This is a list of drafted Frölunda HC players, players who have been drafted in the National Hockey League (NHL) Entry Draft and played the season prior to the draft for the Frölunda ice hockey organization. There have been 96 players drafted in the NHL Entry Draft from the Frölunda organization. Most of the players on this list were drafted from Frölunda's junior team which is the most successful junior team in Sweden, having won more Anton Cups (10) than any other team.
Sixteen Frölunda players have been selected in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft. The highest draft selection was Rasmus Dahlin, who was drafted first overall in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. The most-recent first-round selection were Otto Stenberg, 25th overall, and David Edstrom 32nd overall, in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft. Six players drafted from Frölunda have played over 1,000 regular season games in the NHL; Calle Johansson, Daniel Alfredsson, Alexander Steen, Loui Eriksson, Lars Eller, and Erik Karlsson. Three players have won individual awards at the annual NHL Awards Ceremony; Daniel Alfredsson who won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL Rookie of the Year in 1996, the King Clancy Memorial Trophy for leadership qualities and humanitarian contribution in his community in 2012, and the Mark Messier Leadership Award in 2013 as a superior leader and a contributing member of society. Henrik Lundqvist who won the Vezina Trophy in 2012 as the league's top goaltender. And Erik Karlsson who became the second youngest player to win the James Norris Memorial Trophy, awarded to the NHL's best defenceman, in 2012, and won the throphy again in 2015 and 2023.
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. Six pair of siblings have been drafted: brothers Mikael & Niklas Andersson, Carl & John Klingberg, Erik & Anton Karlsson, Liam & Noah Dower Nilsson, as well as two sets of twins, Joel & Henrik Lundqvist and Fred & John Wikner. Two sets of father and son have been drafted, Ronnie Sundin in 1996 and his son Albin in 2024, and Jonas Johnson in 2002 and his son Andreas in 2013.
Drafted players
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Footnotes
edit- ^ Position; G—Goaltender, D—Defenceman, C—Centre, LW—Left wing, RW—right Wing
- ^ 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.
- ^ Pick traded on December 12, 1988, from the New Jersey Devils to the Quebec Nordiques for Tommy Albelin.
- ^ Tolsa has dual citizenship, Swedish and Finnish.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Pick traded on June 12, 2000, from the Minnesota Wild with round 4 pick (Jarkko Immonen) in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft to the Dallas Stars for Manny Fernandez and Brad Lukowich.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Steen has dual citizenship, Swedish and Canadian.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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).
References
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- "Player Database". Frölunda Hockey Club. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved June 17, 2007.
- "Draft informarion". National Hockey League. Archived from the original on October 2, 2019. Retrieved June 17, 2007.
- "Draft informarion". The Internet Hockey Database. Archived from the original on May 16, 2007. Retrieved June 17, 2007.
- "Official Statistics". Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Archived from the original on January 5, 2009. Retrieved June 17, 2007.
- "Frölunda Five aim to make NHL Draft an Indian summer". Across the Pond. Archived from the original on June 14, 2007. Retrieved June 17, 2007.
- Szemberg, Szymon (1994). Västra Frölunda 50 År (in Swedish). Sweden: Sportförlaget. ISBN 978-91-88540-34-8.