Mats Trygg (born June 1, 1976) is a Norwegian

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. He currently plays with the

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of the Norwegian

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Playing career

He started his senior career with Spektrum Flyers in 1994 and played two seasons before signing with Manglerud Star in 1996. He stayed there for three seasons. In 1999 he signed with the Swedish Elitserien club Färjestad and won the Swedish Championship with them in 2002. He played there for six seasons, before moving to

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and the

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. In 2005, he joined his best friend and fellow national team player,

Martin Knold Martin Knold (born January 14, 1976 in Fredrikstad, Norway) is a former Norwegian ice hockey player. Knold began his career with Västra Frölunda, playing for them at junior and under-20 level. He later signed with Linköpings HC of Divi ...

, playing for

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. He stayed only a single season with the Roosters, before getting signed by

Kölner Haie The Kölner Haie (English: ''Cologne Sharks'') are an ice hockey club based in Cologne, Germany that plays in the professional Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). The team was one of the founding members of the DEL. The ''Kölner Haie'' play their hom ...

in the same league. After four seasons in

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, he moved to

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by popul ...

and the Freezers in 2010. On January 7, 2014, Trygg was named to Team Norway's official

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roster. During the third period of the game against Canada on February 13, he was injured. While hobbling off the ice, he was struck by a referee who was skating backwards and knocked to the ice, sliding to the boards.

Personal life

His twin brother, Marius Trygg, also plays ice hockey, as well as their younger brother Mathias.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

External links

* 1976 births Living people Ice hockey people from Oslo Norwegian twins Twin sportspeople Färjestad BK players Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics Hamburg Freezers players HV71 players Iserlohn Roosters players Kölner Haie players Lørenskog IK players Manglerud Star Ishockey players NIHF Golden Puck winners Norwegian expatriate ice hockey people Norwegian ice hockey defencemen Olympic ice hockey players of Norway Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics Spektrum Flyers players Vålerenga Ishockey players Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Germany {{Norway-icehockey-bio-stub