Position Centre Playing career Weight 97 kg Shoots Left Name Mattias Sjogren Salary 900,000 USD (2013) | National team Sweden Role Ice hockey player Date joined October 4, 2011 NHL Draft Undrafted Height 1.88 m | |
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Born 27 November 1987 (age 36)
Landskrona, Sweden ( 1987-11-27 ) SHL team
Former teams Linkopings HC
Rogle BK
Farjestad BK
Hershey Bears Current team Hershey Bears (#24 / Centerman) Similar People Bryan Helmer, Alexander Ovechkin, Barry Trotz, Bruce Boudreau, Mark French | ||
Mattias sj gren
Mattias Sjögren (born November 27, 1987) is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the ZSC Lions of the Swiss National League A (NLA).
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- Mattias sj gren
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- Playing career
- International career
- References
Mattias sj gren link pings hc tribute video shl 2014 2015
Playing career
Undrafted, Sjögren played youth hockey in Sweden within Rögle BK. He made his professional debut in the HockeyAllsvenskan with Rögle BK, helping gain promotion to the Elitserien. He transferred to fellow top division club, Färjestad BK, for the 2010–11 season and won the Swedish championship with the club that year.
On June 1, 2011, Sjögren as a free agent to a two-year contract, reportedly worth 1.8 million dollars, with the Washington Capitals. In the 2011–12 season, after attending the Capitals training camp, he was assigned to AHL affiliate, the Hershey Bears. In November 2011, Sjögren elected to return to Sweden, allowable by his contract, after becoming displeased with the Capitals for not calling him up from the Hershey Bears for an extended period of time. General Manager George McPhee said, "When we signed him, we told him we had a job available and promised him we’d give him a look this year. His training camp wasn't good enough to keep him at the start of the year and he was developing OK, but I guess he got impatient and decided to go home. And if you’re going to quit on us you might as well go." On April 10, 2012, Sjögren however, was recalled from Sweden by the Capitals for the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs to be added to the practice squad.
After two largely unsuccessful seasons in North America within the Capitals organization and without seeing NHL action, Sjögren returned to the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), signing a three-year contract with Linköpings HC on May 16, 2013. He played two years with the Linköping team and received the Peter Forsberg Trophy as the SHL's best forward in the 2014-15 season before signing with Ak Bars Kazan of the KHL for the 2015-16 season. He moved on to Switzerland upon the conclusion of the season, signing a deal with the ZSC Lions of the National League A (NLA) on June 16, 2016.
International career
Sjögren was a member of Sweden's silver-winning squad at the 2011 IIHF World Championship and won bronze at the 2014 IIHF World Championships.