| Mattias Karlsson | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Born |
15 April 1985 Storå, Sweden | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||
| Weight | 229 lb (104 kg; 16 st 5 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
|
SHL team Former teams |
Leksands IF Brynäs IF Binghamton Senators Färjestads BK Timrå IK HV71 Severstal Cherepovets Karlskrona HK | ||
| NHL draft |
135th overall,
2003 Ottawa Senators | ||
| Playing career | 2003–present | ||
Mattias Karlsson (born 15 April 1985) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player, currently playing with Leksands IF in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).
Playing career
Karlsson turned professional with Brynäs IF in the 2002–03 season and was drafted in the fourth round of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft by Ottawa Senators in NHL. He played for Brynäs through 2004–05, before moving to Almtuna IS in 2005–06, before settling down to one team Bofors IK for the 2006–07 season. Karlsson was tied for the team lead in scoring with 32 points (11 goals) in 2006-07 and added 34 penalty minutes in 44 games.
Karlsson signed with the Ottawa Senators in 2007 and played two games with the Senators' AHL team, the Binghamton Senators, before returning to Sweden to play with Färjestads BK on assignment from Ottawa on 26 October 2007. [1] [2]
In 2008, he attended the Ottawa Senators training camp and was assigned to the Binghamton Senators, where he played 73 games, leading the league among rookie defenseman in scoring with 51 points to be named in the All-Rookie Team. In 2009, he returned to Sweden and played for two seasons with Timrå IK before signing with HV71 in 2011.
After spending the 2015–16 season, abroad with Russian club, Severstal Cherepovets in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), Larsson returned to Sweden signing with Karlskrona HK.
Karlsson played two SHL seasons with Karlskrona before signing a two-year contract with then HockeyAllsvenskan club, Leskands IF, on 4 May 2018. [3]
Awards and honours
| Award | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| AHL | ||
| All-Star Game | 2009 | |
| All-Rookie Team | 2009 | |
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2001–02 | Brynäs IF | J18 Allsv | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Brynäs IF | J20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 2002–03 | Brynäs IF | J20 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 93 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2002–03 | Brynäs IF | SEL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Brynäs IF | J20 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 67 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | ||
| 2003–04 | Brynäs IF | SEL | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Brynäs IF | J20 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Brynäs IF | SEL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Almtuna IS | Allsv | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Almtuna IS | J20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Almtuna IS | Allsv | 32 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Bofors IK | Allsv | 44 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Binghamton Senators | AHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Bofors IK | Allsv | 24 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Färjestad BK | SEL | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 20 | ||
| 2008–09 | Binghamton Senators | AHL | 73 | 9 | 42 | 51 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Timrå IK | SEL | 37 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 29 | ||
| 2010–11 | Timrå IK | SEL | 53 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | HV71 | SEL | 54 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 2012–13 | HV71 | SEL | 55 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | HV71 | SHL | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 2014–15 | HV71 | SHL | 54 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2015–16 | Severstal Cherepovets | KHL | 59 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | Karlskrona HK | SHL | 49 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | Karlskrona HK | SHL | 45 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | Leksands IF | Allsv | 45 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20 | Leksands IF | SHL | 33 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | Guldsmedshytte SK | SWE.4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | Häradsbygdens SS | SWE.5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | ||
| SEL/SHL totals | 455 | 38 | 98 | 136 | 211 | 42 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 57 | ||||
| Allsv totals | 167 | 28 | 53 | 81 | 172 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Sweden | U18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31 | |
| 2003 | Sweden | WJC18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | |
| Junior totals | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 47 | |||
References
- ^ "Ottawa assigns Defenseman Mattias Karlsson to Bofors IK". 26 October 2007.[ permanent dead link]
- ^ "Mattias Karlsson player profile". Färjestad BK (in Swedish). 25 March 2008. Archived from the original on 18 May 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
- ^ "Mattias Karlsson strengthens Leksands". Leksands IF (in Swedish). 4 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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- 1985 births
- Living people
- Almtuna IS players
- Binghamton Senators players
- BIK Karlskoga players
- Brynäs IF players
- Färjestad BK players
- HV71 players
- Karlskrona HK players
- Leksands IF players
- Ottawa Senators draft picks
- Severstal Cherepovets players
- Swedish ice hockey defencemen
- Timrå IK players
- Swedish ice hockey defenceman stubs