Anders Eriksson

Dan Anders Eriksson (born March 17, 1985) is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward. He is currently an unrestricted free agent having last played with Lausitzer Füchse in the DEL2 in Germany.

Playing career Eriksson was born in Floda, Sweden, but grew up in Gothenburg with Frölunda HC as his youth team. As a 19-year-old, he signed with Borås HC of the Swedish Division 1, the third tier in Swedish senior ice hockey, for his first professional contract with a senior team. With 21 goals and 41 points in 42 games with the team in the 2006–07 season, Eriksson was a significant factor for Borås HC reaching the 2007 HockeyAllsvenskan Kvalserien that season. In the 2007 Kvalserien he scored 5 goals and 8 points in 8 games; Borås finished second in the 2007 Kvalserien and promoted to the HockeyAllsvenskan, the second-tier league, for the 2007–08 season. Anders Eriksson continued to play for the team for three seasons and was a good reason why Borås managed to stay in the HockeyAllsvenskan. His last season with the team ended with 14 goals and 28 points in 51 games.

Växjö Lakers in the same league, intending to reach the Kvalserien qualification for the top-tier league Elitserien (SEL) for the third consecutive year, signed Anders Eriksson prior to the 2010–11 season. In the regular season, he scored 12 goals and 33 points for the team, which won the HockeyAllsvenskan for the first time in the club's history and successfully moved on to play in the 2011 Kvalserien. Eriksson's major breakthrough came there. A significant contributor to the Lakers' promotion to the Elitserien, he finished fourth in the scoring league, with 7 goals and 11 points in 10 games. Four of his goals were game-winning ones (GWG's), winning the GWG league.

Anders Eriksson played his first Elitserien game on September 13, 2011, against Frölunda HC. He did not manage to score any points as Frölunda shutout the Lakers 2–0.

After four seasons with Örebro HK and establishing himself in the SHL, Eriksson left the club as a free agent to try-out with Färjestad BK for the 2016–17 season. On September 11, 2016, he was released from his try-out with FBK and returned to train with Örebro HK. On September 26, 2016, was re-signed to a temporary seven week contract to cover for initial injuries on the Örebro HK roster.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2000–01 Frölunda HC J20 10000 ————— 2003–04 Frölunda HC J20 3610182818 51014 2004–05 Frölunda HC J20 3211142528 62022 2005–06 Borås HC Div. 1 4412172961 ————— 2006–07 Borås HC Div. 1 4221204158 853818 2007–08 Borås HC Allsv 4511213230 41232 2008–09 Borås HC Allsv 35381126 ————— 2009–10 Borås HC Allsv 5114142865 ————— 2010–11 Växjö Lakers Allsv 5112213328 10741118 2011–12 Växjö Lakers SEL 4735814 ————— 2012–13 Örebro HK Allsv 438111912 16551010 2013–14 Örebro HK SHL 55371036 ————— 2014–15 Örebro HK SHL 551261853 60000 2015–16 Örebro HK SHL 49561128 20000 2016–17 Örebro HK SHL 121010 ————— 2016–17 AIK IF Allsv 36481235 80224 2017–18 Lausitzer Füchse DEL2 4217274432 ————— 2018–19 Lausitzer Füchse DEL2 4915274244 73476 SHL totals 218242448131 80000