Johan Mattsson (born 25 April 1992) is a

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professional

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. He is currently playing for

Barys Astana Hockey Club Barys ( ), also referred to as Barys Astana or HC Barys, is a professional ice hockey club based in Astana, Kazakhstan. It is a member of the Chernyshev Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). It is one of the founding members ...

of the

Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; ) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs based in Russia (20), Belarus (1), Kazakhstan (1), and China (1) for a total of 23 clubs. It was considered in ...

(KHL).

Playing career

Mattsson played for

Södertälje SK Södertälje Sportklubb, also known as Södertälje SK and often referred to as SSK, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club playing in HockeyAllsvenskan, the second highest level of pro hockey in Sweden. Södertälje were charter members of El ...

in the

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during the 2008–09 Elitserien postseason. Mattsson was the last player selected in the

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, taken with the 211th overall pick, the last in the draft, by the

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in the 7th round. Mattsson was later drafted by the

Sudbury Wolves The Sudbury Wolves are an Ontario Hockey League (OHL) ice hockey team based in Greater Sudbury, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Sudbury has had various hockey teams competing at the Junior ice hockey, junior and senior ice hockey levels of the game k ...

of the

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with the 19th pick in the

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Import Draft. After attending training camp with the Blackhawks, Mattsson returned to the Wolves to start the

2011–12 OHL season The 2011–12 OHL season was the 32nd season of the Ontario Hockey League. Twenty teams played 68 games each during the regular season schedule, which started on September 21, 2011 and ended on March 18, 2012. The playoffs began on Thursday March ...

. In 2013, un-signed from the Blackhawks he returned home to play in the Swedish

HockeyAllsvenskan HockeyAllsvenskan (previously Allsvenskan and SuperAllsvenskan) is a professional ice hockey sports league, league, and the second-highest league in the Swedish ice hockey system, after the Swedish Hockey League, SHL. Since the 2009–10 season, t ...

(the division under the SHL) with

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Djurgårdens IF is an s ...

as the new head goalkeeper, replacing

Chet Pickard Chet Pickard ( ; born November 29, 1989) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He most notably played in the American Hockey League and the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He holds a German passport. Playing career Pickard play ...

who went back to NHL. After four seasons in the Allsvenskan, Mattsson returned to the top tier, agreeing to a two-year contract with

Frölunda HC Frölunda Hockey Club, previously known as the Frölunda Indians, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Gothenburg. They currently play in the highest Swedish league, the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), formerly the Elitserien, where th ...

on April 20, 2017. Mattsson remained with Frölunda HC for four seasons, before leaving as a free agent following the

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season. On 15 April 2021, Mattsson signed his first contract abroad, agreeing to a contract with Latvian based KHL club, Dinamo Riga. After a lone season serving as backup with

SKA Saint Petersburg Hockey Club SKA (), often referred to as SKA Saint Petersburg and literally as the Sports Club of the Army, is a professional ice hockey club based in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is a member of the Bobrov Division in the Kontinental Hockey Le ...

, Mattsson left the club as a free agent and was signed to continue in the KHL with Kazakh-based Barys Astana on 12 July 2024.

Awards and honours

References

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* 1992 births Living people Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg players Barys Astana players IF Björklöven players Chicago Blackhawks draft picks Dinamo Riga players Djurgårdens IF (men's hockey) players Frölunda HC players People from Huddinge Municipality SKA Saint Petersburg players Södertälje SK players Sudbury Wolves players Swedish ice hockey goaltenders Timrå IK players Tri-City Storm players Ice hockey people from Stockholm County {{Sweden-icehockey-player-stub