Mattias Karlsson
Born (1985-04-15) April 15, 1985
Storå, Sweden
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 229 lb (104 kg; 16 st 5 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
SHL team
Former teams
Leksands IF
Brynäs IF
Binghamton Senators
Färjestads BK
Timrå IK
HV71
Severstal Cherepovets
Karlskrona HK
NHL Draft 135th overall, 2003
Ottawa Senators
Playing career 2003present

Mattias Karlsson (born April 15, 1985) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player, currently playing with Leksands IF in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).

Playing career

Karlsson turned professional with Brynäs IF in the 2002–03 season and was drafted in the fourth round of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft by Ottawa Senators in NHL. He played for Brynäs through 2004–05, before moving to Almtuna IS in 2005–06, before settling down to one team Bofors IK for the 2006–07 season. Karlsson was tied for the team lead in scoring with 32 points (11 goals) in 2006-07 and added 34 penalty minutes in 44 games.

Karlsson signed with the Ottawa Senators in 2007 and played two games with the Senators' AHL team, the Binghamton Senators, before returning to Sweden to play with Färjestads BK on assignment from Ottawa on October 26, 2007.[1][2]

In 2008, he attended the Ottawa Senators training camp and was assigned to the Binghamton Senators, where he played 73 games, leading the league among rookie defenseman in scoring with 51 points to be named in the All-Rookie Team. In 2009, he returned to Sweden and played for two seasons with Timrå IK before signing with HV71 in 2011.

After spending the 2015–16 season, abroad with Russian club, Severstal Cherepovets in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), Larsson returned to Sweden signing with Karlskrona HK.

Karlsson played two SHL seasons with Karlskrona before signing a two-year contract with then HockeyAllsvenskan club, Leskands IF, on 4 May 2018.[3]

Awards and honours

Award Year
AHL
All-Star Game 2009
All-Rookie Team 2009

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2001–02 Brynäs IF J18 Allsv 52136
2001–02 Brynäs IF J20 100006 30116
2002–03 Brynäs IF J20 271161793 20004
2002–03 Brynäs IF SEL 30000
2003–04 Brynäs IF J20 20581367 504410
2003–04 Brynäs IF SEL 390006
2004–05 Brynäs IF J20 1335840
2004–05 Brynäs IF SEL 90002
2004–05 Almtuna IS Allsv 2202218
2005–06 Almtuna IS J20 20114
2005–06 Almtuna IS Allsv 3234740
2006–07 Bofors IK Allsv 4411213234
2007–08 Binghamton Senators AHL 20000
2007–08 Bofors IK Allsv 247101760
2007–08 Färjestad BK SEL 132244 1213420
2008–09 Binghamton Senators AHL 739425140
2009–10 Timrå IK SEL 375101538 510129
2010–11 Timrå IK SEL 53691524
2011–12 HV71 SEL 54661234 62134
2012–13 HV71 SEL 559202937 50000
2013–14 HV71 SHL 110222 80442
2014–15 HV71 SHL 543212414 61122
2015–16 Severstal Cherepovets KHL 591111214
2016–17 Karlskrona HK SHL 494111516
2017–18 Karlskrona HK SHL 451121322
2018–19 Leksands IF Allsv 457162320 122462
2019–20 Leksands IF SHL 3325712
2021–22 Guldsmedshytte SK SWE.4 11010
2021–22 Häradsbygdens SS SWE.5 85492 91894
SEL/SHL totals 455 38 98 136 211 42 5 9 14 57
Allsv totals 167 28 53 81 172 12 2 4 6 2

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
2002 Sweden U18 510131
2003 Sweden WJC18 613416
Junior totals 11 2 3 5 47

References

  1. "Ottawa assigns Defenseman Mattias Karlsson to Bofors IK". 26 October 2007.
  2. "Mattias Karlsson player profile". Färjestad BK (in Swedish). 25 March 2008. Archived from the original on 18 May 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  3. "Mattias Karlsson strengthens Leksands". Leksands IF (in Swedish). 4 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.


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