| 1985 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Calle Johansson
Selected in first round
No.
14 overall by Buffalo Sabres
Born February
14, 1967
 | Position:
Defense
Height: 5-11 Weight: 200
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Goteborg (Sweden)
Birthplace:
Goteborg, Sweden
Hometown: Goteborg, Sweden |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1981-82 |
Goteborg KBA | Sweden |
27 | 3 |
3 | 6 |
-- | | 1982-83 |
Goteborg KBA | Sweden |
29 | 12 |
11 | 23 |
-- | | 1983-84 |
Goteborg | Sweden |
28 | 4 |
4 | 8 |
10 | | 1984-85 |
Goteborg | Sweden |
25 | 8 |
13 | 21 |
16 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
European Junior Championships: 1984 (bronze),
1985 (gold)
European Junior Championships All-Star First Team:
1985 |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 8, 1987 (Minnesota at
Buffalo)
Numbers: 3 (Buffalo); 6
(Washington); 9 (Toronto)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Status:
Retired for final time in 2004 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1987-2004 |
BUF, WAS, TOR | 1,109 |
119 | 416 |
535 | 519 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1988-2004 |
BUF, WAS, TOR | 105 |
12 | 43 |
55 | 44 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
NHL All-Rookie Team: 1987-88 (Buffalo)
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1998 (Washington)
Washington Records: Most seasons played (15), most career games
played (983), most career games played by a defenseman (983), most career
points by a defenseman (474), most career assists by a defenseman (361),
most career power-play goals by a defenseman (51), most career playoff games
played by a defenseman (95), most career playoff points by a defenseman
(54), most career playoff assists by a defenseman (42), most games played in one season
(84 in 1993-94, shares record), best plus-minus rating in one playoff game
(plus-5 at Pittsburgh on May 6, 1995)
Washington Playoffs Points Leader: 2000 (3, tie)
Scouting Career: Named Washington European scout on Aug. 7, 2003, and
remained in that position until coming out of retirement on March 9, 2004.
Miscellaneous: Signed first NHL contract with Buffalo in May 1987. ... Had assist in first NHL game.
... Missed part of 1987-88 season with knee injury, suffered in
Buffalo's Oct. 13, 1987, game at Pittsburgh. He did not return to action
until Buffalo's Oct. 30, 1987, game vs. Los Angeles. ... Led all NHL rookies
with plus-12 rating in 1987-88. ... Finished second
among all NHL rookies with 38 assists in 1987-88. ... Missed part of 1988-89
season with damaged ligaments in thumb, an injury suffered during Buffalo's
Oct. 9, 1988, game at Philadelphia. He did not return to action until
Buffalo's Nov. 25, 1988, game vs. Chicago. ... Missed part of 1989-90 season
with strained lower back, an injury suffered in Washington's Oct. 7, 1989,
game vs. Chicago. He did not return to action until Washington's Oct. 31,
1989, game vs. St. Louis. ... Missed part of 1991 playoffs with ankle
injury, suffered in Game 1 of Washington's first-round series at N.Y.
Rangers on April 3, 1991. ... Led all Washington defensemen with 56 points
in 1991-92. ... Missed part of 1992-93 season with bruised ribs, suffered in Washington's Jan. 9, 1993, game vs. Edmonton. The injury
ended Johansson's streak of 271 consecutive games played, and he did not
return to action until Washington's Jan. 29, 1993, game vs. Quebec. ...
Missed remainder of 1994 playoffs with nerve damage in left knee, suffered when he was slashed from behind by Shawn McEachern during the third
period of Game 6 of Washington's first-round series vs. Pittsburgh on April
27, 1994. ... Missed part of 1995 season with the flu, an illness contracted
in March 1995. ... Led all Washington defensemen with 31 points in 1995. ...
Tied for third in NHL with 20 power-play assists in 1995. ... Missed
remainder of 1995-96 season and entire 1996 playoffs with broken right
wrist, an injury suffered in Washington's April 4, 1996, game at
Pittsburgh. ... Missed part of 1996-97 season with broken jaw, an injury
suffered in Washington's Nov. 12, 1996, game at New Jersey. He did not
return to action until Washington's Dec. 20, 1996, game vs. San Jose. ...
Missed part of 1996-97 season with bruised foot, suffered in
Washington's Feb. 14, 1997, game vs. Tampa Bay. ... Missed part of 1997-98
season with sprained knee, an injury suffered in Washington's Jan. 13,
1998, game vs. Ottawa. He did not return to action until Sweden's Olympic
opener vs. USA on Feb. 13, 1998, in Nagano, Japan. ... Led Washington with
plus-9 rating in 1998 playoffs. ... Named Washington Player of Month for
February 1999. ... Broke Rod Langway's Washington record for career games
played by a defenseman by appearing in 727th game on March 4, 1999,
vs. N.Y. Rangers. ... Missed remainder of 1998-99 season with sprained
left knee, suffered when he was slashed by Adam Graves in
Washington's March 15, 1999, game at N.Y. Rangers. ... Led NHL with 2,389
shifts in 1999-00. ... Led Washington in average ice time per game with
23:55 in 1999-00. ... Missed part of 2000-01 season with sore back, suffered
in Washington's Nov. 2, 2000, game at St. Louis. He did
not return until Washington's Nov. 17, 2000, game vs. Montreal.
... Broke Scott Stevens' Washington record for career points by a defenseman
with his 430th career point on an assist in Washington's Nov. 22, 2000, game
vs. Vancouver. ... Played in 1,000th career NHL game for Washington on
March 19, 2001, at N.Y. Rangers. ... Led Washington in average ice time per
game with 23:43 in 2000-01. ... Missed part of 2001-02 season with right
shoulder injury, suffered when he was checked into the boards by Kyle McLaren during Washington's Oct. 8, 2001, game at Boston. ... Missed part of
2001-02 season with re-aggravation of right shoulder injury, suffered in
Washington's Oct. 19, 2001, game vs. Montreal. He did not return until Washington's Oct. 30, 2001, game vs. Philadelphia. ... Missed
remainder of 2001-02 season with torn rotator cuff in right shoulder, suffered
in Washington's Nov. 8, 2001, game vs. Carolina. The
injury, which also kept him out of the 2002 Olympics, required season-ending
surgery on Nov. 12, 2001. ... Retired for first time on Aug. 7, 2003.
... Came out of retirement to sign with Toronto as a Group III unrestricted
free agent on March 9, 2004. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Umea (Sweden); Kloten (Switzerland)
Olympics: 1998 (5-8 place)
Canada Cup: 1991 (fourth
place)
World Cup of Hockey: 1996 (third place)
World Championships: 1991
(gold medal), 1992 (gold medal)
World Jr. Championships: 1986
(fifth place), 1987 (bronze medal)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Sweden Championship:
1987 (Umea)
World
Junior Championships Best Defenseman: 1987
Sweden Viking Award
(Best Swedish NHL Player): 1991-92 (Washington) (voted by Swedish NHL
players)
Sweden Junior Player of
Year: 1986-87 (Umea)
World Cup of Hockey All-Star First Team: 1996
Sweden Olympic Captain: 1998
1994-95: Played five regular-season games for Kloten team that went
on to win Swiss championship, but was not with team in postseason.
Miscellaneous: Never played in
minor leagues. ... Was on Washington
team that held 1989 training camp in Sweden before joining Calgary for 1989
NHL Friendship Tour in Soviet Union. The Capitals faced four Soviet teams on
the tour. ... Played for Kloten (Switzerland) during 1994-95 NHL lockout.
Personal:
Full name is Carl Christian Johansson. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE:
Buffalo traded Johansson and 1989 second-round pick (Byron Dafoe) to
Washington in exchange for Clint Malarchuk, Grant Ledyard and 1991
sixth-round pick (Brian Holzinger) on March 7, 1989. |
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