Linnéa Johansson (born 5 April 2002) is a Swedish ice hockey left winger and member of the Swedish national team, currently playing in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with Luleå HF/MSSK. She represented Sweden at the 2022 Winter Olympics and the 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship.
| Linnéa Johansson | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
5 April 2002 Ljungby, Sweden | ||
| Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb; 10 st 3 lb) | ||
| Position | Left Wing | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| SDHL team Former teams |
Luleå HF/MSSK | ||
| Playing career | 2015–present | ||
Playing career
editJohansson grew up playing ice hockey with boys, including Malmö Redhawks defenceman Helge Grans, at the Tre Kronors Hockeyskola in her hometown of Ljungby, in south-central Sweden.[1]
At the age of 14, she joined Karlskrona HK, playing with their women's team in the Damettan and in the club's youth system. She made her SDHL debut in the 2016–17 season, after being called up by HV71, getting two assists in seven games as well as playing in four playoff games.[2] During the 2016–17 season, she also played fifteen games with the women's team of IF Troja-Ljungby in the Damettan and was active with minor teams of IF Troja-Ljungby.
After putting up 7 points in 25 games with HV71 in the 2017–18 SDHL season, and growing increasingly dissatisfied with the way girls were treated in the co-ed Troja-Ljungby youth teams, she left the city to sign with Linköping HC.[3][4]
She scored 7 points in 19 games in her first year with Linköping before being sidelined due to a concussion sustained while playing with the national U18 team. She missed the first nine games of the 2019–20 SDHL season as well before returning to the ice.[5]
International
editAs a junior player, Johansson was a member of the Swedish national under-18 team during 2016 to 2020, and participated in the IIHF U18 Women's World Championship in 2018 and 2020.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ Rönnkvist, Ronnie (30 January 2019). "Höll på att lägga av – efter att ha spelat med killar: "Tjejerna fick inte vara bättre"". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ "15-åringen tar sikte mot JVM: "Jättehäftig grej om jag kommer med"". HockeySverige. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ Rönnkvist, Ronnie (27 July 2019). "Framtidens Damkronor: Linnea Johansson". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ Blom, Magnus (13 April 2018). "Linnéa Johansson lämnar Troja-Ljungby". Smålänningen (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ Johansson, Matilda (9 January 2020). "Hockeytalangen: "Det var så läskigt"". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ Rosell, Patrik (28 March 2018). "Linnéa och Thea satsar på guld i Stålbucklan". SVT Nyheter. Retrieved 19 October 2020 – via www.svt.se.
- ^ "Efter skadan – Johansson tillbaka som en vinnare i JVM-premiären". SVT Sport. 26 December 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
External links
edit- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com
- Linnéa Johansson at Olympedia
