Johan Mattsson

Johan Mattsson
Date of birth	April 25, 1992
place of birth	Huddinge , Sweden
size	191 cm
Weight	90 kg
position	goalkeeper
Catch hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2011 , 7th round, 211th position Chicago Blackhawks
Career stations
until 2011	Södertälje SK
2011–2012	Sudbury Wolves
2012-2013	Tri-City Storm
2013-2014	Djurgårdens IF
2014-2015	IF Björklöven
2015-2017	Timrå IK
since 2017	Frölunda HC

Johan Mattsson (born April 25, 1992 in Huddinge ) is a Swedish ice hockey goalkeeper who has been under contract with Frölunda HC in the Svenska Hockeyligan since April 2017 .

Career

Johan Mattsson began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of the Huddinge IK . From there the goalkeeper moved to the youth department of Södertälje SK , for whose professional team he made his debut in the 2008/09 season when he was used in a game of the Kvalserien , the relegation between Elitserien and HockeyAllsvenskan . In the following years, however, he only ran for the juniors of Södertälje SK. In the 2011 NHL Entry Draft he was selected in the seventh round as a total of 211th player by the Chicago Blackhawks . First, however, he was in the 2011/12 season for the Sudbury Wolves in the Canadian top junior league Ontario Hockey League between the posts. For the 2012/13 season he moved to the Tri-City Storm from the junior league United States Hockey League .

In the summer of 2013 Mattsson returned to Sweden and joined Djurgårdens IF from HockeyAllsvenskan . There he completed a total of 16 games as a substitute goalkeeper and achieved promotion to the Svenska Hockeyligan with the team at the end of the 2013/14 season . The following year he was on loan from second division IF Björklöven on the ice, but even there did not get beyond the role of backup goalkeeper. In April 2015, the Swede moved to Timrå IK and was the regular goalkeeper there until the end of the 2016/17 season. He then moved back to the Svenska Hockeyligan for Frölunda HC .

International

For Sweden Mattsson took part in the U20 World Junior Championship in 2012 , where he won the gold medal with his team. As the third goalkeeper, he was not used during the tournament.

Achievements and Awards

• 2012 gold medal at the U20 World Junior Championship
• 2014 Promotion to Svenska Hockeyligan with Djurgårdens IF
• 2016 Champions Hockey League win with the Frölunda HC

Web links

• Johan Mattsson at eliteprospects.com (English)