Mattias Sjögren
Born (1987-11-27) 27 November 1987
Landskrona, Sweden
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 214 lb (97 kg; 15 st 4 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for Rögle BK
Färjestad BK
Hershey Bears
Linköpings HC
Ak Bars Kazan
ZSC Lions
National team  Sweden
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 20052022

Mattias Sjögren (born November 27, 1987) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey centre who last played for Rögle BK of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).[1]

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.[2] 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."[3] 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.[4] 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[5] before signing with Ak Bars Kazan of the KHL for the 2015-16 season.

On June 16, 2016, he signed a two-year contract with the ZSC Lions of the National League (NL).[6] In his two seasons with the Lions, Sjögren was unable to make the desired impact, largely affected through injury, limiting him to just 19 games in the 2017–18 season.

On April 28, 2018, Sjögren as a free agent opted to return home to original club, Rögle BK of the SHL, agreeing to a four-year contract.[7]

International play

Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Ice hockey
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2011 Slovakia
Bronze medal – third place2014 Belarus

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.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2004–05Rögle BKAllsv10000
2005–06Rögle BKAllsv401348100222
2006–07Rögle BKAllsv4502230100118
2007–08Rögle BKAllsv454101438104268
2008–09Rögle BKSEL43671316
2009–10Rögle BKSEL5411112220
2010–11Färjestad BKSEL517172444131894
2011–12Hershey BearsAHL192354
2011–12Färjestad BKSEL2836922112242
2012–13Hershey BearsAHL3235812
2013–14Linköpings HCSHL5462935441238118
2014–15Linköpings HCSHL4391726301116712
2015–16Ak Bars KazanKHL54612183270114
2016–17ZSC LionsNLA42516212620000
2017–18ZSC LionsNL1935816
2018–19Rögle BKSHL334111510
2019–20Rögle BKSHL383121518
2020–21Rögle BKSHL511141522141674
2021–22Rögle BKSHL4414518130334
SHL totals 439 51 128 179 244 74 8 33 41 34

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2011 Sweden WC 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 9 1 3 4 2
2014 Sweden WC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 10 0 0 0 6
2015 Sweden WC 5th 8 1 4 5 4
2016 Sweden WC 6th 8 0 3 3 2
Senior totals 35 2 10 12 14

References

  1. "Klubb-ikonen avslutar karriären: "Kroppen säger nej"".
  2. "Caps sign Swedish forward Mattias Sjogren". Washington Times. 2011-06-01. Retrieved 2011-06-01.
  3. Carrera, Katie (2011-11-30). "Capitals prospect Mattias Sjogren returning to Sweden". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  4. "Mattias Sjogren ready for LHC" (in Swedish). Linköpings HC. 2013-05-16. Archived from the original on 2013-09-22. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
  5. "Peter Forsberg Trophy till Mattias Sjögren, Linköping HC". Svenska Ishockeyförbundet. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  6. "Mattias Sjögren zu den ZSC Lions | ZSC Lions". www.zsclions.ch. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  7. "Mattias Sjugren returns home to Rogle" (in Swedish). Rögle BK. 2018-04-28. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
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