Mattias Ekholm
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| Mattias Ekholm | |
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| Born | May 24, 1990 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 |
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| Competitor for Sweden |
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| 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.
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[edit] Career statistics
[edit] Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||
[edit] International
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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| 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 | ||
[edit] References
- ^ "Mattias Ekholm". eurohockey.net. http://www.eurohockey.net/players/show_player.cgi?serial=110014. Retrieved June 30, 2009.
- ^ "Årets rookie, kandidat 1: Mattias Ekholm" (in Swedish). hockeyligan.se. 2010-10-28. http://www.hockeyligan.se/index.php?article=5576&lang=sv.
- ^ "Instant Analysis: Nashville Predators Defensive Prospects". predators.nhl.com. http://predators.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=562613. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
[edit] External links
- Mattias Ekholm's career stats at Eliteprospects.com
- Mattias Ekholm's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
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