Former Flyers draft pick fined in Sweden for abusing officials

Do you Johan Hedberg?

Probably not. He was a 9th round pick (218th overall) by the Flyers in the 1994 NHL Draft, but never played a game with the team. In the course of his NHL career, the former goaltender played 373 games with the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Vancouver Canucks, the Dallas Stars, the Atlanta Thrashers and the New Jersey Devils.

Johan Hedberg is now the head coach of Mora IK in the HockeyAllsvenskan in Sweden. His team was eliminated from the playoffs this weekend, but the thing that caught our attention is the fact that he was fined by the league for abusing officials.

He called the officials "f**king idiots" and "gnomes". After he was asked to leave the game, he continued by calling the officiating "so damn low level". When told that the league wanted the same refs for the entirety of the series, he replied "Is that our wish? It's completely sick. F**king idiots.".


Hedberg was fined 10,000 SEK, which is about 1,100$ US.

Credit: Markerzone