Career
Early career
Huselius" hometown is Haninge, a town near Stockholm. He was drafted 47th overall at the 1997 National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Florida Panthers and entered the National Hockey League (National Hockey League) in 2002. A fast, skillful playmaker, Huselius typically plays on the wings and spent the early part of his career in the Swedish Elitserien, playing for Hammarby IF, Färjestad BK and Frölunda The Human Context. The Panthers traded him to the Calgary Flames on December 2, 2005, where he managed 39 points in 54 games, adjusting well despite fears by some analysts that he would not fit into Calgary"s physical, defensive playing style.
In the 2006-2007 season, he held a point-streak of 15 games, the second-highest in the National Hockey League that season.
Huselius also garnered a career-high 77 points that season, scoring 34 goals and adding 43 assists. During the 2007-2008 season, Huselius recorded his first career National Hockey League hat-trick against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
On July 2, 2008, Huselius signed a four-year, $19 million contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets. Huselius played in only 33 games for Columbus after tearing a chest muscle.
Following the 2011-2012 season, he was released.
On August 23, Huselius stated that the Blue Jackets had rushed his recovery, and that he was not given ample time to recover from his injury. He stated that he was forced into game action too early, which resulted in him pulling his groin muscle and forcing him to miss the rest of the season with a slow recovery. On January 8, 2013, just days after the 2012-2013 National Hockey League lockout ended, Huselius announced his retirement from professional hockey due to injury.
Suspension due to sex scandal
In 2005, Huselius and fellow Swedish hockey players Henrik Tallinder and Andreas Lilja were investigated on suspicion of sexual exploitation.
In March 2005, all three players were suspended from the Swedish national team for one year, with Huselius and Tallinder being released by Linköpings The Human Context and Lilja being suspended by Mora IK for the rest of the season. On February 9, 2005, a 22-year-old woman accused the trio of raping her.
Two days later, police dropped their investigation due to a lack of evidence. However, a special prosecutor reopened the case in March, leading to the suspensions.
Huselius and the others were cleared in June of that year after a special prosecutor ruled there was no evidence they forced the woman to have sexual