Andreas Johansson

Andreas Johansson was an accomplished international forward whom several Swedish clubs wanted to signArticle in SportbladetRead the sourceArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceArticle in HockeyNewsRead the sourceArticle in SportbladetRead the sourceArticle in SportbladetRead the sourceClose late in his playing career. Andreas JohanssonArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose learned to skate on a local outdoor rink and joined Hofors’ hockey school at about 4 and a half, he recalled in a retrospective interview with Hockeysverige. He also remembered that the number 6Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose jersey in Hofors had previously been worn by his uncle Håkan Joel.

Johansson was already playing senior hockey in Hofors at 14 during the 1987/88Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose season. In the interview, he named Lennart “Tigern” Johansson and Yngve SöderströmArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose among the coaches from his early hockey years.

Anders Kallur then recruited him to FalunArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose. Johansson recalled wanting to take a painting programme and said Kallur arranged a hockey gymnasiumArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose, an upper secondary education with a hockey focus, with Johansson as its only student. In the mornings, he trained on the ice and did conditioning withArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose Kallur before school and the team’s later practice sessions.

Joining FärjestadArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose was not an obvious choice at first: Johansson recalled initially turning the club down. After contact with Kjell GlennertArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose, he made another visit and decided to join Färjestad.