Mats Lindgren
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 |
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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
- 1994 Årets nykomling
- 2006 Promotion to the Elitserien with the Skellefteå AIK (as assistant coach)
International
- 1992 silver medal at the U18 European Junior Championship
- 1993 silver medal at the U20 World Junior Championship
- 1994 silver medal at the U20 World Junior Championship
Career statistics
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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 | |
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1991 | Sweden | U18 European Championship | 4th Place | 6th | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
1992 | Sweden | U18 European Championship |
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6th | 2 | 2 | 4th | 10 | |
1993 | Sweden | U20 World Cup |
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7th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8th | |
1994 | Sweden | U20 World Cup |
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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 )
Web links
- Mats Lindgren at legendsofhockey.net ( Memento from October 23, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
- Mats Lindgren at eliteprospects.com (English)
personal data | |
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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 |