John Norman

John Norman (born 6 January 1991) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player. He is currently a centre for Djurgårdens IF of the HockeyAllsvenskan (Allsv).

Playing career Norman began playing hockey in the local club Danderyds SK. He is the oldest of five brothers. He played Stocksund's under-18 team until the 2007–08 season when he moved to Djurgården. He also participated in TV-pucken the same season. Norman's team, Stockholm/Vit, reached the final, which ended with a 2–1 defeat to Småland. Norman had a successful season in Djurgården's J20 team, scoring 15 goals and 49 points in 42 games, and signed a two-year deal to play in Djurgården's senior team in February 2010. He had already debuted in Elitserien before this, on October 27, 2009 against Skellefteå AIK.

Norman moved to Kärpät of Finland for the 2012–13 season and after a single season with the club returned to his native Sweden, where he signed with Skellefteå AIK of the SHL. He helped the team win the Swedish national championship his first year and reached the SHL finals with Skellefteå in 2015 and 2016. He was AIK's second-best scorer of the 2015–16 regular season, tallying 17 goals and 25 assists.

Following the 2015–16 campaign, he took his game to the Kontinental Hockey League, signing with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. On August 19, 2017, it was announced that Norman will continue his KHL career with Jokerit of Helsinki, Finland.

Norman played five seasons with Jokerit before the club withdrew from the KHL during the 2021–22 season due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

As a free agent from Jokerit, Norman opted to return to his original Swedish club, Djurgårdens IF, signing a two-year contract on 21 April 2022 in the hopes of returning the club to the SHL following their relegation to the Allsvenskan the previous season.

International play Norman made his debut on Sweden's men's national team in November 2015.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2006–07 Stocksunds IF J18 28 15 25 40 53 — — — — — 2007–08 Djurgårdens IF J18 22 12 30 42 12 — — — — — 2007–08 Djurgårdens IF J18 Allsv 14 5 16 21 16 8 6 2 8 6 2008–09 Djurgårdens IF J18 5 4 7 11 31 — — — — — 2008–09 Djurgårdens IF J18 Allsv 5 4 7 11 2 2 2 2 4 0 2008–09 Djurgårdens IF J20 35 7 18 25 47 5 0 2 2 0 2009–10 Djurgårdens IF J20 42 15 34 49 22 — — — — — 2009–10 Djurgårdens IF SEL 7 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2010–11 Djurgårdens IF SEL 50 8 9 17 10 7 0 1 1 6 2010–11 Djurgårdens IF J20 — — — — — 5 1 7 8 2 2011–12 Djurgårdens IF SEL 55 4 13 17 10 — — — — — 2012–13 Kärpät SM-l 28 2 6 8 8 3 0 1 1 0 2013–14 Skellefteå AIK SHL 48 4 9 13 10 14 2 2 4 12 2014–15 Skellefteå AIK SHL 47 5 8 13 16 15 5 3 8 2 2015–16 Skellefteå AIK SHL 47 17 25 42 18 16 5 8 13 4 2016–17 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod KHL 50 7 8 15 14 5 2 1 3 4 2017–18 Jokerit KHL 50 8 20 28 46 11 2 1 3 6 2018–19 Jokerit KHL 61 20 11 31 53 6 2 1 3 2 2019–20 Jokerit KHL 53 5 18 23 18 4 0 1 1 2 2020–21 Jokerit KHL 46 7 16 23 34 — — — — — 2021–22 Jokerit KHL 43 3 10 13 12 — — — — — SHL totals 254 38 64 102 64 52 12 14 26 20 KHL totals 303 50 83 133 177 26 6 4 10 14

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2016 Sweden WC 6th 8 0 1 1 2 2018 Sweden OG 5th 3 0 0 0 2 Senior totals 11 0 1 1 4