who played in his playing days from 1983 to 2001 among others for the Calgary Flames and Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League.
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Career
Roger Johansson began his career as a hockey player in his hometown at IF Troja Ljungby - for which he was active from 1983 to 1986 in the second-class Division 1. During this period, the defender in the NHL Entry Draft in 1985 was selected in the fourth round as a total of 80 players from the Calgary Flames. First, however, he played from 1986 to 1989 for three years for Färjestad BK in the Elitserien, with whom he was for the first time in his career, the Swedish championship in the 1987/88 season. In the summer of 1989, the Flames summoned the left-handed shooters to North America, where he made his debut for the Canadians in the National Hockey League in the 1989/90 season. In his rookie year, he was in 35 games overall five assists.
In the following game time, Johansson rose to 17 scorer points, including four goals, in 38 games, Calgary but left then to aground for Leksand IF in his native Sweden. For the 1992/93 season, the Swede was re-appointed in the cadre of the Calgary Flames, for in 77 games, he scored four goals in his only full NHL season and had 16 assists. Then he wrote again in Leksand, where he spent the next year and a half before he was released in January 1995 by the Calgary Flames, who still held the rights to transfer him to their league rivals Chicago Blackhawks. For this until end of season, he scored a goal in eleven games.
In summer 1995, Johansson was hired by his former club Färjestad BK, for in the Elitserien, he stood up to his career in late 2001 on the ice.
Internationally
For Sweden, Johansson took part in the U20 World Junior Championships in 1986 and 1987, as well as the World Championships in 1994, 1996 and 1997 in part. In addition, he was in the squad of Sweden at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer and the World Cup of Hockey 1996.