Mats Rosseli Olsen

Mats Rosseli Olsen
Date of birth	April 29, 1991
place of birth	Oslo , Norway
size	180 cm
Weight	83 kg
position	Left wing
Catch hand	Left
Career stations
until 2009	Furuset IF
2009–2012	Vålerenga IF
since 2012	Frölunda HC

Mats Rosseli Olsen (born April 29, 1991 in Oslo ) is a Norwegian ice hockey player who has been under contract with Frölunda HC in the Svenska Hockeyligan since January 2012 .

Career

Mats Rosseli Olsen began his career as an ice hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of Furuset IF , for whose professional team he made his debut in the GET-ligaen , the highest Norwegian division, in the 2008/09 season . In his rookie year he scored a total of 50 games, ten goals each and ten assists. In the relegation, he and his team were relegated to the second class 1. divisjon . However, he himself stayed in the GET-ligaen, in which he received a contract with the top club Vålerenga IF . After two and a half years with the Norwegian record champions, he was signed in January 2012 by Frölunda HC from the Swedish Elitserien (now Svenska Hockeyligan ). For this he scored 27 goals in a total of 242 games by the end of the 2015/16 season. In the 2015/16 season he won the Champions Hockey League and the Swedish championship with Frölunda .

International

For Norway, Mats Rosseli Olsen participated in the junior division at the U18 Junior World Championship in Division I 2008 , the U18 Junior World Championship in 2009 , the U20 Junior World Championship in Division I in 2009 and 2010 and the U20 Junior World Championship in the top Division 2011 participated.

In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad at the 2012 , 2013 , 2015 and 2016 World Championships . He also represented his colors at the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi 2014 and at the qualifying tournament for the Winter Games in Pyeongchang 2018 .

Achievements and Awards

• 2016 Champions Hockey League win with the Frölunda HC
• 2016 Swedish champion with the Frölunda HC
• 2017 Champions Hockey League win with Frölunda HC
• 2019 Champions Hockey League win with the Frölunda HC

International

• 2008 Promotion to the top division at the U18 Junior World Championship in Division I, Group B.
• 2010 Promotion to the top division at the U20 World Junior Championship of Division I, Group B.

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
SHL main round	5	200	21st	39	60	138
SHL playoffs	5	42	6th	8th	14th	24
GET ligaen main round	4th	149	36	62	98	177
GET league playoffs	2	15th	4th	2	6th	31
GET league relegation	1	6th	0	0	0	4th

(Status: end of the 2015/16 season)

Web links

• Mats Rosseli Olsen at hockeydb.com (English)
• Mats Rosseli Olsen at eliteprospects.com (English)