John Joseph Johannson is a retired ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 center

Centre (ice hockey)

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. He played for the United States

United States national ice hockey team

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 at the 1981 World Junior Championships

1981 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 1981 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 5th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held from December 27, 1980 until January 2, 1981. The tournament was held in Füssen, West Germany...

. Johannson was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 10th round, 192nd overall in the 1981 NHL entry draft

1981 NHL Entry Draft

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. Following his senior year at the University of Wisconsin

Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey

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, his second consecutive 20 goal season, Johannson played 5 games with the New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils

The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey, United States. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...

 in the NHL. The following season Johannson played for Wiener EV

Wiener EV

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 in Austria

Austria

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's second tier Nationalliga scoring 84 points in 23 games. Johannson retired after playing one year in Austria and went into the real estate business.