Johan Olsson (ice hockey)

Johan Olsson (born 20 February 1978) is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for Stjernen of Norway's GET-ligaen

Johan Olsson
Born (1978-02-20) 20 February 1978 (age 46)
Karlstad, Sweden
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 181 lb (82 kg; 12 st 13 lb)
Position Left wing
Shoots Left
GET-ligaen team
Former teams
Stjernen
Färjestads BK
Mora IK
Tranås AIF
Bofors IK
Södertälje SK
Nordsjælland Cobras
Playing career 1997–present
Medal record
Men's inline hockey
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 - Landshut
Gold medal – first place 2008 - Bratislava

Olsson started his professional career with hometown club Färjestads BK and in his first season with the team, 1996/97, the team won the Swedish Championship. The following season the team won the Championship again. But Olsson did not play many games in the two season and decide to leave to club and signed with the Norwegian club Stjernen. Olsson had a really good season in Norway scoring 38 points in 44 games. That made some clubs in Sweden interested of him and he signed with second league club Mora IK in the summer of 1999. But he only stayed for one year with Mora before he signed with Tranås AIF (also a second league club), but he was successful there either and left the club after one year. He then signed with his old club, Färjestad's fram team, Bofors IK of the second league. And finally he had some success. For four years in a row he was among top scorers in the team. And in the summer of 2005 Färjestad wanted to give Olsson another chance in the highest league. But Olsson did not take the chance and had a disappointing season with only 6 points in 46 games in the regular season. In the playoffs, he only played 4 games, but he got a new gold medal when Färjestad won their seventh Swedish Championship. After the season Färjestad did not want to give Olsson a new contract and then he signed with Södertälje SK, who plays in Allsvenskan, for the 2006/07 season.

During the 2006/07 Olsson helped Södertälje advance back to Elitserien. But after the Olsson decided to leave Södertälje and he signed with Danish club Nordsjælland Cobras for the 2007/08 season. In 2008, Olsson returned to Stjernen.

Olsson was a member of the gold medal winning Swedish men's national inline hockey teams at the 2007 Men's World Inline Hockey Championships and 2008 Men's World Inline Hockey Championships.

Career statistics

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Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1996–97 Färjestad Elitserien 2 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
1997–98 Färjestad Elitserien 13 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- --
1998–99 Stjernen GET-ligaen 44 21 17 38 12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
1999–00 Mora Allsvenskan 30 7 4 11 4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2000–01 Tranås Allsvenskan 40 5 6 11 6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2001–02 Bofors Allsvenskan 45 8 10 18 18 6 1 3 4 0 -- -- -- -- --
2001–02 Bofors Elitserien -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10 3 2 5 2
2002–03 Bofors Allsvenskan 40 17 10 27 14 2 0 1 1 0 -- -- -- -- --
2003–04 Bofors Allsvenskan 46 17 14 31 8 5 4 1 5 2 -- -- -- -- --
2004–05 Bofors Allsvenskan 46 19 20 39 10 5 1 2 3 2 -- -- -- -- --
2005–06 Färjestad Elitserien 46 3 3 6 8 4 0 0 0 4 -- -- -- -- --
2006–07 Södertälje Allsvenskan 41 10 21 31 22 5 1 2 3 2 -- -- -- -- --
2006–07 Södertälje Elitserien -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10 0 0 0 2
2007–08 Nordsjælland Cobras Oddset Ligaen
2008–09 Stjernen GET-ligaen 43 9 42 51 18 12 3 9 12 24 -- -- -- -- --
Elitserien totals 61 3 3 6 8 5 0 0 0 4 20 3 2 5 4
Allsvenskan totals 291 83 85 168 82 18 6 7 13 4 -- -- -- -- --
GET-ligaen totals 87 30 59 89 30 12 3 9 12 24 -- -- -- -- --
Oddset Ligaen totals -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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