Mattias Öhlund
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Born |
Piteå, Sweden | 9 September 1976||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 233 lb (106 kg; 16 st 9 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Defence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shot | Left | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Played for |
Luleå HF Vancouver Canucks Tampa Bay Lightning | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team |
NHL Draft | 13th overall, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1992–2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kenneth Mattias Öhlund (born 9 September 1976) is a
Internationally, Öhlund represented
Playing career
Sweden
Öhlund began his playing career with
Vancouver Canucks
Four years after being drafted by the Canucks, Öhlund was set to be eligible to re-enter the
As part of a promotion for the
In his second season in the NHL, Öhlund was selected to the annual NHL All-Star Game as a replacement for an injured player. Playing for the World team, composed of NHLers from outside North America, Öhlund scored one goal and had an assist as the North American team won, 8–6. With 9 goals and 35 points in 74 games, Öhlund led the Canucks' defencemen in scoring and placed fifth overall on the team.[10]
Prior to the start of the
The 2001–02 season saw Öhlund play 81 games and record a career-high 36 points, with an additional two points in six playoff games. A knee injury during the 2002–03 season led Öhlund to miss several games;[14] while he only scored 2 goals in the 59 games he played in, Öhlund set a career-high in assists with 27. That was followed by appearing in a career-high 13 playoff games, where he had three goals and four assists for seven points. In 2003–04, Öhlund tallied a career-high 14 goals and played in all 82 games with Vancouver for the first time in his career. For his efforts, Öhlund was named the winner of the Babe Pratt Trophy.[7]
The 2004–05 season was cancelled due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout. Like many other NHL players, Öhlund played in Europe, joining his former team, Luleå HF, on December 21. However, eight days later, after playing two games with the team and scoring one goal, Öhlund left the team.[15] As well as briefly playing in Sweden, Öhlund took part in a charity hockey match set up by Canucks teammate Brad May and held in Vancouver on December 12, 2004. Including several NHL players, the game raised nearly $1 million for charity.[16] The NHL resumed play for the 2005–06 season; Öhlund recorded 33 points in 78 games, including leading Canucks defencemen with 13 goals, winning the Babe Pratt Trophy for the fourth time in his career.[7][17]
Early in the 2007–08 season, Öhlund received a four-game suspension, the first of his career, for an incident near the end of a November 16, 2007, game against the Minnesota Wild. In the third period, Wild forward Mikko Koivu hit Öhlund, and Öhlund retaliated by slashing Koivu in the leg with his stick, breaking Koivu's fibula.[18] After returning from the suspension, Öhlund became the Canucks' all-time leader in goals among defencemen, scoring the game-tying goal against the Edmonton Oilers on December 15, 2007, to pass former teammate Jyrki Lumme with 84 goals.[19] After bone chips were detected in his knee in early March 2008, Öhlund underwent knee surgery on March 13 and missed the remainder of the season. The leading scorer amongst Canucks defencemen at the time of the surgery, Öhlund finished second amongst the defencemen with 24 points in 53 games.[6][20]
With the departure of
Over 11 seasons with the Canucks, Öhlund registered team records of 93 goals and 325 points as a defenceman (both since passed by Alexander Edler). His 232 assists ranked fourth among all-time Canucks defencemen, while his 770 games played was second among defencemen and fifth overall.[24][25] In his latter years with the Canucks, Öhlund served as a mentor while being paired with fellow defenceman and Swedish native Alexander Edler, who was beginning his NHL career.[26][27]
Tampa Bay Lightning
Becoming an unrestricted free agent in the off-season, Öhlund signed a seven-year, $26.25 million contract with the
In the off-season, Öhlund underwent
Prior to the start of the
His contract with the Lightning expired July 1, 2016. He was until that date listed on the team roster but was on injured reserve since 2011, with hockey experts citing him alongside Chris Pronger and Marc Savard as players who have not officially retired while letting their contracts continue, but who will not play in the NHL again.
"For a long period of time I've been trying to get better and better, but clearly the longer you don't play, the likelihood of playing again gets smaller and smaller each day, especially at my age," Öhlund told the
Öhlund was inducted into the Canucks' Ring of Honour on December 16, 2016.[49]
International play
Early in his career, Öhlund was selected to play in three
Öhlund made his debut for the
The
In the following Olympics, Öhlund helped Sweden to the
Additionally, Öhlund competed in the 2004 World Cup of Hockey, which preceded the 2004–05 NHL lockout. In four games, he recorded one goal and one assist.[6]
Personal life
Growing up in
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season
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Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1992–93 | Piteå HC | SWE II | 22 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1993–94 | Piteå HC | SWE II | 28 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1994–95 | Luleå HF | SEL | 34 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | ||
1995–96 | Luleå HF | SEL | 38 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 47 | ||
1996–97 | Luleå HF | SEL | 47 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||
1997–98 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 77 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 76 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1998–99 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 74 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1999–2000 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 42 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2000–01 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 65 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||
2001–02 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 81 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 56 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
2002–03 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 59 | 2 | 27 | 29 | 42 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | ||
2003–04 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 82 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 73 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | ||
2004–05 | Luleå HF | SEL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2005–06 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 78 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 92 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2006–07 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 77 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 80 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | ||
2007–08 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 53 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2008–09 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 82 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 105 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
2009–10 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 67 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2010–11 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 72 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 70 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||
SEL totals | 121 | 18 | 29 | 47 | 102 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 46 | ||||
NHL totals | 909 | 93 | 250 | 343 | 885 | 70 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 63 |
International
Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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1994 | Sweden | EJC
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5 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 8 | |
1994 | Sweden | WJC
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7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
1995 | Sweden | WJC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
1996 | Sweden | WJC | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 32 | |
1997
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Sweden
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WC
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11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | |
1998 | Sweden | Oly | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
1998 | Sweden | WC | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
2001 | Sweden | WC | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
2002 | Sweden | Oly | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
2004 | Sweden | WCH | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2006 | Sweden | Oly | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
2010 | Sweden | Oly | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Junior totals | 22 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 46 | |||
Senior totals | 52 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 42 |
All-Star Games
Year | Location | G | A | P | |
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1999
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Tampa | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
All-Star totals | 1 | 1 | 2 |
- All stats taken from NHL.com[56]
Awards
NHL
Award | Year(s) |
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NHL All-Rookie Team | 1998 |
International
Award | Year |
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Best Defenceman
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1996 |
World Junior Championships All-Star Team | 1996 |
Vancouver Canucks team awards
Award | Year |
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Babe Pratt Trophy | 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006 |
Notes
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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
- Öhlund can finally retire