Detroit Hockey Now’s Bob Duff offers a quiz regarding facts about the Red Wings’ Johanssons, roster player Albert Johansson and prospect and Leksands IF defenseman Anton Johansson.
I don’t know if it’s that hard to pick between the two as Albert is smaller (6,’ 185 pounds), shoots left and plays a sound positional game, while Anton (6’4,” 196 pounds) shoots right and plays a more rangy, physical game…
But what the hell, here we go:
Which Johansson played in the Hlinka-Gretzky Tournament? Who won an IIHF World Junior Championship silver medal? Name the Johansson who won a gold medal at the IIHF World U18 Championship. Which Johansson led the Swedish J20 league in goals by a defenseman? Who was the Johansson who led all Swedish J20 defensemen in assists? Which of the Johanssons won a Swedish Hockey League championship? Who is the Johansson who was a teammate of former Red Wings forward Jacob de la Rose? Which Johansson was a teammate of Red Wings 2022 draft pick Maxmilian Kilpinen?
Continued; as Duff suggests, it’s not all that rare for fans and pundits alike to mistake Albert for Anton, and vice versa.
I fully expect Anton to join Albert in the NHL at some point in the future, however, so I assume that we will see Albert-vs-Anton confusion for the foreseeable future.
