André Petersson

André Willy Petersson (born 11 September 1990) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is a right winger for SCL Tigers of the National League (NL). He was selected by the Ottawa Senators in the fourth round, 109th overall, of the 2008 NHL entry draft, and played for them for only one National Hockey League (NHL) game.

Playing career

Petersson won the Swedish junior championship and the regular Swedish championship with HV71 in 2009 and 2010, respectively. He has twice played in the IIHF World U20 Championship and won the silver medal in 2009 and the bronze medal in 2010.

Petersson began the 2011–12 season in North America, playing with Ottawa's top farm team, the Binghamton Senators of the American Hockey League. He was called up to Ottawa on 17 January 2012, and made his National Hockey League debut on 21 January against the Anaheim Ducks. Petersson had a good first season with Binghamton, scoring 23 goals and 21 assists to place second on the team in scoring. As the 2012–13 season started with an NHL lockout and no NHL training camp, Petersson started with Binghamton and had 2 goals and 3 assists before injuring his hip and ending his season early.

On 5 March 2014, Petersson was traded by the Senators to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for defenseman Alex Grant. He was immediately assigned to AHL affiliate, the Norfolk Admirals where he remained for the duration of the season.

On 16 June 2014, as a restricted free agent from the Ducks, Petersson opted to return to Europe in signing a one-year contract for Russian club, HC Sochi for their inaugural season.

After spending the 2017–18 season with Avangard Omsk, registering 10 goals and 27 points in 40 games, Petersson continued his career in the KHL by signing a one-year contract with Barys Astana on 13 June 2018. He recorded a productive 23 goals and 45 points in 51 games for the Kazakh-based club in the 2018–19 season.

As a free agent, Petersson left Barys to sign a one-year contract to continue in the KHL with HC Dynamo Moscow on 16 June 2019. In the following 2019–20 season, Petersson added 17 goals and 39 points through 47 games. He led the team with 5 goals in their first-round victory over rivals Spartak Moscow before the remainder of the playoffs were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On 4 May 2020, Petersson as a free agent signed a two-year contract with his fifth KHL club, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl.

In the 2021–22 season, Petersson appeared in just 6 games with Lokomotiv before returning to his former club, Dynamo Moscow, on 27 December 2021. He appeared in a further 2 regular season games before advancing to the playoffs with Dynamo. He posted 1 point through 6 playoff contests before leaving the club during their conference semifinals against CSKA Moscow due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine on 16 March 2022.

On 23 June 2022, Petersson opted to return to his original Swedish club, HV71 of the SHL, in agreeing to a three-year deal.

On 19 June 2025, it was announced that André Petersson would once again leave HV71 for the upcoming season. On 4 July, it was announced that he signed with the SCL Tigers of the NL. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2008–09 HV71 SEL 10 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 2009–10 HV71 SEL 37 10 5 15 14 6 0 1 1 2 2009–10 Borås HC Allsv 1 1 0 1 0 — — — — — 2010–11 HV71 SEL 31 8 4 12 18 — — — — — 2011–12 Binghamton Senators AHL 60 23 21 44 20 — — — — — 2011–12 Ottawa Senators NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2012–13 Binghamton Senators AHL 17 2 3 5 16 — — — — — 2013–14 Binghamton Senators AHL 47 17 23 40 28 — — — — — 2013–14 Norfolk Admirals AHL 18 6 8 14 8 10 3 3 6 2 2014–15 HC Sochi KHL 54 20 18 38 32 4 1 0 1 2 2015–16 HC Sochi KHL 45 22 22 44 26 4 1 0 1 2 2016–17 HC Sochi KHL 39 14 15 29 22 — — — — — 2017–18 Avangard Omsk KHL 40 10 17 27 18 6 5 2 7 4 2018–19 Barys Astana KHL 51 23 22 45 42 8 3 2 5 18 2019–20 Dynamo Moscow KHL 47 17 22 39 28 6 5 1 6 4 2020–21 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl KHL 42 15 14 29 20 11 3 5 8 10 2021–22 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl KHL 6 0 3 3 2 — — — — — 2021–22 Dynamo Moscow KHL 2 0 1 1 0 6 0 1 1 2 2022–23 HV71 SHL 47 21 21 42 16 — — — — — 2023–24 HV71 SHL 29 12 9 21 16 — — — — — 2024–25 HV71 SHL 40 14 10 24 10 — — — — — 2025–26 SCL Tigers NL 45 24 16 40 10 — — — — — SHL totals 194 65 50 115 74 6 0 1 1 2 NHL totals 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — KHL totals 326 121 134 255 190 45 18 11 29 42

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2007 Sweden U18 5 0 2 2 0 2009 Sweden U18 4th 6 4 4 8 2 2009 Sweden WJC 6 3 3 6 2 2010 Sweden WJC 6 8 3 11 4 2023 Sweden WC 6th 7 2 4 6 6 2026 Sweden WC 7th 4 0 0 0 0 Junior totals 23 15 12 27 8 Senior totals 11 2 4 6 6