Mats Waltin

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Mats Waltin
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Mats Waltin in 2009
Personal information
Born7 October 1953 (1953-10-07) (age 71)
Stockholm, Sweden
Height181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
Sport Ice hockey
Club Södertälje SK (1972–78)
Djurgårdens IF Hockey (1978–84)
HC Lugano (1984–87)
EV Zug (1987–1989)
Södertälje SK (1989)
Djurgårdens IF Hockey (1990)
Södertälje SK (1990–1991)
Retired1991
Medal record
Representing Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1980 Lake Placid Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1984 Sarajevo Team
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1975 West Germany Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1976 Poland Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1977 Austria Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1979 USSR Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1981 Sweden Team

Mats Stefan Waltin (born 7 October 1953) is a Swedish ice hockey coach and former defenceman. During his career he played 236 international matches and won Olympic bronze medals in 1980 and 1984, world championship silvers in 1977 and 1981, and world championship bronzes in 1975, 1976 and 1979. A the European championships he won silver medals in 1976, 1977 and 1981 and bronzes in 1975, 1978, 1979 and 1983. He was a member of the Swedish 1976 Canada Cup and 1981 Canada Cup teams and served as the team captain at the 1980 Olympics [1] and as the Olympic flag bearer for Sweden at the 1984 games. He was awarded the Stora Grabbars och Tjejers Märke #97 in ice hockey. [2] Domestically Waltin was awarded the Guldpucken as the best player at the 1976 Swedish Championships; he also won the national title with Djurgårdens in 1983. Between 1984 and 1989 he played in Switzerland and won the Swiss title in 1986 and 1987. [1] In 1989, he returned to Sweden, and won his second national title with Djurgårdens in 1990. [3]

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Since retiring from competitions in 1991 Waltin works as an ice hockey coach. In 1991–1998 he was the assistant coach and in 1998–2002 head coach of Djurgårdens IF, leading them to the national titles in 2000 and 2001. [1] In 2002 he managed the national team at the world championships and in 2002–2004 served as the manager of Djurgårdens IF. He then went abroad, coaching Klagenfurter AC in Austria in 2004–2006, the Slovenian national team in 2007–2008 and Manglerud Star Ishockey in Norway since 2012. [3]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

   Regular season   Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1970–71 IK Göta SWE II 1715
1971–72IK GötaSWE II1716
1972–73 Södertälje SK SWE 2856116
1973–74 Södertälje SKSWE3212122412
1974–75 Södertälje SKSWE272101214
1975–76 Södertälje SK SEL 3510122210
1976–77 Södertälje SKSEL335101526
1977–78 Södertälje SKSEL33371022
1978–79 Djurgårdens IF SEL361229412264262
1979–80 Djurgårdens IFSEL3212142610
1980–81 Djurgårdens IFSEL351192012
1981–82 Djurgårdens IFSEL3111102112
1982–83 Djurgårdens IFSEL155510880448
1983–84 Djurgårdens IFSEL28358660004
1984–85 HC Lugano NDA 35122739
1985–86 HC LuganoNDA361126371840336
1986–87 HC LuganoNDA3079161664480
1987–88 EV Zug NDA347121918
1988–89 EV ZugNDA35717242030002
1989–90 Djurgårdens IFSEL27022810002
1990–91 Södertälje SKSEL403472620000
SWE totals8719284732
SEL totals3457510718216223461016
NDA totals1704491135721347118

International

YearTeamEvent GPGAPtsPIM
1975 Sweden WC 101454
1976 SwedenWC101120
1976 Sweden CC 50110
1977 SwedenWC100002
1978 SwedenWC100002
1979 SwedenWC81012
1980 Sweden OG 71234
1981 SwedenWC80112
1981 SwedenCC50002
1983 SwedenWC90110
1984 SwedenOG72462
1985 SwedenWC80334
Senior totals976172324

References

  1. 1 2 3 Mats Waltin. Swedish Olympic Committee
  2. Sweden. sports-reference.com
  3. 1 2 Mats Waltin. sports-reference.com
Preceded by Guldpucken
1976
Succeeded by