Jesper Mattsson
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Jesper Mattsson (born May 13, 1975 in Malmö, Sweden) is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward. He was drafted by the Calgary Flames in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft in 1st round as the 18th pick overall.
When Mattsson was junior he was considered to be a big star in the future and in 1991, when he only was 16 years old, he played in Elitserien for his hometown club Malmö IF and before he had turn 19 years old he had won the Swedish Championship tiwce (1992 and 1994). In 1993 Calgary Flames drafted him as the 18th pick overall in the Entry Draft. After his forth season in Elitserien with Malmö IF Mattsson signed a contract with the Flames. But Mattsson had a rough time in North america, and despite two and half seasons there he never played with the Flames, he only played with Calgary's farm team Saint John Flames of the AHL. During his third season with Saint John he decided to move back to Sweden and Malmö IF and he finished the season with Malmö. He continued to play with Malmö for another six years and had some good seasons and some not so good seasons. In the summer of 2004 he decided it was time to move again and this time he signed a three-years contract with Malmö's rivals, Färjestads BK. His first seasons with Färjestad was a big disappointment, he only scored 15 points in 48 games, his worst season since 1994. But he played better in the playoffs, 8 points in 15 games. But despite Mattsson points Färjestad lost in the finals against Frölunda HC. In his second season with FBK he showed the fans that he could play better and he scored 32 points (19 goals + 13 assists) in 45 games. His 19 goals was career high for Mattsson. He also made ha could playoff-season this year, 17 points in 18 games, and this year Färjestad won the finals and the Swedish Championship.
Mattsson represented Sweden in the 1999 Ice Hockey World Championship and won a bronze medel there.
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | Qualification | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||||||||
| 1991-92 | Malmö IF | Elitserien | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| 1992-93 | Malmö IF | Elitserien | 40 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| 1993-94 | Malmö IF | Elitserien | 40 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| 1994-95 | Malmö IF | Elitserien | 37 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| 1995-96 | Saint John Flames | AHL | 73 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| 1996-97 | Saint John Flames | AHL | 72 | 22 | 18 | 40 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| 1997-98 | Saint John Flames | AHL | 29 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 30 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| 1997-98 | Malmö IF | Elitserien | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| 1998-99 | Malmö IF | Elitserien | 48 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 49 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| 1999-00 | Malmö IF | Elitserien | 50 | 17 | 19 | 36 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| 2000-01 | Malmö IF | Elitserien | 49 | 17 | 17 | 34 | 63 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| 2001-02 | Malmö IF | Elitserien | 49 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| 2002-03 | Malmö IF | Elitserien | 42 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 32 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| 2003-04 | Malmö IF | Elitserien | 48 | 19 | 14 | 33 | 24 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 2004-05 | Färjestads BK | Elitserien | 48 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 47 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| 2005-06 | Färjestads BK | Elitserien | 45 | 19 | 13 | 32 | 50 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 16 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| Elitserien totals | 536 | 140 | 138 | 278 | 387 | 82 | 15 | 23 | 38 | 50 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| AHL totals | 174 | 41 | 55 | 96 | 80 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
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