Johan Davidsson

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image = Johan_Davidsson.JPG

| image_size = 230px

| caption = Johan Davidsson (left) speaking with Lance Ward in February 2010

| position = Centre

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 192

|played_for = HV71
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
New York Islanders
HIFK
Espoo Blues

| ntl_team = SWE

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|1|6|df=y}}

| birth_place = Huskvarna, Sweden

| draft = 28th overall

| draft_year = 1994

| draft_team = Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

| career_start = 1992

| career_end = 2014

}}

Johan Markus Davidsson (born 6 January 1976) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player, who played last with HV71 in the Swedish Hockey League, SHL. He was a long-time Elitserien/SHL player and captain of HV71 for eleven seasons, with which he has won the Swedish championship four times.

Playing career

Davidsson wore jersey number 76 and was the captain of HV71. In 2005 Davidsson renewed his contract with HV71 until the end of season 2009–10. He is regarded as an able skater with a good eye for the game and is as good as a playmaker as a scorer. He has got fine puck control but lacks the physical aspects of the game to fit in NHL.{{cite web | title=Johan Davidsson | publisher=Elite Prospects | url=http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=127 | access-date=3 January 2006}}{{failed verification|date=June 2018}} He has been awarded the Swedish hockey journalists association prize Rinkens riddare (Knight of the Rink) for three consecutive seasons, 2002–03, 2003–04 and 2004–05,{{cite web|title=Utmärkelser |language=Swedish |publisher=Hockeyjournalisterna |url=http://www.hockeyjournalisterna.se/utm.html |access-date=11 August 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050209052820/http://www.hockeyjournalisterna.se/utm.html |archive-date=9 February 2005 }} and the Elitserien's referee association prize Årets gentleman (Gentleman of the Year, which resembles Lady Byng Memorial Trophy of the NHL) for two consecutive seasons, 2002–03 and 2003–04.{{cite web | title=Årets gentleman för andra året i rad | language=Swedish | publisher=HV71.se | first=Daniel | last=Gustafsson | url=http://www.hv71.se/nyhet.asp?sid=252 | date=25 March 2004 | access-date=11 August 2006}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} In 2009, he was awarded Guldhjälmen (Golden Helmet, resembling the Lester Pearson Award) as Elitserien's most valuable player.{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeyligan.se/index.php?article=3357 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101216035619/http://hockeyligan.se/index.php?article=3357 |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 December 2010 |title=Davidsson får Guldhjälmen |publisher=Svenska Hockeyligan AB |work=Hockeyligan.se |author=Birkestad, Erik |language=Swedish |date=18 March 2009 |access-date=18 March 2009 }}

Davidsson played his first Swedish Elite League game on 14 January 1993, scoring a goal when HV71 defeated Djurgårdens IF, 4–3, in the Stockholm Globe Arena.{{cite news|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/hockey/a/gPJ7aJ/davidssons-troja-76-hissas-i-taket|title=Davidssons tröja 76 hissas i taket|publisher=Sporbladet|author=Emil K. Lagnelius|language=Swedish|date=4 June 2014|access-date=7 February 2021}} His first appearance for Sweden's national team was on 7 November 1996, in a game in Helsinki, Finland, when Sweden defeated the Czech Republic, 3–1, during the Karjala Tournament. Davidsson was drafted in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft by Anaheim Ducks with their second choice, the 28th overall selection.{{cite web | title=#76 - Johan Davidsson | language=Swedish | publisher=HV71.se | url=http://www.hv71.se/forwards05.asp?sid=76 | access-date=3 January 2006}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}

In the 2007 World Championships, Davidsson won the point scoring league with 14 points, just one point past Russia's Alexei Morozov. The 2007 tournament was Davidsson's best World Championships personally, having only scored three points in his previous two tournaments.{{cite web|title=SCORING LEADERS |publisher=IHWC.net |url=http://live82.ihwc.net/english/statistics/?report=IHM113Z17_85B_1_0.html |access-date=13 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070516043034/http://live82.ihwc.net/english/statistics/?report=IHM113Z17_85B_1_0.html |archive-date=16 May 2007 }}

During the end of 2009 and beginning of 2010, Davidsson received contract proposals from the Kontinental Hockey League and Swiss National League A but choose to stay in Sweden, signing a five-year deal with his most recent club HV71.{{cite news |url=http://www.sr.se/sida/artikel.aspx?ProgramId=2688&Artikel=3401383 |title=Johan Davidsson har bestämt sig |work=SR.se |publisher=Sveriges Radio |date=27 January 2010 |access-date=30 January 2010 |language=Swedish}}

Off the ice

Davidsson figured in Swedish news when he dated the Finnish violinist Linda Lampenius in 2003.{{cite news | title=Lampenius hittade kärleken på Fortet | language=Swedish | publisher=Aftonbladet.se | first=Daniel | last=Nyhlén | url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/noje/story/0,2789,348905,00.html | date=20 August 2003 | access-date=11 August 2006 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050308182441/http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/noje/story/0,2789,348905,00.html | archive-date=8 March 2005 }} During the 2006 World Championships he appeared as colour commentator on TV3 Sweden.{{cite web|title=Ishockey-VM 2006 |language=Swedish |publisher=Viasat Sport |url=http://www.viasatsport.se/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=120&Itemid=845 |access-date=11 August 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709104603/http://www.viasatsport.se/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=120&Itemid=845 |archive-date=9 July 2011 }}

International play

Davidsson played a total of 129 games for Sweden. His last game for Sweden was played in 2009. After declining an offer by coach Pär Mårts to play in the 2011 Karjala Tournament, Davidsson officially retired from international play on 26 October 2011.{{cite news |url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/hockey/landslag/trekronor/article13842577.ab |title=Johan Davidsson slutar i Tre Kronor |newspaper=Aftonbladet |author=Emil Karlsson |language=Swedish |date=26 October 2011 |access-date=28 October 2011}}

Awards

TV-pucken champion with Småland in 1990 and 1991.
European Junior Championship's Best Forward in 1994.
Named to the European Junior Championship All-Star Team in 1994.
Swedish Champion with HV71 in 1995, 2004, 2008 and 2010.
World Junior Championship's Best Player of Team Sweden in 1996.
Finnish Champion with HIFK in 1998.
Played in Elitserien All-Star Game in 2002.
Bronze medal at the Ice Hockey World Championship in 2002.
Silver medal at the Ice Hockey World Championship in 2003 and 2004.
Awarded Årets gentleman (Elitserien Gentleman of the Year) in 2003 and 2004.
Awarded Rinkens riddare (Elitserien Knight of the Rink) in 2003, 2004 and 2005.
Named to the Swedish All-Star Team in 2003, 2004 and 2008.
Awarded Guldpucken in 2004.
Top scorer at the Ice Hockey World Championship in 2007.
Awarded Guldhjälmen in 2009.
Elitserien playoff silver medal with HV71 in 2009.

Records

Elitserien 2003–04 playoff record for points (17){{cite web|title=Svenska Ishockeyförbundet - Official Statistics |publisher=Swedish Ice Hockey Association |url=http://stats.swehockey.se/0304/pdf/SMSLUTSPEL%5CStatistics.pdf |pages=3 |date=10 May 2004 |access-date=11 August 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070813143341/http://stats.swehockey.se/0304/pdf/SMSLUTSPEL/Statistics.pdf |archive-date=13 August 2007 }}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

1992–93

| HV71

| SEL

| 8

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 0

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1993–94

| HV71

| SWE.2 U20

| 5

| 2

| 3

| 5

| 0

| —

1993–94

| HV71

| SEL

| 38

| 2

| 5

| 7

| 4

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1994–95

| HV71

| J20

| 3

| 4

| 1

| 5

| 0

| —

1994–95

| HV71

| SEL

| 38

| 4

| 7

| 11

| 20

| 13

| 3

| 2

| 5

| 0

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1995–96

| HV71

| SEL

| 40

| 7

| 11

| 18

| 20

| 4

| 0

| 2

| 0

1996–97

| HV71

| SEL

| 50

| 18

| 21

| 39

| 18

| 5

| 0

| 3

| 2

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1997–98

| HIFK

| SM-l

| 43

| 10

| 30

| 40

| 8

| 9

| 3

| 10

| 13

| 0

1998–99

| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

| NHL

| 64

| 3

| 5

| 8

| 14

| 1

| 0

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1998–99

| Cincinnati Mighty Ducks

| AHL

| 9

| 1

| 6

| 7

| 2

| —

1999–2000

| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

| NHL

| 5

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 2

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1999–2000

| Cincinnati Mighty Ducks

| AHL

| 55

| 9

| 31

| 40

| 24

| —

1999–2000

| New York Islanders

| NHL

| 13

| 2

| 4

| 6

| 0

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2000–01

| Espoo Blues

| SM-l

| 35

| 12

| 17

| 29

| 34

| —

2001–02

| HV71

| SEL

| 50

| 13

| 27

| 40

| 24

| 8

| 2

| 3

| 5

| 2

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2002–03

| HV71

| SEL

| 50

| 16

| 26

| 42

| 4

| 7

| 0

| 3

| 2

2003–04

| HV71

| SEL

| 49

| 14

| 24

| 38

| 8

| 19

| 5

| 12

| 17

| 6

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2004–05

| HV71

| SEL

| 50

| 12

| 26

| 38

| 2

| —

2005–06

| HV71

| SEL

| 50

| 14

| 22

| 36

| 16

| 12

| 1

| 7

| 8

| 4

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2006–07

| HV71

| SEL

| 55

| 15

| 31

| 46

| 22

| 14

| 2

| 7

| 9

| 2

2007–08

| HV71

| SEL

| 47

| 9

| 34

| 43

| 18

| 17

| 8

| 12

| 20

| 2

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2008–09

| HV71

| SEL

| 55

| 13

| 37

| 50

| 24

| 14

| 3

| 7

| 10

| 2

2009–10

| HV71

| SEL

| 55

| 12

| 46

| 58

| 18

| 16

| 4

| 11

| 15

| 6

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2010–11

| HV71

| SEL

| 40

| 10

| 26

| 36

| 35

| 4

| 1

| 2

2011–12

| HV71

| SEL

| 52

| 10

| 30

| 40

| 18

| 6

| 1

| 2

| 4

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2012–13

| HV71

| SEL

| 51

| 5

| 13

| 18

| 14

| 5

| 0

| 3

| 0

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | SEL totals

! 776

! 175

! 386

! 561

! 273

! 144

! 30

! 75

! 105

! 34

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | SM-l totals

! 78

! 22

! 47

! 69

! 42

! 9

! 3

! 10

! 13

! 0

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 82

! 6

! 9

! 15

! 16

! 1

! 0

{{cite web | title=Johan Davidsson - player profile and career stats | publisher=European Hockey.Net | url=http://www.eurohockey.net/players/show_player.cgi?serial=1298 | access-date=27 April 2011}}

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