Sören Johansson
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Sören Johansson (born July 11, 1954) is a retired Swedish
ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...
player. Johansson began playing hockey in Ösmo IF, where he played until the 1971–72 season when he moved to
Hammarby IF Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differ ...
. He only stayed in Hammarby for one season before moving to Stockholm rival
Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Djurgårdens IF is an s ...
. Johansson became the first Djurgården player to be drafted in an NHL draft. This happened when he was drafted by the
Kansas City Scouts The Kansas City Scouts were a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1974 to 1976. In 1976–77 NHL season, 1976, the franchise relocated to Denver and became the Colorado Rockies (NHL), Colorado Rockies. In 1982– ...
in the 11th round, 177th overall, in the
1974 NHL amateur draft The 1974 NHL amateur draft was the 12th NHL entry draft. It was held via conference call at the NHL office in Montreal, Quebec. In an effort to prevent the WHA from poaching players, the draft was conducted early and in secret. This failed to ...
. He was also the third Swede to be drafted overall. Johansson played a total of nine seasons for Djurgården before returning to Hammarby for the 1981–82 season. He played there until his retirement from elite level hockey in Swedish in 1983.


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* 1954 births Living people Swedish ice hockey right wingers Djurgårdens IF (men's hockey) players Kansas City Scouts draft picks {{Sweden-icehockey-winger-stub