Mats Lindgren

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SwedenSweden  Mats Lindgren Ice hockey player
Date of birth 1st October 1974
place of birth Skelleftea , Sweden
size 188 cm
Weight 91 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1993 , 1st lap, 15th position
Winnipeg Jets
Career stations
until 1993 Skellefteå AIK
1993-1995 Färjestad BK
1995-1996 Cape Breton Oilers
1996-1999 Edmonton Oilers
1999-2002 New York Islanders
2002-2003 Vancouver Canucks
SwedenSweden  Mats Lindgren
Mats Lindgren
Coaching stations
2005-2010 Skellefteå AIK (assistant coach)
2012-2014 AIK Solna (assistant coach)

Mats Anders Lindgren (born October 1, 1974 in Skellefteå ) is a former Swedish ice hockey player and coach who played 411 games for the Edmonton Oilers , New York Islanders and Vancouver Canucks in National Hockey between 1990 and 2003 League (NHL) on the position of the center . Lindgren, who was two-time vice world champion in the junior division in 1993 and 1994 , took part with the Swedish national team at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , Japan .

Career

Lindgren went through the junior division of Skellefteå AIK , the ice hockey club in his hometown Skellefteå . There the striker made his debut at the age of 16 in the club's professional team, which at that time was based in the second-rate Division 1 . At the beginning of the 1991/92 season , the 17-year-old was a regular player and collected a total of 22 scorer points in 29 missions . The following year he rose to 38 points in 32 completed games and was subsequently selected in the first round in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft in 15th position by the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League (NHL). This made him the fourth European to be elected in the course of the draft.

For the 1993/94 season , the talent finally moved within Sweden to the higher-class club Färjestad BK in the Elitserien . Immediately after his first year, in which the team only managed to stay through the Allsvenskan , he was awarded the Årets nykomling as rookie of the year . After the game year 1994/95 , the attacker finally moved to North America, but not to the Winnipeg Jets, but to the Edmonton Oilers . This had his transfer rights - as well as Boris Mironov and a first and four-round vote in the NHL Entry Draft 1994  - secured in March 1994 and Dave Manson and a six- round vote of the same draft to Winnipeg. In the organization of the Oilers Lindgren came in the 1995/96 season due to injuries in only 13 games for their farm team Cape Breton Oilers in the American Hockey League (AHL). Nevertheless, he managed to stand in the NHL squad of the Edmonton Oilers at the beginning of the 1996/97 season and he achieved at least 25 points scorer in the following two years. These two game years were the only two years in which he remained almost injury-free during his eight-year North American engagement.

During the 1998/99 season , the Swede left the Oilers through a transfer deal. Together with an eight-round suffrage in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft , Lindgren was given in March 1999 in exchange for his compatriot Tommy Salo to the New York Islanders . There he spent three years of injuries. Among other things, he missed large parts of the 2000/01 season due to a protracted shoulder injury . In the spring of 2002, his expiring contract was not extended and so he signed in November 2002 as a free agent with the Vancouver Canucks . The 54 appearances in the 2002/03 season should be his last of a total of 411 games in the NHL, as he completely missed the following season due to a back injury. In January 2005, he finally announced his retirement at the age of 30 due to persistent back problems.

As a result, Lindgren began to work as a trainer. He returned to Sweden and was from the 2005/06 season as an assistant coach at his home club Skellefteå AIK, with whom the promotion to the Elitserien succeeded at the end of the season. In the following four years he helped establish the club in the top Swedish league. His second and last coaching position was the assistant coaching position at AIK Solna between 2012 and 2014.

International

At the international level, Lindgren represented his home country in the junior as well as the senior sector. In the junior division, the center forward came to the U18 European Junior Championship in 1991 and 1992 and at the U20 World Junior Championship in 1993 and 1994 . He was able to win the vice-European title in 1992 and the vice-world title in 1993 and 1994. To win the silver medal in 1994, he contributed significantly with nine scorer points in seven tournament appearances.

Lindgren's only major international tournament with the Swedish senior team was at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan . The attacker was used in all four games, in which he however remained pointless. The Tre Kronor placed fifth after the quarter-final against Finland at the end of the tournament.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1990/91 Skellefteå AIK Division 1 10 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
1991/92 Skellefteå AIK Division 1 29 14th 8th 22nd 14th 3 3 2 5 2
1992/93 Skellefteå AIK Division 1 32 20th 18th 38 18th 3 0 0 0 2
1993/94 Färjestad BK Elitserien 22nd 11 6th 17th 26th - - - - -
1993/94 Färjestad BK Allsvenskan 18th 9 6th 15th 4th 3 5 1 6th 2
1994/95 Färjestad BK Elitserien 37 17th 15th 32 20th 3 0 0 0 4th
1995/96 Cape Breton Oilers AHL 13 7th 5 12 6th - - - - -
1996/97 Edmonton Oilers NHL 69 11 14th 25th 12 12 0 4th 4th 0
1996/97 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 9 6th 7th 13 6th - - - - -
1997/98 Edmonton Oilers NHL 82 13 13 26th 42 12 1 1 2 10
1998/99 Edmonton Oilers NHL 48 5 12 17th 22nd - - - - -
1998/99 New York Islanders NHL 12 5 3 8th 2 - - - - -
1999/00 New York Islanders NHL 43 9 7th 16 24 - - - - -
2000/01 New York Islanders NHL 20th 3 4th 7th 10 - - - - -
2001/02 New York Islanders NHL 59 3 12 15th 16 - - - - -
2002/03 Vancouver Canucks NHL 54 5 9 14th 18th - - - - -
2002/03 Manitoba mosses AHL 4th 0 1 1 6th - - - - -
Division 1 total 71 34 27 61 32 6th 3 2 5 4th
Elitserien total 59 28 21st 49 46 3 0 0 0 4th
AHL total 26th 13 13 26th 18th - - - - -
NHL overall 387 54 74 128 146 24 1 5 6th 10

International

Represented Sweden at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1991 Sweden U18 European Championship 4th Place 6th 2 0 2 0
1992 Sweden U18 European Championship 2nd place, silver 6th 2 2 4th 10
1993 Sweden U20 World Cup 2nd place, silver 7th 1 2 3 8th
1994 Sweden U20 World Cup 2nd place, silver 7th 5 4th 9 2
1998 Sweden Olympia 5th place 4th 0 0 0 2
Juniors overall 26th 10 8th 18th 20th
Men overall 4th 0 0 0 2

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Lindgren, Mats
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lindgren, Mats Anders (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH 1st October 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Skelleftea , Sweden