Anders Eriksson

Anders Eriksson (born January 9, 1975) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player currently playing for Modo Hockey of the Swedish Elitserien.
==Playing career==
Eriksson was drafted 22nd overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft by the Detroit Red Wings.
In his National Hockey League career, Eriksson has played for the Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Blackhawks, Florida Panthers, Toronto Maple Leafs and Columbus Blue Jackets. He has also played for the St. John's Maple Leafs, Syracuse Crunch and Springfield Falcons of the AHL. In 1999 the Red Wings sent Eriksson and two first round draft picks to the Chicago Blackhawks for defenseman Chris Chelios.
After a two-year absence from the NHL, Eriksson re-signed with the Columbus Blue Jackets on July 2, 2006, for a one-year deal. After a season in Columbus, he then signed with the Calgary Flames. This would be Eriksson's second time signing with the Calgary Flames. He signed a contract in 2004, but never played due to the NHL lockout, but instead played for HV71 in the Swedish Elite League.
On June 26, 2008, Calgary placed him on waivers. After being placed on waivers again by Calgary during training camp and not being picked up he was sent to the Quad City Flames of the American Hockey League. He was recalled by the Flames for the beginning of the 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs, and appeared in their first game as well as game 6.
Without an NHL club to start the 2009-10 season, Eriksson signed with the San Antonio Rampage of the AHL on December 4, 2009. After appearing in 8 games with the Rampage, Anders was signed by NHL affiliate, the Phoenix Coyotes on December 21, 2009. Eriksson played his first game with the Coyotes the same day in a 5-2 victory over the Blue Jackets.
On March 3, 2010 Eriksson was traded from the Coyotes to the New York Rangers for Miika Wiikman and a 2011 7th round pick. After he was initially assigned to affiliate, the Hartford Wolf Pack, Anders was recalled and made his Rangers debut in a 3-2 loss against the Maple Leafs on March 27, 2010. 
On September 27, 2010, Eriksson was invited to the New York Islanders' training camp on a tryout basis. He was released on October 4, 2010. In November 2010, he signed a short-term contract for Timrå IK of the Swedish Elitserien, and played a total of six games for them, before returning to Modo Hockey of the same league on December 19, 2010, the team he played for before his North American career began in 1995.
==Awards==
* Named Best Defenseman at TV-pucken in 1990.
* Named to the World Junior Championships All Star Team in 1995.
* Named Swedish Rookie of the Year in 1995.
* Stanley Cup winner with Detroit Red Wings in 1998.
* Bronze medal at the World Championships in 1999.
==Career statistics==
 	 	 		Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season		Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Season 	Team 	League 		GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM 		GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM
1992–93 	Modo Hockey 	SEL 		20 	0 	2 	2 	2 		1 	0 	0 	0 	0
1993–94 	Modo Hockey 	SEL 		38 	2 	8 	10 	42 		11 	0 	0 	0 	0
1994–95 	Modo Hockey 	SEL 		39 	3 	6 	9 	56 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1995–96 	Adirondack Red Wings 	AHL 		75 	6 	36 	42 	64 		3 	0 	0 	0 	0
1995–96 	Detroit Red Wings 	NHL 		1 	0 	0 	0 	2 		3 	0 	0 	0 	0
1996–97 	Adirondack Red Wings 	AHL 		44 	3 	25 	28 	36 		4 	0 	1 	1 	4
1996–97 	Detroit Red Wings 	NHL 		23 	0 	6 	6 	10 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1997–98 	Detroit Red Wings 	NHL 		66 	7 	14 	21 	32 		18 	0 	5 	5 	16
1998–99 	Detroit Red Wings 	NHL 		61 	2 	10 	12 	34 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1998–99 	Chicago Blackhawks 	NHL 		11 	0 	8 	8 	0 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1999–00 	Chicago Blackhawks 	NHL 		73 	3 	25 	28 	20 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2000–01 	Chicago Blackhawks 	NHL 		13 	2 	3 	5 	2 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2000–01 	Florida Panthers 	NHL 		60 	0 	21 	21 	28 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2001–02 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	NHL 		34 	0 	2 	2 	12 		10 	0 	0 	0 	0
2001–02 	St. John's Maple Leafs	AHL 		25 	4 	6 	10 	14 		11 	0 	5 	5 	6
2002–03 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	NHL 		4 	0 	0 	0 	0 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2002–03 	St. John's Maple Leafs	AHL 		72 	5 	34 	39 	133 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2003–04 	Columbus Blue Jackets 	NHL 		66 	7 	20 	27 	18 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2003–04 	Syracuse Crunch 	AHL 		9 	1 	3 	4 	12 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2004–05 	HV71 	SEL 		32 	1 	9 	10 	54 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2005–06 	Springfield Falcons 	AHL 		12 	1 	8 	9 	10 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2005–06 	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	RSL 		17 	2 	8 	10 	10 		11 	3 	2 	5 	16
2006–07 	Columbus Blue Jackets 	NHL 		79 	0 	23 	23 	46 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2007–08 	Calgary Flames 	NHL 		61 	1 	17 	18 	36 		3 	0 	1 	1 	2
2008–09 	Quad City Flames 	AHL 		64 	4 	45 	49 	60 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2008–09 	Calgary Flames 	NHL 		— 	— 	— 	— 	— 		2 	0 	0 	0 	0
2009–10 	Phoenix Coyotes 	NHL 		12 	0 	3 	3 	2 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2009–10 	New York Rangers 	NHL 		8 	0 	2 	2 	0 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2010–11 	Timrå IK 	SEL 		6 	0 	1 	1 	6 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2010–11 	Modo Hockey 	SEL 		25 	2 	10 	12 	46 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
SEL totals	SEL totals 	SEL totals		160 	8 	36 	44 	206 		12 	0 	0 	0 	0
NHL totals	NHL totals 	NHL totals		572 	22 	154 	176 	242 		36 	0 	6 	6 	18
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
== International play ==
Eriksson has played for Sweden in the following competitions:
* 1994 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (silver medal)
* 1995 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (bronze medal)
* 1999 World Championships (bronze medal)
=== International statistics ===
Year 	Team 	Comp 	GP	G	A 	Pts	PIM
1994 	Sweden 	WJC 	7 	1	3 	4 	10
1995 	Sweden 	WJC 	7 	3	7 	10 	10
1999 	Sweden 	WC 	10	0	3 	3 	14
Junior int'l totals	Junior int'l totals	Junior int'l totals	14	4	10	14 	20
Senior int'l totals	Senior int'l totals	Senior int'l totals	10	0	3 	3 	14
== References ==
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