Mathias Johansson

Mathias Johansson
Date of birth	February 22, 1974
place of birth	Oskarshamn , Sweden
size	187 cm
Weight	91 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1992 , 3rd lap, 54th position Calgary Flames
Career stations
1990-2002	Färjestad BK
2002-2003	Calgary Flames
2003	Pittsburgh Penguins
2003-2008	Färjestad BK
2008-2009	Malmo Redhawks
2009	Leksands IF
2009-2010	Skåre BK SV Renon

Mathias Johansson (born February 22, 1974 in Oskarshamn ) is a former Swedish ice hockey player who played for the Calgary Flames and Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League from 1990 to 2010 .

Career

Mathias Johansson began his career as a hockey player at Färjestad BK , for whose professional team he made his debut in the Elitserien in the 1990/91 season , where he remained free of points in three games. Until 2002, the attacker ran for a total of eleven consecutive years for the Swedish first division club, with whom he won the Swedish championship twice in a row in 1997 and 1998 . He also 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 from the National Hockey League , who had already selected him in the third round of the 1992 NHL Entry Draft as the 54th player, but had not subsequently signed him. He left this in the course of his rookie year in the NHL after the Canadians had given him to their league rivals Pittsburgh Penguins on March 11, 2003 together with Micki DuPont in exchange for Shean Donovan .

After Johansson scored a goal in twelve games for Pittsburgh by the end of the 2002/03 season and provided five assists, he returned as a free agent to his ex-club Färjestad BK, with whom he was in after two runners-up in 2004 and 2005 the 2005/06 season was Swedish champion for the fourth time. For the 2008/09 season , the center moved to the Malmö Redhawks in the second-rate HockeyAllsvenskan , before he joined their league rivals Leksands IF during the season , where he played until the end of the season. He started the 2009/10 season at Skåre BK in Division 1 , the third Swedish division, and ended it at SV Ritten in the Italian A1 series . Then he ended his career. He has been a talent scout at his home club Färjestad BK since the 2011/12 season.

International

For Sweden , Johansson took part in the junior division of the U18 European Junior Championships in 1991 and 1992 and the U20 World Junior Championships in 1994 . In the senior sector, he was part of his country's squad at the 2001 , 2002 , 2003 and 2006 World Championships . He was also in Sweden's squad at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City .

Achievements and Awards

1997 Swedish champion with Färjestad BK 1998 Swedish champion with Färjestad BK 2001 Swedish runner-up with Färjestad BK 2002 Swedish champion with Färjestad BK

2004 Swedish runner-up with Färjestad BK 2005 Swedish runner-up with Färjestad BK 2006 Swedish champion with Färjestad BK

International

1994 silver medal at the U20 World Junior Championship 2001 bronze medal at the world championship 2002 bronze medal at the world championship

2003 silver medal at the world championship 2006 gold medal at the world championship

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	1	58	5	10	15th	16
Playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-

Web links

• Mathias Johansson at hockeydb.com (English)
• Mathias Johansson at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Mathias Johansson at eurohockey.com
• Mathias Johansson at eliteprospects.com (English)