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This is a List of drafted Frölunda HC players, players who has been drafted in the National Hockey League (NHL) Entry Draft and played the season prior to the draft for the Frölunda ice hockey franchise. There have been 38 players drafted in the NHL Entry Draft from the Frölunda franchise. That ranks third in Europe, only being outranked by Russian clubs CSKA Moscow (60 players) and Dynamo Moscow (45 players). Most players have been drafted from Frölunda's junior team which is the most successful junior team in Sweden, having won more Anton Cups (8) than any other team.

Seven Frölunda players have been selected in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft, the highest draft selection was Fredrik Sjöström, eleventh overall in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. The most-recent first-round selection was Lars Eller, in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. The most notable players drafted from Frölunda are; Defenseman Calle Johansson, who played more the 1100 regular season games in the NHL. Ottawa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson who won the Calder Memorial Trophy (NHL Rookie of the Year) in 1996. And two time Vezina Trophy (Top Goalie in the NHL) nominee Henrik Lundqvist.

Two players were drafted as overage players, having played several seasons at a professional level; Ronnie Sundin drafted by the New York Rangers in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft at age 26, and Jonas Johnson drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft at age 32. Also, three pair of siblings have been drafted, brothers Mikael & Niklas Andersson, and the two sets of twins, Joel & Henrik Lundqvist and Fred & John Wikner.


[1] Player Nationality Drafted By Year Round Overall
D Robert Nordmark[2]  Sweden Detroit Red Wings 1981 010th 0191st
RW Mikael Andersson  Sweden Buffalo Sabres 1984 001st 0018th
D Stefan Larsson  Sweden Detroit Red Wings 1984 007th 0133rd
D Calle Johansson  Sweden Buffalo Sabres 1985 001st 0014th
RW Thomas Sjögren  Sweden Washington Capitals 1987 008th 0162nd
RW Patrik Carnbäck  Sweden Montreal Canadiens 1988 006th 0125th
LW Niklas Andersson  Sweden Quebec Nordiques[3] 1989 004th 0068th
D Joacim Esbjörs  Sweden Hartford Whalers 1992 011th 0249th
RW Daniel Alfredsson  Sweden Ottawa Senators 1994 006th 0113th
RW Peter Ström  Sweden Montreal Canadiens 1994 008th 0200th
RW Peter Högardh  Sweden New York Islanders 1994 008th 0203rd
LW Per-Johan Axelsson  Sweden Boston Bruins 1995 007th 0177th
D Ronnie Sundin  Sweden New York Rangers 1996 009th 0237th
D Christian Bäckman  Sweden St. Louis Blues 1998 001st 0024th
LW Jari Tolsa  Sweden[4] Detroit Red Wings 1999 004th 0120th
LW David Nyström  Sweden Philadelphia Flyers[5] 1999 008th 0224th
C Joel Lundqvist  Sweden Dallas Stars[6] 2000 003rd 0068th
G Henrik Lundqvist  Sweden New York Rangers 2000 007th 0205th
C Tim Eriksson  Sweden Los Angeles Kings[7] 2000 007th 0206th
RW Magnus Kahnberg  Sweden Carolina Hurricanes 2000 007th 0212nd
RW Fredrik Sjöström  Sweden Phoenix Coyotes[8] 2001 001st 0011th
LW Jens Karlsson  Sweden Los Angeles Kings 2001 001st 0018th
D Mikael Svensk  Sweden Edmonton Oilers 2001 006th 0185th
C Alexander Steen  Sweden[9] Toronto Maple Leafs 2002 001st 0024th
C Jonas Johnson  Sweden St. Louis Blues 2002 007th 0221st
C Fredrik Johansson  Sweden Edmonton Oilers 2002 009th 0274th
LW Loui Eriksson  Sweden Dallas Stars 2003 002nd 0033rd
RW Kalle Olsson  Sweden Edmonton Oilers 2003 005th 0147th
D Richard Demén-Willaume  Sweden Colorado Avalanche 2004 005th 0154th
RW Fred Wikner  Sweden Calgary Flames 2004 006th 0182nd
LW Anton Axelsson  Sweden Detroit Red Wings 2004 006th 0192nd
LW John Wikner  Sweden Ottawa Senators 2004 009th 0284th
RW Morten Madsen  Denmark Minnesota Wild 2005 004th 0122nd
LW Fredrik Pettersson  Sweden Edmonton Oilers 2005 005th 0157th
C Kirill Starkov  Russia[10] Columbus Blue Jackets 2005 006th 0189th
RW Robin Figren  Sweden New York Islanders 2006 003rd 0070th
D Jonas Ahnelöv  Sweden Phoenix Coyotes[11] 2006 003rd 0088th
LW Viktor Stålberg  Sweden Toronto Maple Leafs 2006 006th 0161st
C Lars Eller  Denmark St. Louis Blues 2007 001st 0013th
G Joel Gistedt  Sweden Phoenix Coyotes 2007 002nd 0036th
LW Simon Hjalmarsson  Sweden St. Louis Blues 2007 002nd 0039th


Footnotes

  1. ^ Position; G—Goaltender, D—Defenceman, C—Centre, LW—Left winger, RW—Right winger
  2. ^ Nordmark did not sign any contract with Detroit, he became eligible to re-enter the draft after the 1983-84 season. He was later drafted by the St. Louis Blues, 59th overall in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft. This time, Nordmark did not play for Frölunda the season prior to the draft.
  3. ^ Pick traded on December 12, 1988, from the New Jersey Devils to the Quebec Nordiques for Tommy Albelin.
  4. ^ Tolsa has dual citizenship, Swedish and Finnish.
  5. ^ Pick traded on October 13, 1998, from the Calgary Flames to the Philadelphia Flyers for round 3 pick (Patrick Aufiero) in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft.
  6. ^ Pick traded on June 12, 2000, from the Minnesota Wild with round 4 pick (Jarrko Immonen) in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft to the Dallas Stars for Manny Fernandez and Brad Lukowich.
  7. ^ Pick traded on June 25, 2000, from the Washington Capitals with round 7 pick (Evgeny Fedorov) in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft to the Los Angeles Kings for round 5 pick (Alexander Barkunov) in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft.
  8. ^ Pick traded on June 23, 2001, from the Calgary Flames to the Phoenix Coyotes for round 1 pick (Chuck Kobasew) in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft and round 2 pick (Andrei Taratukhin) in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft.
  9. ^ Steen has dual citizenship, Swedish and Canadian.
  10. ^ Starkov, who was born in Russia but grew up in Denmark, was at the time of the draft a russian citizen. He got his danish citizenship in 2007.
  11. ^ Pick traded on March 9, 2006, from the New Jersey Devils to the New York Islanders for Brad Lukowich. Pick traded on June 24, 2006, from the New York Islanders with round 5 pick (Brett Bennett) to the Phoenix Coyotes for two round 4 picks (Tomas Marcinko and Doug Rogers).

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