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Johan Hedberg

#40 Albany Devils / AHL - 13/14

Date of Birth

May 05, 1973

Position

Age

Height

6'0" / 183 cm

Place of Birth

Nacka, SWE

Weight

190 lbs / 86 kg

Nation

Sweden

Catches

Youth Team

Leksands IF

Status

Retired

Drafted

1994 round 9 #218 overall by Philadelphia Flyers

Hedberg was a goalie who relied on his ability to read the play, as well as his agility and lateral movement. Hard to beat from in close. Handled the puck very well with his stick. Known as an extremely hard worker and quality teammate.
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Johan Hedberg Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	GD	GAA	SV%	GA	SV	SO	WLT	TOI		POST	GP	GD	GAA	SV%	GA	SV	SO	WLT	TOI
1987-88	Leksands IF J18	Juniorserien	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
1988-89	Leksands IF J18	Juniorserien	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
1989-90	Leksands IF J20	Juniorserien	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
1990-91	Leksands IF J20	Juniorserien	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
1991-92	Leksands IF J20	Juniorallsvenskan	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
1992-93	Leksands IF	Elitserien	11*	18*	2.53*	.919*	26*	294*	0*	- *	617*	\|	Playoffs	2	2	4.10	.880	9	66	0	-	132
1993-94	Leksands IF	Elitserien	17*	40*	2.82*	.883*	48*	362*	2*	- *	1 020*	\|	Playoffs	0	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
	Sweden (all)	International	0*	1*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
	Sweden B	International	3*	8*	0.67*	-*	2*	-*	2*	- *	180*	\|
	Sweden	WC	0*	0*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
1994-95	Leksands IF	Elitserien	17*	39*	3.53*	.888*	58*	459*	1*	- *	-*	\|	Playoffs	1	4	6.32	.833	2	10	0	-	19
	Sweden B (all)	International	3*	9*	1.67*	-*	5*	-*	0*	- *	180*	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	3*	5*	3.00*	-*	9*	-*	0*	- *	180*	\|
1995-96	Leksands IF	Elitserien	35*	40*	2.73*	.902*	94*	868*	2*	- *	2 063*	\|	Playoffs	4	5	2.95	.892	12	99	0	-	244
	Sweden B (all)	International	5*	9*	2.00*	-*	10*	-*	0*	- *	300*	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	2*	5*	4.00*	-*	4*	-*	0*	- *	120*	\|
1996-97	Leksands IF	Elitserien	38*	48*	2.42*	.913*	91*	955*	3*	- *	2 260*	\|	Playoffs	8	8	1.86	.935	18	259	1	-	582
	Sweden	WCup	0*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	12*	27*	1.83*	-*	21*	-*	0*	- *	687*	\|
	Sweden	WC	1*	11*	1.00*	.938*	-*	-*	0*	- *	-*	\|
1997-98	Manitoba Moose	IHL	14*	-*	2.58*	.922*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|	Playoffs	2	-	3.40	.905	-	-	0	-	-
	Detroit Vipers	IHL	16*	-*	2.64*	.899*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
	Baton Rouge Kingfish	ECHL	2*	-*	4.20*	.879*	7*	51*	0*	1-1-0 *	100*	\|
	Sweden	OG	0*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	1*	10*	2.00*	-*	2*	-*	0*	- *	60*	\|
	Sweden	WC	1*	10*	2.00*	.867*	-*	-*	0*	- *	-*	\|
1998-99	Leksands IF	Elitserien	48*	48*	2.86*	.903*	140*	1 300*	0*	- *	2 941*	\|	Playoffs	4	4	3.52	.890	15	121	0	-	256
	Sweden (all)	International	8*	15*	1.31*	-*	-*	-*	3*	- *	458*	\|
	Sweden	WC	1*	3*	0.00*	1.000*	-*	-*	0*	- *	-*	\|
1999-00	Kentucky Thoroughblades	AHL	33*	-*	2.68*	.917*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|	Playoffs	5	-	1.93	.950	-	-	-	-	-
2000-01	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	9*	-*	2.64*	.905*	24*	229*	0*	7-1-1 *	545*	\|	Playoffs	18	-	2.30	.911	43	439	2	9-9-0	1 123
	Manitoba Moose	IHL	46*	-*	2.56*	.912*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2001-02	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	66*	-*	2.76*	.904*	178*	1 673*	6*	25-34-7 *	3 877*	\|
	Sweden	OG	1*	4*	1.00*	.950*	1*	19*	0*	1-0-0 *	60*	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	1*	-*	1.00*	.950*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2002-03	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	41*	-*	3.06*	.895*	126*	1 071*	1*	14-22-4 *	2 410*	\|
2003-04	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	21*	-*	2.51*	.900*	46*	413*	3*	8-6-2 *	1 098*	\|	Playoffs	2	-	2.45	.922	4	47	0	1-1-0	98
	Manitoba Moose	AHL	2*	-*	4.32*	.883*	9*	68*	0*	0-2-0 *	125*	\|
2004-05	Leksands IF	Allsvenskan	12*	14*	2.15*	.909*	26*	261*	0*	- *	725*	\|	Kvalserien SHL	9	9	2.07	.918	19	213	1	-	551
2005-06	Dallas Stars	NHL	19*	-*	2.67*	.898*	48*	424*	0*	12-4-1 *	1 079*	\|
2006-07	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL	21*	-*	2.89*	.898*	51*	449*	0*	9-4-2 *	1 057*	\|	Playoffs	2	-	2.55	.928	5	64	0	0-2-0	117
2007-08	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL	36*	-*	3.46*	.892*	111*	915*	1*	14-15-3 *	1 927*	\|
2008-09	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL	33*	-*	3.49*	.886*	100*	775*	0*	13-12-3 *	1 717*	\|
2009-10	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL	47*	-*	2.62*	.915*	115*	1 240*	3*	21-16-6 *	2 632*	\|
2010-11	New Jersey Devils	NHL	34*	-*	2.38*	.912*	68*	709*	3*	15-12-2 *	1 717*	\|
2011-12	New Jersey Devils	NHL	27*	-*	2.22*	.918*	59*	659*	4*	17-7-2 *	1 591*	\|	Playoffs	1	-	1.65	.929	1	13	0	0-1-0	36
2012-13	New Jersey Devils	NHL	19*	-*	2.76*	.883*	51*	384*	1*	6-10-3 *	1 108*	\|
2013-14	Albany Devils	AHL	1*	-*	3.18*	.846*	2*	11*	0*	0-0-0 *	38*	\|

Johan Hedberg Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	GD	GAA	SV%	GA	SV	SO	WLT	TOI		POST	GP	GD	GAA	SV%	GA	SV	SO	WLT	TOI
1988-89	Dalarna	TV-Pucken	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
1998-99	Leksands IF	Euro HL	7*	-*	2.07*	.930*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|

Johan Hedberg Career Totals

League	Years	GP	GD	GAA	SV%	GA	SV	SO	WLT	TOI	\|	Years	GP	GD	GAA	SV%	GA	SV	SO	WLT	TOI
AHL	3	36*	-*	4.06*	.878*	11*	79*	0*	0-2-0*	163	\|	1	5	-	1.93*	.950*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*
Allsvenskan	1	12*	14*	2.15*	.909*	26*	261*	0*	-*	725	\|	1	9	9	2.07*	.918*	19*	213*	1*	-*	551*
ECHL	1	2*	-*	4.20*	.879*	7*	51*	0*	1-1-0*	100	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Euro HL	1	7*	-*	2.07*	.930*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
IHL	2	76*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-	\|	1	2	-	3.40*	.905*	-*	-*	0*	-*	-*
International	7	38*	89*	1.86*	.950*	53*	-*	5*	-*	2 165	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Juniorallsvenskan	1	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Juniorserien	4	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
NHL	12	373*	-*	2.82*	.901*	977*	8 941*	22*	161-143-36*	20 758	\|	4	23	-	2.31*	.914*	53*	563*	2*	10-13-0*	1 374*
OG	2	1*	4*	1.00*	.950*	1*	19*	0*	1-0-0*	60	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Elitserien (SHL)	6	166*	233*	2.69*	.903*	457*	4 238*	8*	-*	8 901	\|	6	19	27	2.73*	.908*	56*	555*	1*	-*	1 233*
TV-Pucken	1	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
WC	4	3*	24*	-*	-*	-*	-*	0*	-*	-	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
WCup	1	0*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Johan Hedberg Career Highlights

Season

Awards by season

1992-1993
- Elitserien Best SVS%
1993-1994
- World Championship Bronze Medal
1996-1997
- World Championship Silver Medal
1997-1998
- World Championship Gold Medal
1998-1999
2000-2001
- IHL Goaltender of the Week (Oct. 22)
- IHL Goaltender of the Week (Nov. 5)
- IHL Goaltender of the Week (Jan. 21)
2004-2005
- HockeyAllsvenskan to Elitserien Promotion (Leksand)
2010-2011
- ECHL Alumnus of the Month (February)

Transactions

DATE	STATUS	FROM	TO
02/18/2014
02/18/2014	Confirmed	Albany Devils	Unknown
02/13/2014
02/13/2014	Confirmed	No team	Albany Devils
07/04/2013
07/04/2013	Confirmed	New Jersey Devils	Unknown
07/02/2012
07/02/2012	Extension	New Jersey Devils	New Jersey Devils
07/01/2011
07/01/2011	Extension	New Jersey Devils	New Jersey Devils
07/01/2010
07/01/2010	Confirmed	Atlanta Thrashers	New Jersey Devils

Player Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for Baton Rouge Kingfish

Cult/Star player for Leksands IF

Cult/Star player for Manitoba Moose

Career transactions
- 2010-07-01 • Signed by the New Jersey Devils
- 2006-07-01 • Signed by the Atlanta Thrashers
- 2005-08-05 • Signed by the Dallas Stars
- 2004-08-01 • Signed to a lockout contract by Leksand
- 2003-08-25 • Traded to the Vancouver Canucks for a 2004 2nd round pick (Alex Goligoski)
- 2001-03-12 • Traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins w/ Bobby Dollas for Jeff Norton
- 1999-06-21 • Signed by the San Jose Sharks
- 1998-08-06 • Rights traded to the San Jose Sharks for a 1999 7th round pick (Pavel Kasparik)

Trivia
- Johan Hedberg became known as the "Moose" in the NHL after wearing his Manitoba Moose mask in NHL debut with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Hedberg continued to use the Moose design on his mask throughout his career.