Mattias Ekholm

Mattias Ekholm
Mattias Ekholm
Born May 24, 1990 (1990-05-24) (age 21)
Borlänge, Sweden
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight 204 lb (93 kg; 14 st 8 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
Elitserien team Brynäs IF
National team  Sweden
NHL Draft 102nd overall, 2009
Nashville Predators
Playing career 2007–present
Medal record
Competitor for  Sweden
Men's ice hockey
World Junior Championships
Bronze 2010 Canada Ice hockey

Mattias Ekholm (born May 24, 1990) is a Swedish ice hockey player.[1] He was drafted 102nd overall, fourth round, in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft by the Nashville Predators and is currently playing with Brynäs IF in the Elitserien.

After getting a blazing start with 7 goals and 5 assists in his first 14 games with Brynäs, Ekholm was announced to be the first of four Elitserien Rookie of the Year candidates for the 2010–11 season.[2] He would go on to win the award.[3]

Ekholm played two games with the Predators at the start of the 2011–12 season before returning to Brynäs for the remainder of the season.

Contents

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2007–08 Mora IK SEL 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 2
2008-09 Mora IK Swe-1 38 2 11 13 12 3 0 0 0 4
2009-10 Mora IK Swe-1 41 1 21 22 54 2 0 0 0 6
2010–11 Brynäs IF SEL 55 10 23 33 38 5 0 4 4 10
Allsvenskan totals 79 3 32 35 66 1 0 0 0 12
SEL totals 56 10 23 33 38 11 0 4 4 12

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
2008 Sweden WJC U18 6 1 0 1 2
2010 Sweden WJC 6 1 0 1 6
Junior int' totals 12 2 0 2 8

References

  1. ^ "Mattias Ekholm". eurohockey.net. http://www.eurohockey.net/players/show_player.cgi?serial=110014. Retrieved June 30, 2009. 
  2. ^ "Årets rookie, kandidat 1: Mattias Ekholm" (in Swedish). hockeyligan.se. 2010-10-28. http://www.hockeyligan.se/index.php?article=5576&lang=sv. 
  3. ^ "Instant Analysis: Nashville Predators Defensive Prospects". predators.nhl.com. http://predators.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=562613. Retrieved September 27, 2011. 

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