Mattias Timander

Mattias Erik Timander (born April 16, 1974) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played eight seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Boston Bruins, Columbus Blue Jackets, New York Islanders and Philadelphia Flyers between 1996 and 2004. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1993 to 2013, was mainly spent in Sweden playing for Modo Hockey and Leksands IF.

Playing career Drafted 208th overall in the 1992 NHL entry draft by the Boston Bruins, Timander came over to North America prior to the 1996–97 season and split his first three seasons between Boston and the Bruins primary affiliate, the Providence Bruins. After spending the entire 1999–2000 season with Boston, Timander was taken by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2000 NHL Expansion Draft. He spent the next two seasons with Columbus and was traded to the New York Islanders for a 4th round draft pick (Jekabs Redlihs) prior to the 2002–03 season.

After playing in a career high 80 games in 2002–03, Timander was shifted between the Islanders and their American Hockey League affiliate, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, in 2003–04. This led to him being traded to the Philadelphia Flyers for a 7th round draft pick (Chris Campoli) on January 22, 2004. He spent the rest of the season with the Flyers, playing in 34 regular season games and adding to what turned out to be a career high plus/minus rating (+13 w/Flyers, +2 w/Islanders, +15 overall). He also took part in all of his new team's 18 playoff games, coming one win short of a trip to the Stanley Cup Final.

He returned to Sweden in the off-season to play for Modo Hockey in the Elitserien where he left after the 2010–11 season.

On July 25, 2011, Timander signed a one-year contract (with an optional one-year extension) with the Leksands IF of the HockeyAllsvenskan. In May 2013, Timander officially announced his retirement.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1990–91 Modo Hockey SWE U20 — — — — — — — — — — 1991–92 Modo Hockey SWE U20 — — — — — — — — — — 1992–93 Modo Hockey SWE U20 4 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1992–93 Modo Hockey SEL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1992–93 Husums IF SWE-2 27 4 9 13 22 — — — — — 1993–94 Modo Hockey SWE U20 3 2 2 4 10 — — — — — 1993–94 Modo Hockey SEL 23 2 2 4 6 11 2 0 2 10 1994–95 Modo Hockey SEL 39 8 9 17 26 — — — — — 1995–96 Modo Hockey SEL 37 4 11 15 34 7 1 1 2 8 1996–97 Providence Bruins AHL 32 3 11 14 20 10 1 1 2 12 1996–97 Boston Bruins NHL 41 1 8 9 14 — — — — — 1997–98 Providence Bruins AHL 31 3 7 10 25 — — — — — 1997–98 Boston Bruins NHL 23 1 1 2 6 — — — — — 1998–99 Providence Bruins AHL 43 2 22 24 6 — — — — — 1998–99 Boston Bruins NHL 22 0 6 6 10 4 1 1 2 2 1999–00 Boston Bruins NHL 60 0 8 8 22 — — — — — 2000–01 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 76 2 9 11 24 — — — — — 2001–02 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 78 4 7 11 44 — — — — — 2002–03 New York Islanders NHL 80 3 13 16 24 1 0 0 0 0 2003–04 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 35 2 6 8 12 — — — — — 2003–04 New York Islanders NHL 5 1 1 2 2 — — — — — 2003–04 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 34 1 4 5 19 18 2 4 6 6 2004–05 Modo Hockey SEL 47 3 7 10 60 6 0 1 1 4 2005–06 Modo Hockey SEL 48 5 9 14 48 5 0 1 1 4 2006–07 Modo Hockey SEL 55 6 12 18 90 20 1 8 9 28 2007–08 Modo Hockey SEL 23 1 6 7 16 3 1 1 2 4 2008–09 Modo Hockey SEL 55 10 15 25 70 — — — — — 2009–10 Modo Hockey SEL 49 5 20 25 46 — — — — — 2010–11 Modo Hockey SEL 55 4 15 19 60 — — — — — 2011–12 Leksands IF SWE-2 45 2 7 9 48 10 1 0 1 12 2012–13 Leksands IF SWE-2 47 2 9 11 44 8 0 1 1 4 SEL totals 432 48 106 154 456 52 5 12 17 58 NHL totals 419 13 57 70 165 23 3 5 8 8

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1992 Sweden EJC18 5 0 2 2 2 1994 Sweden WJC 7 0 1 1 0 2006 Sweden WC 9 0 3 3 6 Junior totals 12 0 3 3 2 Senior totals 9 0 3 3 6

Awards and honours Award Year SEL Le Mat Trophy (Modo Hockey) 2006