Johan Markus Davidsson (born January 6, 1976) is a Swedish former professional

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player, who played last with

HV71 HV71 (), often referred to as just HV, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Jönköping, playing in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), the first tier of Swedish ice hockey. The team played in the 2008–09 Champions Hockey League s ...

in the Swedish elite league Elitserien. He was a long-time Elitserien player and

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of HV71, with which he has won the Swedish championship four times.

Playing career

Davidsson wears jersey number 76 and is the captain of HV71. In 2005 Davidsson renewed his contract with HV71 until the end of season 2009–10. He is regarded as an able skater with a good eye for the game and is as good as a playmaker as a scorer. He has got fine puck control but lacks the physical aspects of the game to fit in

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. He has been awarded the Swedish hockey journalists association prize ''Rinkens riddare'' (Knight of the Rink) for three consecutive seasons, 2002–03, 2003–04 and 2004–05, and the Elitserien's referee association prize ''Årets gentleman'' (Gentleman of the Year, which resembles

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of the NHL) for two consecutive seasons, 2002–03 and 2003–04. In 2009, he was awarded ''

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'' (Golden Helmet, resembling the Lester Pearson Award) as Elitserien's most valuable player. Davidsson played his first Swedish Elite League game on January 14, 1993, scoring a goal when HV71 defeated

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, 4–3, in the

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. His first appearance for Sweden's national team was on November 7, 1996, in a game in

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, when Sweden defeated the

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, 3–1, during the Karjala Tournament. Davidsson was drafted in the

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by Anaheim Ducks with their second choice, the 28th overall selection. In the 2007 World Championships, Davidsson won the point scoring league with 14 points, just one point past

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's Alexei Morozov. The 2007 tournament was Davidsson's best World Championships personally, having only scored three points in his previous two tournaments. During the end of 2009 and beginning of 2010, Davidsson received contract proposals from the

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and Swiss

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but choose to stay in Sweden, signing a five-year deal with his current club HV71.

Off the ice

Davidsson figured in Swedish news when he dated the Finnish

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ist

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in 2003. During the 2006 World Championships he appeared as

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International play

Davidsson played a total of 129 games for Sweden. His last game for Sweden was played in 2009. After declining an offer by coach Pär Mårts to play in the

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, Davidsson officially retired from international play on 26 October 2011.

Awards

* TV-pucken champion with

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in 1990 and 1991. * European Junior Championship's Best Forward in 1994. * Named to the European Junior Championship All-Star Team in 1994. * Swedish Champion with

in 1995, 2004, 2008 and 2010. * World Junior Championship's Best Player of Team Sweden in 1996. * Finnish Champion with

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in 1998. * Played in Elitserien All-Star Game in 2002. * Bronze medal at the Ice Hockey World Championship in 2002. * Silver medal at the Ice Hockey World Championship in 2003 and 2004. * Awarded ''Årets gentleman'' (Elitserien Gentleman of the Year) in 2003 and 2004. * Awarded ''Rinkens riddare'' (Elitserien Knight of the Rink) in 2003, 2004 and 2005. * Named to the Swedish All-Star Team in 2003, 2004 and 2008. * Awarded ''

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'' in 2004. * Awarded ''

'' in 2009. * Elitserien playoff silver medal with HV71 in 2009.

Records

* Elitserien 2003–04 playoff record for points (17)

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

''Statistics as of May 13, 2007.''

References

External links

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Davidsson retires (Swedish)
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