Mattias Weinhandl

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Mattias Weinhandl
Date of birth June 1, 1980
place of birth Ljungby , Sweden
size 183 cm
Weight 85 kg
position Right wing
number # 80
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1999 , 3rd round, 78th position
New York Islanders
Career stations
until 1999 IF Troy-Ljungby
1999-2002 MODO hockey
2002-2006 New York Islanders
2004-2005 MODO hockey
2006-2007 Minnesota Wild
2007-2013 Linköpings HC
2008-2010 HK Dynamo Moscow
2010–2012 SKA Saint Petersburg

Mattias Weinhandl (* 1. June 1980 in Ljungby ) is a retired Swedish ice hockey player , who during his career for the New York Islanders and Minnesota Wild in the National Hockey League and the HC Dynamo Moscow and SKA St. Petersburg in the Continental Hockey League active was.

Career

Matthias Weinhandl began his career as an ice hockey player at IF Troja-Ljungby . For the team from the third division Division 1 he was active from 1997 to 1999. Then the attacker was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 1999 in the third round as a total of 78th player by the New York Islanders . Weinhandl initially stayed in his Swedish homeland and played for MODO Hockey in the Elitserien , the highest ice hockey league in the country, with which he was runner-up in 2000 and 2002. Before the 2002/03 season, Weinhandl was added to the roster of New York's farm team , the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the American Hockey League . After starting the season in the AHL, he played much of his first year in North America for the Islanders in the National Hockey League , scoring 23 points, including six goals. In the following season too, Weinhandl was mostly on the ice for New York.

During the lockout in the NHL season 2004/05 Weinhandl moved as a free agent for the game year back to his Swedish homeland to his ex-club MODO Hockey Örnsköldsvik from the Elitserien and was top scorer in the league. After resuming play, the winger returned to the Islanders in the summer of 2006. Because he exceeded the salary cap , he was deleted from the squad towards the end of the regular season. He was then committed by the Minnesota Wild , for which he was used 15 times by the end of the season. The following year Weinhandl was mainly on the ice for their AHL farm team, the Houston Eros , so that on April 22, 2007 he received clearance for a two-year contract in Sweden with Linköpings HC . In the 2007/08 season, Weinhandl was the top scorer in the Elitserien for the second time in his career with 35 goals, for which he received the Håkan Loob Trophy . With his goals, he had a significant share in reaching the runner-up of his team.

On April 23, 2008 Weinhandl extended his contract with Linköpings prematurely for another three years until 2012, where he was loaned to HK Dynamo Moscow from the newly founded Continental Hockey League for the 2008/09 season , with which he won the Spengler Cup in 2008 . In 2010 he then moved to league rivals SKA Saint Petersburg and was one of the top scorers in the league. After the 2011/12 season, the loan agreement with SKA ended and Weinhandl returned to Linköpings HC.

He suffered a severe concussion in November 2012 and was therefore not used again until the end of the season. In the following season, due to the aftermath, he completely stopped playing and finally ended his career in April 2014.

International

For Sweden , Weinhandl took part in the U18 Junior European Championship in 1998 , the U20 Junior World Championship in 1999 , as well as the A World Championships in 2002 , 2005 , 2008 , 2009 and 2010 and the 2010 Winter Olympics. Weinhandl's greatest success in a final at a world championship was winning the bronze medal in 2002, 2009 and 2010. In 2008 he was the fifth best scorer of the entire tournament and also the Swede with the most points in the tournament.

Eye injury

On November 13, 1999, Weinhandl was seriously injured during a game between the national teams of Sweden and the Czech Republic at the U20 four-nation tournament when the Czech Michal Trávníček hit him under the half-visor with his hockey stick after a duel while falling, with Weinhandl injuries closed in the forehead and in one eye. In this incident, his vision in one eye was reduced to just 10 percent. Subsequently, Trávníček was given a three-year ban because of this deliberate attack by the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1999/00 MODO hockey Elitserien 32 15th 9 24 6th - - - - -
2000/01 MODO hockey Elitserien 48 16 16 32 14th 6th 1 3 4th 6th
2001/02 MODO hockey Elitserien 50 18th 16 34 10 14th 4th 11 15th 4th
2002/03 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 23 9 12 21st 14th - - - - -
2002/03 New York Islanders NHL 47 6th 17th 23 10 - - - - -
2003/04 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 10 3 6th 9 10 - - - - -
2003/04 New York Islanders NHL 55 8th 12 20th 26th 5 0 0 0 2
2004/05 MODO hockey Elitserien 50 26th 20th 46 18th 6th 0 0 0 4th
2005/06 New York Islanders NHL 53 2 4th 6th 14th - - - - -
2005/06 Minnesota Wild NHL 15th 2 3 5 10 - - - - -
2006/07 Minnesota Wild NHL 12 1 1 2 10 - - - - -
2006/07 Houston Eros AHL 48 18th 27 45 20th - - - - -
2007/08 Linköpings HC Elitserien 54 35 27 62 69 16 7th 10 17th 8th
2008/09 HK Dynamo Moscow KHL 41 16 16 32 53 12 6th 10 16 4th
2009/10 HK Dynamo Moscow KHL 56 26th 34 60 36 4th 1 0 1 2
2010/11 SKA Saint Petersburg KHL 54 21st 28 49 42 11 5 4th 9 16
2011/12 SKA Saint Petersburg KHL 45 13 23 36 30th 13 2 2 4th 14th
NHL overall 182 19th 37 56 70 5 0 0 0 2
KHL total 196 76 103 179 136 40 14th 16 30th 36

( 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 )

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mattias Weinhandl valde Linköping - P4 Kronoberg. In: sverigesradio.se. April 22, 2007. Retrieved January 11, 2018 (Swedish).
  2. ↑ hockeyexpressen.se, "Allt är suddigt"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.hockeyexpressen.se  

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personal data
SURNAME Weinhandl, Mattias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH June 1, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Ljungby , Sweden