Matti Hagman
Matti Risto Tapio Hagman ( born September 21, 1955 in Helsinki ) is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey player who from 1972 to 1992 including for the HIFK Helsinki and Lahti Reipas in the SM- liiga and the Boston Bruins and Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League played.
Niklas Hagman son is also a professional hockey player. His sister Riitta Salin won the 400 - meter race at the European Athletics Championships 1974 in Rome.
Career
Matti Hagman began his career as a hockey player with HIFK Helsinki, for which he in the SM- sarja and in 1975, was active from 1972 to 1976, first in its successor league, the SM- liiga. During this time he was selected in the NHL Amateur Draft 1975 in the sixth round as the 104th overall player of the Boston Bruins and the WHA Amateur Draft in 1975 in the third round than a total of 43 players from the New England Whalers. In 1974, the striker with HIFK first time Finnish champion. Prior to the 1976/77 season Hagman received a contract with the Boston Bruins, for which he scored in his first NHL game time scorer 28 points, including eleven goals in 75 games. During the following season Hagman joined the Quebec Nordiques of the World Hockey Association, before he returned after two years in North America again in his Finnish homeland.
In Finland, the attacker received a new contract with HIFK Helsinki, for whom he played for two years and with whom he was champion for the second time in 1980. In the 1979/80 season was Hagman 's top scorer, best assist provider, best scorer and " key players " of the SM- liiga. Then he tried a second time in North America, where it ran aground two seasons for the Edmonton Oilers. Following this, he wrote again in Finland HIFK, with whom he was champion for the third time in 1983. After three years at the Finns, he spent the 1985/86 season for EV Landshut in the Hockey League. In his first and only station in Europe was achieved by the attacker scorer 77 points, including 26 goals, in 39 games.
After only a year he moved Hagman again for HIFK, for which he was active in the SM- liiga to 1989. After two seasons at Reipas Lahti, he finished at the club with which he started his professional career, this 1992 also. With 750 points scorer Hagman is by Arto Javanainen ( 792 ) the second best scorer in the history of the SM- liiga.
Following his career Hagman was honored by his longtime HIFK Helsinki, locked by this player's shirt number 20.
Internationally
For Finland, Hagman took part in the A World Championships 1975, 1976, 1978 and 1983. In addition, he was in the squad of Finland at the Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck in 1976.