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Wild sign 2018 draft pick

April 28, 2022 By Minnesota News Network

Minnesota Wild General Manager Bill Guerin today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has signed defenseman Simon Johansson to a two-year, entry-level contract starting with the 2022-23 season.
Johansson, 22 (6/14/99), recorded 32 points (8-24=32) including two power-play goals, a plus-6 rating, 177 shots on goal and 20 penalty minutes (PIM) in 58 games with Ilves Tampere in his first season in Finland’s Elite League. The 6-foot-2, 189-pound native of Stockholm, Sweden, became the youngest defensemen in Ilves history to score 32 points in a season. He ranked fourth on the team in assists and shots on goal and sixth in scoring. Johansson ranked T-6th among League defensemen in assists and T-8th in scoring. He collected six points (1-5=6) and 48 shots on goal in 10 playoff games, ranking T-2nd on the team in assists, third in shots on goal and T-3rd in scoring. Johansson ranked T-2nd among League defensemen in assists, third in shots on goal and T-3rd in playoff scoring.
He spent the previous four seasons playing in Sweden (2017=21). Johansson tallied 12 points (3-9=12) in 79 games in parts of three seasons with Djurgardens IF in Sweden’s Elite League (2017-18, 2019-21). He was selected by Minnesota in the fifth round (148th overall) of the 2018 NHL Draft.
(info courtesy of Wild)

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