Peter Andersson (ice hockey, born 1965) explained

Peter Andersson
Birth Date:29 August 1965
Birth Place:Örebro, Sweden
Height Ft:6
Height In:0
Weight Lb:198
Position:Defence
Shoots:Left
Played For:Färjestad BK
Malmö Redhawks
New York Rangers
Florida Panthers
Düsseldorfer EG
HC Lugano
Ntl Team:Sweden
Draft:73rd overall
Draft Year:1983
Draft Team:New York Rangers
Career Start:1981
Career End:2005

Anders Bengt Peter Andersson (born 29 August 1965) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman and former head coach of Brynäs IF in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) from 2020 to 2021. In his National Hockey League career, he played for the New York Rangers and Florida Panthers. In Europe, he represented Färjestads BK, Düsseldorf EG and IF Malmö Redhawks.

Upon retiring in 2005, Andersson was named general manager of the Redhawks. He stayed as GM for three years before becoming an assistant coach and also head of scouting department for the team. From 2009 to 2013, he was the head coach of Örebro HK. From 2013 to 2016, he served as an assistant coach of Swiss club, HC Lugano of the National League A before returning to his native Sweden in accepting the head coaching role again with the Malmö Redhawks.

Andersson's son, Calle, was selected 119th overall by the New York Rangers in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, and his other son Rasmus was selected 53rd by the Calgary Flames in the 2015 NHL draft.

For his achievements during the 2012–2013 ice hockey season, he was awarded Swedish Coach of the Year.[1]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Team League GP GPG A Pts PIM
1981–82Örebro IKSWE.231 8 5 13 30
1982–83Örebro IKSWE.225 10 10 20 26
1983–84Färjestad BKSEL36 4 7 11 22
1984–85Färjestad BKSEL35 5 12 17 243 0 1 1 4
1985–86Färjestad BKSEL34 4 10 14 188 2 2 4 10
1986–87Färjestad BKSEL33 9 8 17 327 2 1 3 26
1987–88Färjestad BKSEL39 12 20 32 449 2 12 14 8
1988–89Färjestad BKSEL33 6 17 23 442 0 0 0 2
1989–90Malmö IFSWE.233 15 25 40 323 3 1 4 2
1990–91Malmö IFSEL34 9 17 26 26
1991–92Malmö IFSEL40 12 20 32 8010 3 8 11 2
1992–93New York RangersNHL31 4 11 15 18
1992–93Binghamton RangersAHL27 11 22 33 16
1993–94New York RangersNHL8 1 1 2 2
1993–94Florida PanthersNHL8 1 1 2 0
1994–95Malmö IFSEL27 1 9 10 189 5 0 5 16
1995–96Malmö IFSEL27 7 15 22 14
1995–96Düsseldorfer EGDEL5 1 4 5 613 4 6 10 8
1996–97Düsseldorfer EGDEL45 11 20 31 544 1 1 2 0
1996–97HC BolzanoITA6 0 5 5 8
1997–98HC LuganoNDA36 11 16 27 267 1 5 6 0
1998–99HC LuganoNDA43 11 29 40 3816 4 15 19 20
1999–2000HC LuganoNLA42 7 33 40 4612 3 15 18 12
2000–01HC LuganoNLA32 5 18 23 4013 2 10 12 39
2001–02MIF RedhawksSEL37 7 5 12 305 0 2 2 4
2002–03MIF RedhawksSEL45 2 14 16 67
2003–04Malmö RedhawksSEL46 2 21 23 55
2004–05Malmö RedhawksSEL44 8 16 24 74
2008–09Malmö RedhawksAllsv2 0 0 0 4
SEL totals510881912795485314264072
NHL totals476131920
NDA/NLA totals15334961301504810455571

International

YearTeamEventGPGAPtsPIM
1982SwedenEJC5 0 0 0 2
1983SwedenWJC7 3 0 3 16
1983SwedenEJC5 1 1 2 6
1984SwedenWJC7 0 1 1 4
1985SwedenWJC7 4 10 14 20
1992SwedenOG8 0 1 1 4
1993SwedenWC7 1 6 7 8
1994SwedenWC8 0 1 1 6
2000SwedenWC7 1 3 4 12
2001SwedenWC7 0 0 0 2
Junior totals318122048
Senior totals372111332

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Peter Andersson utsedd till Årets coach. Hockeyallsvenskan. Swedish. April 2013. 29 January 2021.