Peter Eriksson (ice hockey)
Peter Gösta Nicklas Eriksson ( born July 12, 1965 in Nässjö ) is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player who played in his playing days from 1984 to 1998 among others for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League.
Career
Peter Eriksson began his career as a hockey player with the HV71, for the first team he gave his debut in the 1984/85 season in the second-class Division 1. With his team, he immediately achieved promotion to the Elitserien. There, the winger was another three years before the HV71 before moving to the 1989/90 season with the Edmonton Oilers, who had chosen him already in the NHL Entry Draft in 1987 in the fourth Rudne than a total of 64 players. For Edmonton, he scored in the National Hockey League in 20 games three goals and three assists. In parallel, he also came to 21 points scorer in 26 games for Edmonton's farm team Cape Breton Oilers of the American Hockey League.
From 1990 to 1994 Eriksson ran again for the HV71 in Elitserien. He spent the following three years at IF Troja Ljungby - in the second-class Division 1 Last of the Swede ran in the 1997/98 season for the Nuremberg Ice Tigers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga on. For Bayern he scored three goals in 32 games and four assists. He then finished his career at the age of 33 years.
Internationally
For Sweden, Eriksson took part in the 1987 Canada Cup. In addition, he was in the squad of his country at the Olympic Winter Games in Calgary in 1988 and the World Cup 1989. At the Winter Games he won the bronze medal with his team.