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Mattias Sjögren
Mattias Sjögren in May 4, 2014
Born (1987-11-27)27 November 1987,
Landskrona, Sweden
Height
Weight
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
214 lb (97 kg; 15 st 4 lb)
Position Centre
Shoots Left
Ntl. team Flag of Sweden Sweden
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2005–2022

Mattias Sjögren (born November 27, 1987) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey centre who last played for Rögle BK of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).[1]

Playing career[]

Undrafted, Sjögren played youth hockey in Sweden within Rögle BK. He made his professional debut in the HockeyAllsvenskan with Rögle BK, helping gain promotion to the Elitserien. He transferred to fellow top division club, Färjestad BK, for the 2010–11 season and won the Swedish championship with the club that year.

On June 1, 2011, Sjögren as a free agent to a two-year contract, reportedly worth 1.8 million dollars, with the Washington Capitals.[2] In the 2011–12 season, after attending the Capitals training camp, he was assigned to AHL affiliate, the Hershey Bears. In November 2011, Sjögren elected to return to Sweden, allowable by his contract, after becoming displeased with the Capitals for not calling him up from the Hershey Bears for an extended period of time. General Manager George McPhee said, "When we signed him, we told him we had a job available and promised him we’d give him a look this year. His training camp wasn't good enough to keep him at the start of the year and he was developing OK, but I guess he got impatient and decided to go home. And if you’re going to quit on us you might as well go."[3] On April 10, 2012, Sjögren however, was recalled from Sweden by the Capitals for the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs to be added to the practice squad.

After two largely unsuccessful seasons in North America within the Capitals organization and without seeing NHL action, Sjögren returned to the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), signing a three-year contract with Linköpings HC on May 16, 2013.[4] He played two years with the Linköping team and received the Peter Forsberg Trophy as the SHL's best forward in the 2014-15 season[5] before signing with Ak Bars Kazan of the KHL for the 2015-16 season.

On June 16, 2016, he signed a two-year contract with the ZSC Lions of the National League (NL).[6] In his two seasons with the Lions, Sjögren was unable to make the desired impact, largely affected through injury, limiting him to just 19 games in the 2017–18 season.

On April 28, 2018, Sjögren as a free agent opted to return home to original club, Rögle BK of the SHL, agreeing to a four-year contract.[7]

International play[]

Medal record
Competitor for Flag of Sweden Sweden
Ice hockey
World Championships
Silver 2011 Slovakia
Bronze 2014 Belarus

Sjögren was a member of Sweden's silver-winning squad at the 2011 IIHF World Championship and won bronze at the 2014 IIHF World Championships.

Career statistics[]

Regular season and playoffs[]

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2004–05 Rögle BK Allsv 1 0 0 0 0
2005–06 Rögle BK Allsv 40 1 3 4 8 10 0 2 2 2
2006–07 Rögle BK Allsv 45 0 2 2 30 10 0 1 1 8
2007–08 Rögle BK Allsv 45 4 10 14 38 10 4 2 6 8
2008–09 Rögle BK SEL 43 6 7 13 16
2009–10 Rögle BK SEL 54 11 11 22 20
2010–11 Färjestad BK SEL 51 7 17 24 44 13 1 8 9 4
2011–12 Hershey Bears AHL 19 2 3 5 4
2011–12 Färjestad BK SEL 28 3 6 9 22 11 2 2 4 2
2012–13 Hershey Bears AHL 32 3 5 8 12
2013–14 Linköpings HC SHL 54 6 29 35 44 12 3 8 11 8
2014–15 Linköpings HC SHL 43 9 17 26 30 11 1 6 7 12
2015–16 Ak Bars Kazan KHL 54 6 12 18 32 7 0 1 1 4
2016–17 ZSC Lions NLA 42 5 16 21 26 2 0 0 0 0
2017–18 ZSC Lions NL 19 3 5 8 16
2018–19 Rögle BK SHL 33 4 11 15 10
SHL totals 306 46 98 144 186 47 7 24 31 26

International[]

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2011 Sweden WC Silver medal icon 9 1 3 4 2
2014 Sweden WC Bronze medal icon 10 0 0 0 6
2015 Sweden WC 5th 8 1 4 5 4
2016 Sweden WC 6th 8 0 3 3 2
Senior totals 35 2 10 12 14

References[]

External links[]

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