Mats Waltin

Mats Waltin
Mats Waltin in 2009
Personal information
Born7 October 1953 (1953-10-07) (age 71)
Stockholm, Sweden
Height181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
SportIce hockey
ClubSödertälje SK (1972–78)
Djurgårdens IF Hockey (1978–84)
HC Lugano (1984–87)
EV Zug (1987–1989)
Södertälje SK (1989)
Djurgårdens IF Hockey (1990)
Södertälje SK (1990–1991)
Retired1991
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Lake Placid Team
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Sarajevo Team
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1975 West Germany Team
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Poland Team
Silver medal – second place 1977 Austria Team
Bronze medal – third place 1979 USSR Team
Silver medal – second place 1981 Sweden Team

Mats Stefan Waltin (born 7 October 1953) is a Swedish ice hockey coach and former player. During his career he played 236 international matches and won Olympic bronze medals in 1980 and 1984, world championship silvers in 1977 and 1981, and world championship bronzes in 1975, 1976 and 1979. A the European championships he won silver medals in 1976, 1977 and 1981 and bronzes in 1975, 1978, 1979 and 1983. He was a member of the Swedish 1976 Canada Cup and 1981 Canada Cup teams and served as the team captain at the 1980 Olympics[1] and as the Olympic flag bearer for Sweden at the 1984 games. He was awarded the Stora Grabbars och Tjejers Märke #97 in ice hockey.[2] Domestically Waltin was awarded the Guldpucken as the best player at the 1976 Swedish Championships; he also won the national title with Djurgårdens in 1983. Between 1984 and 1989 he played in Switzerland and won the Swiss title in 1986 and 1987.[1] In 1989, he returned to Sweden, and won his second national title with Djurgårdens in 1990.[3]

Since retiring from competitions in 1991 Waltin works as an ice hockey coach. In 1991–1998 he was the assistant coach and in 1998–2002 head coach of Djurgårdens IF, leading them to the national titles in 2000 and 2001.[1] In 2002 he managed the national team at the world championships and in 2002–2004 served as the manager of Djurgårdens IF. He then went abroad, coaching Klagenfurter AC in Austria in 2004–2006, the Slovenian national team in 2007–2008 and Manglerud Star Ishockey in Norway since 2012.[3]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1970–71 IK Göta SWE II 17 15 — — — — — — — —
1971–72 IK Göta SWE II 17 16 — — — — — — — —
1972–73 Södertälje SK SWE 28 5 6 11 6 — — — — —
1973–74 Södertälje SK SWE 32 12 12 24 12 — — — — —
1974–75 Södertälje SK SWE 27 2 10 12 14 — — — — —
1975–76 Södertälje SK SEL 35 10 12 22 10 — — — — —
1976–77 Södertälje SK SEL 33 5 10 15 26 — — — — —
1977–78 Södertälje SK SEL 33 3 7 10 22 — — — — —
1978–79 Djurgårdens IF SEL 36 12 29 41 22 6 4 2 6 2
1979–80 Djurgårdens IF SEL 32 12 14 26 10 — — — — —
1980–81 Djurgårdens IF SEL 35 11 9 20 12 — — — — —
1981–82 Djurgårdens IF SEL 31 11 10 21 12 — — — — —
1982–83 Djurgårdens IF SEL 15 5 5 10 8 8 0 4 4 8
1983–84 Djurgårdens IF SEL 28 3 5 8 6 6 0 0 0 4
1984–85 HC Lugano NDA 35 12 27 39 — — — — — —
1985–86 HC Lugano NDA 36 11 26 37 18 4 0 3 3 6
1986–87 HC Lugano NDA 30 7 9 16 16 6 4 4 8 0
1987–88 EV Zug NDA 34 7 12 19 18 — — — — —
1988–89 EV Zug NDA 35 7 17 24 20 3 0 0 0 2
1989–90 Djurgårdens IF SEL 27 0 2 2 8 1 0 0 0 2
1990–91 Södertälje SK SEL 40 3 4 7 26 2 0 0 0 0
SWE totals 87 19 28 47 32 — — — — —
SEL totals 345 75 107 182 162 23 4 6 10 16
NDA totals 170 44 91 135 72 13 4 7 11 8

International

Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
1975 Sweden WC 10 1 4 5 4
1976 Sweden WC 10 1 1 2 0
1976 Sweden CC 5 0 1 1 0
1977 Sweden WC 10 0 0 0 2
1978 Sweden WC 10 0 0 0 2
1979 Sweden WC 8 1 0 1 2
1980 Sweden OG 7 1 2 3 4
1981 Sweden WC 8 0 1 1 2
1981 Sweden CC 5 0 0 0 2
1983 Sweden WC 9 0 1 1 0
1984 Sweden OG 7 2 4 6 2
1985 Sweden WC 8 0 3 3 4
Senior totals 97 6 17 23 24

References

  1. ^ a b c Mats Waltin. Swedish Olympic Committee
  2. ^ Sweden. sports-reference.com
  3. ^ a b Mats Waltin. sports-reference.com
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Preceded by Guldpucken
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