Mattias Öhlund

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Mattias Öhlund
Date of birth September 9, 1976
place of birth Piteå , Sweden
size 191 cm
Weight 100 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1994 , 1st lap, 13th position
Vancouver Canucks
Career stations
until 1994 Piteå HC
1994-1997 Luleå HF
1997-2009 Vancouver Canucks
2009-2011 Tampa Bay Lightning

Kenneth Mattias Öhlund (* 9. September 1976 in Piteå ) is a retired Swedish ice hockey player , who during his playing career from 1992 to 2011 among other 979 games for the Vancouver Canucks and Tampa Bay Lightning in the National Hockey League on the position of the defender denied Has. Öhlund celebrated numerous successes, especially with the Swedish national team . In addition to several medal placements, both in the junior and men's category, the defender became Olympic, world and junior European champions with the Tre Kronor .

Career

The 1.88 m tall defender initially played for his hometown club Piteå HC and in the summer of 1994 switched to Luleå HF in the Elitserien , the highest professional league in Swedish ice hockey. In the 1994 NHL Entry Draft , Öhlund was selected as 13th in the first round by the Canucks, but since he could not agree on a contract with General Manager Pat Quinn , the left-shooter initially stayed in his home country. There Öhlund quickly became a regular player, celebrated winning the Swedish championship title with Luleå at the end of the 1995/96 season and was named Young Player of the Year . In the following season Öhlund was runner-up with the Luleå HF.

For the 1997/98 season , the defender finally had an offer from the Toronto Maple Leafs from the NHL, but this time Quinn was able to outbid this according to Öhlund's ideas, so that the Swede had his first games for the NHL opener in Japan against the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Canucks graduate. After the season he was elected the second best rookie in the league behind Sergei Samsonow by the Boston Bruins . In a preparation game for the 1999/00 season , Öhlund was seriously injured when the puck hit him in the right eye. After two eye operations, the defender was able to return to the Canucks squad in the same season despite permanent visual damage.

Öhlund in the jersey of the Vancouver Canucks

During the lockout in the 2004/05 season , Mattias Öhlund returned to Sweden for two games at his ex-club Luleå HF. In November 2007, the defender was suspended for four games after seriously injuring Mikko Koivu of the Minnesota Wild with an elbow check in the face. Koivu was then sidelined for 24 games due to injury. Upon his return, Öhlund became the most dangerous defender in the Canucks franchise history with a goal against the Edmonton Oilers on December 15 with 84 career goals .

Before the start of the 2008/09 season , the Swede was appointed assistant captain behind goalkeeper Roberto Luongo along with Ryan Kesler and Willie Mitchell . On July 1, 2009, he signed a $ 25.25 million seven-year contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning as a free agent . There he established himself directly in the NHL squad and completed almost 140 games for the Bolts in the two following seasons. As a result, the Swede underwent operations on both knees in October 2011 and February 2012. Until his contract expired at the end of the 2015/16 season , Öhlund did not play any further games for Tampa due to persistent knee problems and therefore remained on the Injured Reserve List .

International

With the Swedish national youth teams , Mattias Öhlund competed in the U18 European Junior Championship in 1994 , the U20 Junior World Championship in 1994 , 1995 and 1996 , where he was named the best defender and was also elected to the World Cup All-Star Team. Overall, he won two silver medals (1994 and 1996) and one bronze medal (1995) in his three participations.

With the men's selection, Öhlund became ice hockey world champion in 1998 , and he was also able to win the silver medal ( 1997 ) and the bronze medal ( 2001 ) at world championships.

The defender was also on the ice at three Olympic ice hockey tournaments for his home country. In 2002 , Öhlund was appointed to the Swedish Olympic squad for the second time since 1998 . During a preparatory game, the left-handed shooter was tested positive by the IOC for the prohibited substance acetazolamide and was then initially excluded from the games. However, since the drug was unknowingly taken by Öhlund with a medical agent in connection with his eye surgery, the Swede was then acquitted. After an outstanding preliminary round, the Swedish team failed in the quarter-finals against Belarus . In four games, Öhlund scored a total of two assists .

In 2006 Öhlund became Olympic champion with the Tre Kronor . Although he was not on the ice in the final, the defender received a gold medal from the IOC after his teammates from the NHL, Daniel and Henrik Sedin , as well as his replacement Niklas Kronwall, offered to hand over their gold medal to Öhlund. Öhlund also took part in the 2010 Winter Olympics with the Swedish national ice hockey team.

In addition, Mattias Öhlund was on the ice for Sweden at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1992/93 Piteå HC Division 1 22nd 0 6th 6th 16
1993/94 Piteå HC Division 1 28 7th 10 17th 66
1994/95 Luleå HF Elitserien 34 6th 10 16 34 9 4th 0 4th 16
1995/96 Luleå HF Elitserien 38 4th 10 14th 26th 13 1 0 1 47
1996/97 Luleå HF Elitserien 47 7th 9 16 38 10 1 2 3 8th
1997/98 Vancouver Canucks NHL 77 7th 23 30th 76 - - - - -
1998/99 Vancouver Canucks NHL 74 9 26th 35 83 - - - - -
1999/00 Vancouver Canucks NHL 44 4th 16 20th 24 - - - - -
2000/01 Vancouver Canucks NHL 65 8th 20th 28 46 4th 1 3 4th 6th
2001/02 Vancouver Canucks NHL 81 10 26th 36 56 6th 1 1 2 6th
2002/03 Vancouver Canucks NHL 59 2 27 29 42 13 3 4th 7th 12
2003/04 Vancouver Canucks NHL 82 14th 20th 34 73 7th 1 4th 5 13
2004/05 Luleå HF Elitserien 2 1 0 1 4th - - - - -
2005/06 Vancouver Canucks NHL 78 13 20th 33 92 - - - - -
2006/07 Vancouver Canucks NHL 77 11 20th 31 80 12 2 5 7th 12
2007/08 Vancouver Canucks NHL 53 9 15th 24 79 - - - - -
2008/09 Vancouver Canucks NHL 82 6th 19th 25th 105 10 1 2 3 6th
2009/10 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 67 0 13 13 59 - - - - -
2010/11 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 72 0 5 5 70 18th 1 2 3 8th
Division 1 total 50 7th 16 23 82
Elitserien total 121 18th 29 47 102 32 6th 2 8th 71
NHL overall 909 93 250 343 885 70 10 21st 31 63

International

Represented Sweden at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1994 Sweden U20 World Cup 2nd place, silver 7th 0 2 2 2
1994 Sweden U18 European Championship 1st place, gold 5 0 6th 6th 8th
1995 Sweden U20 World Cup 3rd place, bronze 3 1 0 1 4th
1996 Sweden U20 World Cup 2nd place, silver 7th 0 5 5 32
1997 Sweden WM 2nd place, silver 11 2 1 3 12
1998 Sweden Olympia 5th place 4th 0 1 1 4th
1998 Sweden WM 1st place, gold 10 2 1 3 8th
2001 Sweden WM 3rd place, bronze 9 2 3 5 12
2002 Sweden Olympia 5th place 4th 0 2 2 2
2004 Sweden World cup 5th place 4th 1 0 1 0
2006 Sweden Olympia 1st place, gold 6th 0 2 2 2
2010 Sweden Olympia 5th place 4th 1 0 1 2
Juniors overall 22nd 1 13 14th 46
Men overall 52 8th 10 18th 42

( 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

Commons : Mattias Öhlund  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Daily News online, Quinn top Canuckle-Head
  2. ↑ CNN Sports Illustrated online, Canucks defenseman resumes workouts ( Memento from July 14, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  3. ↑ espn.com, Edmonton Oilers win for 10th time in a shootout, topping Vancouver 2-1
  4. ↑ The Province online, Ohlund to skate, Salo needs tests ( Memento of the original from June 24, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.canada.com
personal data
SURNAME Öhlund, Mattias
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Öhlund, Kenneth Mattias (full name); Ohlund, Mattias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Piteå , Sweden