Mattias Timander

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Position	Defence
Shoots	Left
Height Weight	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 236 lb (107 kg/16 st 12 lb)
SEL Team F. teams	MODO Hockey Boston Bruins Columbus Blue Jackets New York Islanders Philadelphia Flyers
Nationality	Sweden
Born	April 16, 1974 (1974-04-16) (age 34), Solleftea, SWE
NHL Draft	208th overall, 1992 Boston Bruins
Pro career	1993 – present

Mattias Timander (born April 16, 1974 in Ramsele, Sweden) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player. He is a defenceman for the Elitserien team MODO Hockey.

[edit] 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 affliate, 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 Finals.

He returned to Sweden in the off-season to play for MODO Hockey in the Elitserien where he remains as of the 2006–07 hockey season.

[edit] External links

• Mattias Timander's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Profile at Legends of Hockey
• MODO hockey player profile