Mattias Karlsson (ice hockey)

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

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

Mattias Karlsson
Born	(1985-04-15) 15 April 1985 (age 40) 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 26 October 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		5	2	1	3	6		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Brynäs IF	J20		10	0	0	0	6		3	0	1	1	6
2002–03	Brynäs IF	J20		27	11	6	17	93		2	0	0	0	4
2002–03	Brynäs IF	SEL		3	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Brynäs IF	J20		20	5	8	13	67		5	0	4	4	10
2003–04	Brynäs IF	SEL		39	0	0	0	6		—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Brynäs IF	J20		13	3	5	8	40		—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Brynäs IF	SEL		9	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Almtuna IS	Allsv		22	0	2	2	18		—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	Almtuna IS	J20		2	0	1	1	4		—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	Almtuna IS	Allsv		32	3	4	7	40		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	Bofors IK	Allsv		44	11	21	32	34		—	—	—	—	—
2007–08	Binghamton Senators	AHL		2	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2007–08	Bofors IK	Allsv		24	7	10	17	60		—	—	—	—	—
2007–08	Färjestad BK	SEL		13	2	2	4	4		12	1	3	4	20
2008–09	Binghamton Senators	AHL		73	9	42	51	40		—	—	—	—	—
2009–10	Timrå IK	SEL		37	5	10	15	38		5	1	0	1	29
2010–11	Timrå IK	SEL		53	6	9	15	24		—	—	—	—	—
2011–12	HV71	SEL		54	6	6	12	34		6	2	1	3	4
2012–13	HV71	SEL		55	9	20	29	37		5	0	0	0	0
2013–14	HV71	SHL		11	0	2	2	2		8	0	4	4	2
2014–15	HV71	SHL		54	3	21	24	14		6	1	1	2	2
2015–16	Severstal Cherepovets	KHL		59	1	11	12	14		—	—	—	—	—
2016–17	Karlskrona HK	SHL		49	4	11	15	16		—	—	—	—	—
2017–18	Karlskrona HK	SHL		45	1	12	13	22		—	—	—	—	—
2018–19	Leksands IF	Allsv		45	7	16	23	20		12	2	4	6	2
2019–20	Leksands IF	SHL		33	2	5	7	12		—	—	—	—	—
2021–22	Guldsmedshytte SK	SWE.4		1	1	0	1	0		—	—	—	—	—
2021–22	Häradsbygdens SS	SWE.5		8	5	4	9	2		9	1	8	9	4
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		5	1	0	1	31
2003	Sweden	WJC18		6	1	3	4	16
Junior totals				11	2	3	5	47