Mats Trygg

Mats Trygg (born June 1, 1976) is a Norwegian ice hockey defenceman. He currently plays with the Vålerenga Ishockey of the Norwegian GET-ligaen.

Playing career He started his senior career with Spektrum Flyers in 1994 and played two seasons before signing with Manglerud Star in 1996. He stayed there for three seasons.

In 1999 he signed with the Swedish Elitserien club Färjestad and won the Swedish Championship with them in 2002. He played there for six seasons, before moving to Germany and the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.

In 2005, he joined his best friend and fellow national team player, Martin Knold, playing for Iserlohn Roosters. He stayed only a single season with the Roosters, before getting signed by Kölner Haie in the same league. After four seasons in Cologne, he moved to Hamburg and the Freezers in 2010.

On January 7, 2014, Trygg was named to Team Norway's official 2014 Winter Olympics roster. During the third period of the game against Canada on February 13, he was injured. While hobbling off the ice, he was struck by a referee who was skating backwards and knocked to the ice, sliding to the boards.

Personal life His twin brother, Marius Trygg, also plays ice hockey, as well as their younger brother Mathias.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1994–95 Spektrum Flyers NOR 26 3 1 4 8 — — — — — 1995–96 Spektrum Flyers NOR 31 2 4 6 16 — — — — — 1996–97 Manglerud Star NOR 36 13 11 24 12 — — — — — 1997–98 Manglerud Star NOR 37 14 9 23 35 — — — — — 1998–99 Manglerud Star NOR 44 14 22 36 14 — — — — — 1999–2000 Färjestad BK SEL 29 0 9 9 8 3 0 1 1 0 2000–01 Färjestad BK SEL 50 10 10 20 22 15 4 5 9 16 2001–02 Färjestad BK SEL 40 9 10 19 22 10 4 4 8 39 2002–03 Färjestad BK SEL 50 5 13 18 54 14 0 2 2 10 2003–04 Färjestad BK SEL 49 13 6 19 30 17 0 0 0 20 2004–05 Färjestad BK SEL 49 5 3 8 38 15 1 1 2 10 2005–06 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 52 13 20 33 82 — — — — — 2006–07 Kölner Haie DEL 52 7 22 29 60 9 1 2 3 30 2007–08 Kölner Haie DEL 46 7 20 27 50 14 3 5 8 14 2008–09 Kölner Haie DEL 51 5 19 24 36 — — — — — 2009–10 Kölner Haie DEL 39 7 10 17 42 3 1 1 2 4 2010–11 Hamburg Freezers DEL 50 2 8 10 66 — — — — — 2011–12 HV71 SEL 21 2 1 3 18 6 0 1 1 2 2012–13 HV71 SEL 52 3 1 4 28 5 2 2 4 2 2013–14 Lørenskog IK NOR 38 7 22 29 38 5 0 1 1 4 2014–15 Lørenskog IK NOR 40 5 24 29 53 6 1 1 2 4 2015–16 Lørenskog IK NOR 44 3 16 19 20 17 4 6 10 12 2016–17 Lørenskog IK NOR 37 7 19 26 18 7 1 3 4 2 2017–18 Lørenskog IK NOR 42 7 16 23 28 4 0 0 0 4 2018–19 Vålerenga Ishockey NOR 41 8 12 20 34 11 1 6 7 8 2019–20 Vålerenga Ishockey NOR 37 3 13 16 20 — — — — — 2020–21 Manglerud Star NOR 21 1 13 14 8 — — — — — 2021–22 Manglerud Star NOR 14 1 4 5 4 — — — — — NOR totals 488 88 186 274 308 50 7 17 24 34 SEL totals 340 47 53 100 220 85 11 16 27 99 DEL totals 290 41 99 140 336 26 5 8 13 48

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1994 Norway WJC B 7 0 0 0 2 1994 Norway EJC 5 1 3 4 4 1995 Norway WJC B 7 1 0 1 2 1997 Norway WC 8 1 0 1 2 1998 Norway WC B 7 0 2 2 2 2000 Norway WC 5 1 1 2 2 2000 Norway WC 6 1 4 5 6 2001 Norway OGQ 3 2 0 2 0 2001 Norway WC 5 0 2 2 0 2002 Norway WC D1 4 0 4 4 2 2003 Norway WC D1 5 0 2 2 18 2004 Norway WC D1 5 1 5 6 2 2005 Norway OGQ 6 6 2 8 2 2005 Norway WC D1 5 1 5 6 4 2006 Norway WC 5 1 2 3 12 2007 Norway WC 6 2 5 7 8 2008 Norway WC 7 1 4 5 8 2009 Norway OGQ 3 0 2 2 4 2009 Norway WC 6 1 0 1 6 2010 Norway OG 4 0 0 0 2 2012 Norway WC 8 5 1 6 14 2013 Norway WC 7 1 2 3 2 2014 Norway OG 3 0 0 0 0 2014 Norway WC 7 2 0 2 8 2015 Norway WC 7 0 0 0 4 2016 Norway WC 7 0 1 1 10 Junior totals 19 2 3 5 8 Senior totals 129 26 44 70 118