Andreas Karlsson

Andreas Karlsson ( born August 19, 1975 in Ludvika ) is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player who played during his active career, among other things for the Atlanta Thrashers and Tampa Bay Lightning in the National Hockey League.

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Career

Andreas Karlsson began his career as a hockey player in his youth from Leksand IF, for the first team, he made his debut in the Elitserien in the 1992/93 season. He was then in the sixth round as a total 148 players selected in the NHL Entry Draft by the Calgary Flames in 1993, for which he, however, never played. Instead, he signed after six years in Leksand for the season 1999/2000 of the Atlanta Thrashers of the National Hockey League. Parallel played the aggressor in his rookie year in the NHL for Atlanta's farm team, the Orlando Solar Bears of the International Hockey League.

After the Swede began the 2001/02 season in the NHL team in the Thrashers, he finished it at their new farm team, the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League, with whom he won the Calder Cup. In the playoffs, he was a scorer with 21 points, including seven goals in 23 games to the players with the best yield point of his team. The entire 2002/03 season, the Swede spent at the Wolves in the AHL. In the summer of 2004 he received a contract with EHC Basel climbers from the Swiss National League A, which he left after its direct relegated again after only one year, to sign in his native Sweden in the HV 71 Jönköping. For this he also played two years as then for the Tampa Bay Lightning in the NHL. From the 2008/ 09 season, the 2006 world champion for the Frölunda HC ran on in the Elitserien. In March 2011, Karlsson ended his playing career.

Internationally

For Sweden, Karlsson took part in the U20 Junior World Cup in 1995 and the World Championships in 1996 and 2006.

Awards and achievements

  • 2002 Calder Cup win with the Chicago Wolves
  • 2006 Swedish All- Star Team
  • 2006 Guldhjälmen
  • 2006 Håkan Loob Trophy (together with Tomi Kallio )

Internationally

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