Jonas Junland

Jonas Anders Vilhelm Junland (born November 15, 1987) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman who last played for Linköping HC of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).

Playing career Junland was drafted 64th overall in the 2006 NHL entry draft by the St. Louis Blues. Junland played junior with Linköpings HC before making his professional debut in the Elitserien in the 2005–06 season.

On June 1, 2007, Junland signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Blues. In his first North American season in 2008–09 he was assigned to the Blues AHL affiliate, the Peoria Rivermen and was named to the Planet USA All-Star Team at the AHL All-Star Game. He made his NHL debut on December 18, 2008 against the Washington Capitals in a 4-2 defeat. In the 2009–10 season, Junland was again named an AHL All-Star with the Rivermen. He recorded his first NHL points, both assists, in a 6-3 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on April 9, 2010.

Although still holding NHL aspirations, on April 29, 2010, Junland signed a one-year contract to return to the Elitserien with Färjestads BK.

After the beginning of the 2012–13 season, Junland was granted a release by Barys Astana of the Kontinental Hockey League and immediately joined Finnish club, Lahti Pelicans of the SM-liiga, for the remainder of the year on October 4, 2012. In 2013, he returned to his hometown team Linköpings HC, where he spent the following three seasons.

On March 5, 2016, he signed a two-year contract with Lausanne HC of the NLA. He received NLA Regular Season Defenceman of the Year honors in 2016–17. Junland's final years in Lausanne were awful; he struggled to keep up with the pace of the NL and ended up being a healthy scratch even though the team had only 4 import players on the roster. On January 13, 2020, Lausanne released Junland from his contract. He later returned to his original Swedish club, Linköping HC.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2002–03 Linköpings HC J18 Allsv 7 0 0 0 6 — — — — — 2003–04 Linköpings HC J18 Allsv 4 0 0 0 4 — — — — — 2003–04 Linköpings HC J20 16 1 0 1 10 — — — — — 2004–05 Linköpings HC J18 11 6 5 11 35 — — — — — 2004–05 Linköpings HC J20 32 3 5 8 96 — — — — — 2005–06 Linköpings HC J18 1 5 0 5 2 — — — — — 2005–06 Linköpings HC J20 32 17 23 40 44 — — — — — 2005–06 Linköpings HC SEL 4 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2006–07 Linköpings HC J20 9 6 7 13 26 — — — — — 2006–07 Linköpings HC SEL 41 1 4 5 22 15 0 5 5 20 2006–07 IK Oskarshamn Allsv 4 0 3 3 4 — — — — — 2007–08 Linköpings HC SEL 52 3 17 20 42 16 4 3 7 18 2008–09 Peoria Rivermen AHL 70 13 18 31 52 5 0 1 1 6 2008–09 St. Louis Blues NHL 1 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 2009–10 Peoria Rivermen AHL 74 14 30 44 49 — — — — — 2009–10 St. Louis Blues NHL 3 0 2 2 0 — — — — — 2010–11 Färjestads BK SEL 41 5 17 22 18 14 3 3 6 12 2011–12 Barys Astana KHL 46 4 11 15 30 7 1 1 2 6 2012–13 Barys Astana KHL 3 0 0 0 10 — — — — — 2012–13 Pelicans SM-liiga 5 1 1 2 6 — — — — — 2013–14 Linköpings HC SHL 44 6 7 13 46 10 2 2 4 8 2014–15 Linköpings HC SHL 55 9 22 31 32 11 2 7 9 4 2015–16 Linköpings HC SHL 51 5 25 30 36 6 2 0 2 2 2016–17 Lausanne HC NLA 47 8 31 39 38 4 0 0 0 4 2017–18 Lausanne HC NL 46 8 26 34 32 — — — — — 2018–19 Lausanne HC NL 31 3 23 26 18 12 0 7 7 18 2019–20 Lausanne HC NL 28 3 10 13 12 — — — — — 2019–20 Linköping HC SHL 13 0 3 3 10 — — — — — 2020–21 Linköping HC SHL 51 9 21 30 38 — — — — — 2021–22 Linköping HC SHL 41 2 26 28 19 — — — — — 2022–23 Linköping HC SHL 49 4 10 14 50 — — — — — SHL totals 442 44 152 196 313 72 13 20 33 64 NHL totals 4 0 2 2 2 — — — — — NL totals 152 22 90 112 100 16 0 7 7 22

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2007 Sweden WJC 4th 7 1 1 2 18 Junior totals 7 1 1 2 18