Mattias Karlsson (ice hockey)

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

This article is about the Swedish ice hockey player. For other people, see Mattias Karlsson (disambiguation).
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 2003–present

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

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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