
- Position
- Defense
- Home Town
- Irvine, CA
- Class
- Junior
- Height
- 6'1"
- Weight
- 175
- Age
- 19
Native of Irvine, Calif. • son of Craig and Brittany Johnson • has two siblings (Eric and Shea) • father played for the Gophers before a 10-year career in the NHL • selected in the first round (31st overall) of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft by the Buffalo Sabres — the 21st first round draft pick in program history • Johnson is the sixth Gopher Hockey player drafted by Buffalo in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft, joining Mike Ramsey (1979), Erik Rasmussen (1996), Keith Ballard (2002), Thomas Vanek (2003) and Casey Mittelstadt (2017).