Jesper Mattsson (ice hockey)

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Jesper Mattsson
Born (1975-05-13) May 13, 1975 (age 48)
Malmö, SWE
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Right
Played for Saint John Flames
Färjestad BK
Malmö Redhawks
NHL draft 18th overall, 1993
Calgary Flames
Playing career 1991present

Jesper Mattsson (born May 13, 1975) is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey centre. He was drafted by the Calgary Flames in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft in the 1st round as the 18th pick overall.

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Career

When Mattsson was a junior, he was considered to be a big star in the future and in 1991, at just 16 years old, he played in Elitserien for his hometown club Malmö IF and before turing 19, he had won the Swedish championship twice (1992 and 1994). In 1993 Calgary Flames drafted him 18th overall in the 1993 NHL Draft. After his fourth season in Elitserien with Malmö IF, Mattsson signed a contract with the Flames. But Mattsson had a rough time in North America, and despite 2+12 seasons there he never dressed for a single Flames game, and played exclusively with Calgary's farm team, the Saint John Flames of the AHL. During his third season with Saint John he decided to move back to Sweden and Malmö IF and he finished the season with Malmö. He continued to play with Malmö for another six years with varied results.

In the summer of 2004 he decided it was time to move again and this time he signed a three-year contract with Malmö rival SEL team, Färjestad BK. His first seasons with Färjestad was a big disappointment, he only scored 15 points in 48 games, his worst season since 1994. But he played better in the playoffs, scoring 8 points in 15 games. But despite Mattsson's effort Färjestad lost in the finals against Frölunda HC. In his second season with Färjestad he showed the fans that he could play better and he scored 32 points (19 goals, 13 assists) in 45 games. His 19 goals was career high for Mattsson. Mattsson had a good post-season that year as well, tallying 17 points in 18 games, and helped Färjestad capture the Swedish championship.

For the 2010–11 season, Jesper Mattsson returned to Malmö, this time in the second-tier league HockeyAllsvenskan. He played there for two seasons, scoring 58 points in 77 games. After the 2011–12 season, Mattsson retired from ice hockey as he was not offered a new contract with Malmö. [1]

Changing position

For the 2007-08 season, Mattsson was briefly converted into playing defense after playing as a forward his whole career up to this point. [2]

International

Mattsson represented Sweden in the 1999 Ice Hockey World Championship, winning a Bronze medal, and in the 2006 Ice Hockey World Championship, winning a Gold medal.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

   Regular season   Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1991–92 Malmö IF SEL 240112
1992–93 Malmö IFSEL4099181450000
1993–94Malmö IFSWE U20550514
1993–94 Malmö IFSEL403691491232
1994–95 Malmö IFSEL36961530920218
1995–96 Saint John Flames AHL 731226381891122
1996–97 Saint John FlamesAHL722218403231120
1997–98 Saint John FlamesAHL297111830
1997–98 Malmö IFSEL163588
1998–99 Malmö IFSEL481416304982134
1999–2000 Malmö IFSEL501719364060006
2000–01 Malmö IFSEL491717346392246
2001–02 MIF RedhawksSEL491210222651124
2002–03 MIF RedhawksSEL4213122532
2003–04 MIF RedhawksSEL4819143324
2004–05 Färjestads BK SEL485101547154486
2005–06 Färjestads BKSEL4519133250184131716
2006–07 Färjestads BKSEL5110263679913412
2007–08 Färjestads BKSEL4642428711234710
2008–09 Färjestads BKSEL4517213834131458
2009–10 Färjestads BKSEL52324275072246
2010–11 Malmö Redhawks SWE.2 288152320
2010–11 Frölunda HC SEL2378158
2011–12 Malmö RedhawksSWE.24916193530600010
SEL totals75218124142262912523365998
AHL totals17441559680122242

International

YearTeamEvent GPGAPtsPIM
1992 Sweden EJC 52130
1993 SwedenEJC6821012
1995 Sweden WJC 706622
1999 Sweden WC 100114
2006 SwedenWC92354
Junior totals181091934
Senior totals192468

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References

  1. Jönsson, Kent (2012-03-27). "Jesper Mattsson lägger av". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). Retrieved 2012-04-11.
  2. "Oväntat när Anders Malm blev klar för VM -Värmlands Folkblad". Archived from the original on 2007-06-13. Retrieved 2007-06-14.
Preceded by Calgary Flames' first round draft pick
1993
Succeeded by