Fredrik Modin

Fredrik Modin
Modin with the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2009
Born	(1974-10-08) 8 October 1974 (age 50) Sundsvall, Sweden
Height	6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight	220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb)
Position	Left wing
Shot	Left
Played for	Timrå IK Brynäs IF Toronto Maple Leafs Tampa Bay Lightning Columbus Blue Jackets Los Angeles Kings Atlanta Thrashers Calgary Flames
National team	Sweden
NHL draft	64th overall, 1994 Toronto Maple Leafs
Playing career	1991–2011

Jan Fredrik "Freddy" Modin (born 8 October 1974) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey left winger who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He is best remembered for his most productive years with the Tampa Bay Lightning, with whom he won the Stanley Cup in 2004.

Playing career

Modin played his youth league games for Njurunda SK, like Henrik Zetterberg. In 2008, the club renamed their arena—until then known as Njurunda Ishall—to Modin & Zetterberg-hallen.

Modin was drafted 64th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft. He was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning on October 1, 1999, where he served as an alternate captain for several seasons. In 2001, he was the lone Lightning player at the 51st NHL All-Star Game and won the "Hardest Shot" competition with a blast clocked at 102.1 mph. He went on to win the Stanley Cup with the Lightning in the 2003–04 season. For the 2004–05 season, Fredrik Modin returned to Sweden to play for Timrå IK due to the NHL lockout. He scored 12 goals, 24 assists and had a total of 36 points. On June 30, 2006, he was traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets (along with Fredrik Norrena) in exchange for Marc Denis.

Modin served as an alternate captain for the Blue Jackets. He has begun to decline in production, due to injuries. He scored a goal in Game 4 of the Blue Jackets' opening round playoff series against the Detroit Red Wings, the Blue Jackets' first-ever playoff appearance.

During the 2009–10 season, at the NHL trade deadline, Modin was traded by the Blue Jackets to the Los Angeles Kings for future considerations on March 3, 2010. ^[1]

On September 6, 2010, Modin signed a one-year contract as a free agent with the Atlanta Thrashers. ^[2] He posted 7 goals in 36 games for the Thrashers. On February 28, 2011, Modin was traded to the Calgary Flames for a seventh round pick in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. ^[3]

Hampered by a lingering back injury in his last two seasons, Modin announced his retirement on May 19, 2011. ^[4]

Awards

• Gold medal at the Ice Hockey World Championship in 1998.
• Played in the NHL All-Star Game in 2000-2001.
• Hardest Shot at NHL SuperSkills Competition in 2001 (102.1 mph).
• Bronze medal at the Ice Hockey World Championship in 2001.
• Stanley Cup winner with Tampa Bay Lightning in 2004.
• He is a member of the Triple Gold Club having won the 1998 World Championships, the 2004 Stanley Cup with Tampa Bay Lightning and Olympic Gold Medal in 2006.
• Most points in World Cup of Hockey 2004
• All-star team World Cup of Hockey 2004
• Gold medal at the Winter Olympics in 2006.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1991–92	Timrå IK	SWE II		11	1	0	1	0		—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	Timrå IK	SWE II		30	5	7	12	12		5	1	0	1	0
1993–94	Timrå IK	SWE II		32	16	16	32	34		2	0	1	1	6
1994–95	Brynäs IF	SEL		37	9	10	19	30		14	4	4	8	6
1995–96	Brynäs IF	SEL		22	4	8	12	22		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Brynäs IF	Allsv		14	7	3	10	18		10	6	4	10	4
1996–97	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		76	6	7	13	24		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		74	16	16	32	32		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		67	16	15	31	35		8	0	0	0	6
1999–2000	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		80	22	26	48	18		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		76	32	24	56	48		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		54	14	17	31	27		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		76	17	23	40	43		11	2	0	2	18
2003–04	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		82	29	28	57	32		23	8	11	19	10
2004–05	Timrå IK	SEL		43	12	24	36	58		7	1	1	2	8
2005–06	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		77	31	23	54	56		5	0	0	0	6
2006–07	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		79	22	20	42	50		—	—	—	—	—
2007–08	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		23	6	6	12	20		—	—	—	—	—
2008–09	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		50	9	16	25	28		4	1	0	1	0
2009–10	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		24	2	4	6	12		—	—	—	—	—
2009–10	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		20	3	2	5	14		6	3	1	4	2
2010–11	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL		36	7	3	10	12		—	—	—	—	—
2010–11	Calgary Flames	NHL		4	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
2013–14	Njurunda SK	SWE IV		1	0	1	1	2		—	—	—	—	—
SWE II totals				73	22	23	45	46		5	1	0	1	0
SEL totals				102	25	42	67	110		21	5	5	10	14
NHL totals				898	232	230	462	453		57	14	12	26	42

International

Fredrik Modin

Medal record
Representing   Sweden
Ice hockey
Winter Olympics
	2006 Turin
World Championships
	1998 Lugano
	2001 Nuremberg
World Junior Championships
	1994 Ostrava

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1994	Sweden	WJC		7	2	2	4	2
1996	Sweden	WC		6	1	1	2	4
1998	Sweden	WC		5	3	3	6	0
2000	Sweden	WC		7	3	1	4	4
2001	Sweden	WC		9	3	2	5	10
2004	Sweden	WCH		4	4	4	8	2
2006	Sweden	OG		8	2	1	3	6
2010	Sweden	OG		3	0	1	1	0
Senior totals				42	16	13	29	26

References

1. "Los Angeles Kings get forwards Jeff Halpern, Fredrik Modin". ESPN. 2010-03-03. Retrieved 2011-03-01.
2. "Fredrik Modin signs with Thrashers". ESPN. 2010-09-06. Retrieved 2011-03-01.
3. "Flames acquire Modin from Thrashers for seventh round pick". The Sports Network. 2011-02-28. Archived from the original on 2011-03-03. Retrieved 2011-03-01.
4. "Fredik Modin stops playing hockey". Aftonbladet.se. 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2011-05-19.

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com , or  Eliteprospects.com , or  Eurohockey.com , or  Hockey-Reference.com , or  The Internet Hockey Database