Mattias Timander

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Mattias Timander
Mattias Timander 2012-03-31 01.jpg
Born (1974-04-16) April 16, 1974 (age 50)
Sollefteå, Sweden
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 236 lb (107 kg; 16 st 12 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Modo Hockey
Boston Bruins
Columbus Blue Jackets
New York Islanders
Philadelphia Flyers
National teamFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
NHL draft 208th overall, 1992
Boston Bruins
Playing career 19932013

Mattias Erik Timander (born April 16, 1974) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played eight seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Boston Bruins, Columbus Blue Jackets, New York Islanders and Philadelphia Flyers between 1996 and 2004. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1993 to 2013, was mainly spent in Sweden playing for Modo Hockey and Leksands IF.

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Playing career

Drafted 208th overall in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft by the Boston Bruins, Timander came over to North America prior to the 1996–97 season and split his first three seasons between Boston and the Bruins primary affiliate, the Providence Bruins. After spending the entire 1999–2000 season with Boston, Timander was taken by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2000 NHL Expansion Draft. He spent the next two seasons with Columbus and was traded to the New York Islanders for a 4th round draft pick (Jekabs Redlihs) prior to the 2002–03 season.

After playing in a career high 80 games in 2002–03, Timander was shifted between the Islanders and their American Hockey League affiliate, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, in 2003–04. This led to him being traded to the Philadelphia Flyers for a 7th round draft pick (Chris Campoli) on January 22, 2004. He spent the rest of the season with the Flyers, playing in 34 regular season games and adding to what turned out to be a career high plus/minus rating (+13 w/Flyers, +2 w/Islanders, +15 overall). He also took part in all of his new team's 18 playoff games, coming one win short of a trip to the Stanley Cup Finals.

He returned to Sweden in the off-season to play for Modo Hockey in the Elitserien where he left after the 2010–11 season.

On July 25, 2011, Timander signed a one-year contract (with an optional one-year extension) with the Leksands IF of the HockeyAllsvenskan. [1] In May 2013, Timander officially announced his retirement. [2]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1990–91 Modo Hockey SWE U20
1991–92Modo HockeySWE U20
1992–93Modo HockeySWE U2040000
1992–93 Modo Hockey SEL 10000
1992–93 Husums IF SWE-2 27491322
1993–94Modo HockeySWE U20322410
1993–94 Modo HockeySEL2322461120210
1994–95 Modo HockeySEL39891726
1995–96 Modo HockeySEL37411153471128
1996–97 Providence Bruins AHL 3231114201011212
1996–97 Boston Bruins NHL 4118914
1997–98 Providence BruinsAHL31371025
1997–98 Boston BruinsNHL231126
1998–99 Providence BruinsAHL43222246
1998–99 Boston BruinsNHL220661041122
1999–00 Boston BruinsNHL6008822
2000–01 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL76291124
2001–02 Columbus Blue JacketsNHL78471144
2002–03 New York Islanders NHL80313162410000
2003–04 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL3526812
2003–04 New York IslandersNHL51122
2003–04 Philadelphia Flyers NHL3414519182466
2004–05 Modo HockeySEL4737106060114
2005–06 Modo HockeySEL4859144850114
2006–07 Modo HockeySEL5561218902018928
2007–08 Modo HockeySEL231671631124
2008–09 Modo HockeySEL5510152570
2009–10 Modo HockeySEL495202546
2010–11 Modo HockeySEL554151960
2011–12 Leksands IF SWE-2 45279481010112
2012–13 Leksands IFSWE-24729114480114
SEL totals43248106154456525121758
NHL totals419135770165233588

International

Medal record
Representing Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Ice hockey
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Latvia
World Junior Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1994 Czech Republic
YearTeamEventGPGAPtsPIM
1992 Sweden EJC18 50222
1994 Sweden WJC 70110
2006 Sweden WC 90336
Junior totals120332
Senior totals90336

Awards and honours

AwardYear
SEL
Le Mat Trophy (Modo Hockey) 2006

References

  1. Emil Nilsén (2011-07-25). "Timander klar för LIF" (in Swedish). Leksands IF. Archived from the original on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2011-07-25.
  2. "Timander announces retirement". svenskafans.com (in Swedish). 2013-05-04. Retrieved 2013-05-04.