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| 1983 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Peter Andersson
Selected in
fourth round
No. 73 overall by New York Rangers
Born
August 29, 1965
 | Position:
Defense
Height: 6-0 Weight: 190
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Orebro (Sweden)
Birthplace:
Orebro, Sweden
Hometown: Orebro, Sweden |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1981-82 |
Orebro | Sweden |
31 | 8 |
5 | 13 |
30 | | 1982-83 |
Orebro | Sweden |
25 | 10 |
10 | 20 |
16 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
World Junior Championships: 1983 (fourth place)
European Junior
Championships: 1982 (gold), 1983 (fourth)
Sweden Junior Player of Year: 1982-83 (Orebro) |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 14, 1992 (New Jersey at N.Y.
Rangers)
Numbers: 5 (N.Y. Rangers); 6
(Florida)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Active (Sweden) |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1992-1994 |
N.Y. Rangers, Florida | 47 |
6 | 13 |
19 | 20 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
NYR Sjoberg Trophy (Top Rookie in Training Camp):
1992
1993-94: Played eight regular-season games for N.Y. Rangers team that
went on to win Stanley Cup, but was traded away before playoffs. Also played
on first Florida Panthers team.
Miscellaneous: Attended N.Y. Rangers training camp in September 1991, but
opted to play 1991-92 season back home in Sweden. ... Missed part of 1992-93
season with separated right shoulder, an injury suffered during N.Y.
Rangers' Oct. 24, 1992, game at Ottawa. He did not return to action until
N.Y. Rangers' Nov. 7, 1992, game at Boston. ... Played in Sweden during the
1994-95 NHL lockout, opting to remain there rather than return to the NHL
for the abbreviated 1995 season. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Karlstad, Malmo (Sweden); Binghamton (AHL); Dusseldorf (Germany); Bolzano
(Italy); Lugano (Switzerland)
Olympics: 1992 (fifth
place)
Goodwill Games: 1990 (fourth place)
World Championships: 1993 (silver medal), 1994 (bronze
medal), 2000
(5-8 place), 2001 (bronze medal)
World Junior Championships: 1984
(fifth place), 1985 (fifth place)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Sweden Championship: 1986, 1988 (Karlstad),
1992 (Malmo)
Germany Championship: 1996 (Dusseldorf)
Switzerland Championship: 1999 (Lugano)
Team Sweden Records: Most career points by a defenseman at World
Junior Championships (18), most points by a defenseman at one World Junior
Championships tournament (14 in 1985)
Switzerland Playoffs Assists Leader: 1999 (Lugano) (15 assists), 2000
(Lugano) (15 assists)
1992-93: Played on AHL regular-season champion (Binghamton).
1996-97: Played six regular-season games for Bolzano team that won
Italian playoff title, but was not with team during postseason.
Miscellaneous: Led Sweden with 14
points and 10 assists at 1985 World Junior Championships. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE:
N.Y. Rangers traded Andersson to Florida in exchange for 1994 ninth-round
pick (Vitali Yeremeyev) on March 21, 1994. |
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SNAPSHOT '83 | | Total Selected: |
242 | | Forwards: |
134 | | Defense: |
86 | | Goaltenders: |
22 | | Major Junior: |
122 | | Tier II/Jr. B: |
19/5 | | College Players: |
15 | | High School: |
47 |
| Canadian: |
148 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
0 | | USA Citizens: |
60 | | U.S.-Born: |
60 |
| European: |
34 |
| Reached NHL: |
113 |
| Stanley Cup: |
21 | | Hall of Fame: |
4 |
| All-Star Game: |
20 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
7 |
| Olympians: |
34 |
| Picks Traded: |
41 |
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