Mathias Johansson (ice hockey)
Mathias Johansson ( born February 22, 1974 in Oskarshamn ) is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player who played in his playing days from 1990 to 2010, among others, for the Calgary Flames and Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League.
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Career
Mathias Johansson began his career as a hockey player with Färjestad BK, for the first team he 1990/91 his debut in the Elitserien was in the season, where he remained point and impunity in three games. By 2002, the attacker ran in a total of eleven consecutive years for the Swedish first division club, twice with whom he won the Swedish championship in a row in 1997 and 1998. In addition, he failed in the 2000 /01 season with his team in the finals at Djurgårdens IF. In the summer of 2002, the Left shooter was committed by the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League, which selected him already in the NHL Entry Draft in 1992 in the third round than a total of 54 players, but had not subsequently contracted. This he left in the course of his rookie year in the NHL after the Canadians had given him on 11 March 2003 along with Micki DuPont in exchange for Shean Donovan to their league rivals Pittsburgh Penguins.
After Johansson until the end of the 2002/ 03 in twelve games for Pittsburgh scored a goal and had five assists, he returned as a free agent back to his former club Färjestad BK, with which he in after two runner-up in 2004 and 2005 the 2005/06 season for the fourth time Swedish champion. For the season 2008/ 09, the Center moved to Malmö Redhawks in the second-class HockeyAllsvenskan, before their league rivals Leksand IF joined in the course of the season, in which he played until the end of the season. The 2009/10 season he began at Skåre BK in Division 1, the third Swedish league and finished it at SV Ritten in the Italian Serie A1. He then ended his career. Since the season 2011/12 he is a talent scout in his parent club Färjestad BK.
Internationally
For Sweden, Johansson took at junior level at the Under-18 European Junior Championships in 1991 and 1992 as well as the U20 World Youth Championship 1994 in part. In the senior level, he stood in part at the World Championships in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2006 in the squad of his country. In addition, he was in the squad of Sweden at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
Awards and achievements
- 2004 Swedish runner with Färjestad BK
- 2005 Swedish runner with Färjestad BK
- 2006 Swedish Champion with Färjestad BK
Internationally
- 2003 Silver medal at the World Championships
- 2006 Gold medal at the World Championships