1997 NHL Draft

Erik Andersson in the 1997 NHL Draft

Calgary Flames selected Erik Andersson 70th overall in the 1997 NHL Draft, with the 17th pick of round 3.

He was the fifth of the 15 Swedes selected that year. It was the sixth of the 12 picks Calgary Flames made in the draft. Of the 246 players selected in 1997, 101 have played in the NHL regular season. His 12 games put him 84th in the class.

Overall pick: 70
Round and pick: Round 3, pick 17
Drafting team: CGYCalgary Flames
Date: June 21, 1997
Age at the draft: 25 years

Los Angeles Kings had already picked him in 1990, 112th overall, but he went unsigned and re-entered the draft.

The picks around it

Picks 67–73 in the 1997 draft

67Mike SouzaLCHIChicago Blackhawks
68Sergei YerkovichDEDMEdmonton Oilers
69Maxim AfinogenovR651 GP · 395 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
70Erik AnderssonR12 GP · 3 PCGYCalgary Flames
71Josef MelicharD349 GP · 49 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
72Jay LegaultLANAAnaheim Ducks
73Burke HenryD39 GP · 8 PNYRNew York Rangers

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1997 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1997 class

5th

of 15 Swedes selected

43rd

of 136 forwards selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First Swedes selected

18Michael HolmqvistC156 GP · 35 PANAAnaheim Ducks
47Kristian HuseliusL662 GP · 451 PFLAFlorida Panthers
48Henrik TallinderD678 GP · 142 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
54Mattias KarlinCBOSBoston Bruins
70Erik AnderssonR12 GP · 3 PCGYCalgary Flames
94Jonas ElofssonDEDMEdmonton Oilers
105Marc KristofferssonLDALDallas Stars
119Magnus ArvedsonL434 GP · 225 POTTOttawa Senators
129John WikstromDDETDetroit Red Wings
134Johan LindbomL38 GP · 4 PNYRNew York Rangers

+ 5 more

Every Swede in the 1997 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Erik Andersson made his NHL debut on October 17, 1997, 118 days after the draft.

Games

Goals

Assists

Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Calgary Flames picks in the 1997 draft

6Daniel TkaczukC19 GP · 11 PCGYCalgary Flames
32Evan LindsayGCGYCalgary Flames
42John TrippR43 GP · 9 PCGYCalgary Flames
51Dmitri KokorevDCGYCalgary Flames
60Derek SchutzCCGYCalgary Flames
70Erik AnderssonR12 GP · 3 PCGYCalgary Flames
92Chris St. CroixDCGYCalgary Flames
100Ryan ReadyL7 GP · 1 PCGYCalgary Flames
113Martin MoiseLCGYCalgary Flames
140Ilja DemidovDCGYCalgary Flames
167Jeremy RondeauLCGYCalgary Flames
223Dustin PaulRCGYCalgary Flames