Johan Sundström

Johan Carl William Sjöberg Sundström (born September 21, 1992) is a Swedish ice hockey player who is currently playing professionally with Frölunda HC in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).

Johan Sundström
Sundstrom in 2012
Born (1992-09-21) September 21, 1992
Gothenburg, Sweden
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 196 lb (89 kg; 14 st 0 lb)
Position Centre
Shoots Right
SHL team
Former teams		 Frölunda HC
New York Islanders
Avangard Omsk
Kunlun Red Star
National team  Sweden
NHL Draft 50th overall, 2011
New York Islanders
Playing career 2010–present

Playing career

Sundström originally signed a two-year contract with Frölunda in September 2010.[1] He scored his first Elitserien goal on December 4, 2010, against Andreas Andersson of HV71.[2] Ultimately, Sundström played 41 games out of the 55 regular season games. He joined Frölunda's J20 team for the J20 playoffs.[3] His team went on to the final, where they won 6–3 against Skellefteå AIK.[3] He was drafted by the New York Islanders in the second round, 50th overall, in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft.

After completing his three-year entry-level contract with the Islanders and featuring in only 11 NHL games in that span, Sundström opted to return to Frölunda as a restricted free agent from the Islanders on a two-year contract on June 12, 2015.[4]

On May 25, 2017, Sundström left Frölunda for a second time, signing a two-year contract with Russian club, Avangard Omsk of the KHL.[5] In the 2017–18 season, he was hampered by injury as he was limited to 5 regular season games for 1 point. He regained his health for the post-season, contributing with 2 goals in 7 games.

As a free agent from Omsk, Sundström opted to continue in the KHL, securing a one-year contract with Chinese outfit, Kunlun Red Star, on September 9, 2018.[6] In the 2018–19 season, Sundström was limited to just 26 games through injury, curtailing his year in producing just 1 goal and 8 points.

After two seasons abroad, Sundström opted to return home to Sweden signing a four-year contract with original club, Frölunda HC, on 10 May 2019.[7]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2009–10 Frölunda HC J20 3713173014 10000
2009–10 Frölunda HC SEL 10000 —————
2010–11 Borås HC Allsv 10000 —————
2010–11 Frölunda HC J20 15109194 787152
2010–11 Frölunda HC SEL 4110110 —————
2011–12 Frölunda HC SEL 4965118 60002
2012–13 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 5911213230 —————
2013–14 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 408101841 —————
2013–14 New York Islanders NHL 110116 —————
2014–15 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 727121981 —————
2015–16 Frölunda HC SHL 5117193616 1636914
2016–17 Frölunda HC SHL 4512263816 910118
2017–18 Avangard Omsk KHL 50112 72138
2018–19 Kunlun Red Star KHL 2617837 —————
SHL totals 18736508650 31461034
NHL totals 110116 —————
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
2012 Calgary

International
Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2011 Sweden WJC 4th 60110
2012 Sweden WJC 61452
2016 Sweden WC 6th 71126
Junior totals 121562
Senior totals 71126

Awards and honors
Award Year
SHL
Le Mat trophy (Frölunda HC) 2016 [8]
Stefan Liv Memorial Trophy 2016
CHL
Champions (Frölunda HC) 2016, 2017 [9]

References
  1. "Johan Sundström får A-lagskontrakt". Expressen (in Swedish). 20 September 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  2. "Hockeyligan game statistics for HV71 – Frölunda HC". Hockeyligan.se. 4 December 2010. Archived from the original on 29 May 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  3. Jonson, Malin. "Ännu ett JSM-guld till Frölunda". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  4. Frölunda HC (2015-06-12). "Sundstrom returns home" (in Swedish). Twitter. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  5. "Hawks sign Swedish center Johan Sundstrom" (in Russian). Avangard Omsk. 2017-05-25. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
  6. "Red Star sign Sundstrom" (in Russian). Kontinental Hockey League. 2018-09-09. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
  7. "Big duo are back" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  8. "Frolunda Swedish champions for 2015/16" (in Swedish). norran.se. 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  9. Gustav Orbring (2017-02-07). "Frölunda win CHL for second year running" (in Swedish). SVTSport.se. Retrieved 2017-02-07.


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