Mattias Sjögren (born November 27, 1987) is a Swedish former professional

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who last played for

Rögle BK Rögle BK (Rögle Bandyklubb) is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Ängelholm that has been playing in the SHL since the 2015–16 season. Rögle has previously played in the SHL (previously named Elitserien) in 1992–1996, 2008–20 ...

of the

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(SHL).

Playing career

Undrafted, Sjögren played youth hockey in Sweden within

. He made his professional debut in the

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with Rögle BK, helping gain promotion to the

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. He transferred to fellow top division club,

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, for the

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season and won the Swedish championship with the club that year. On June 1, 2011, Sjögren as a free agent to a two-year contract, reportedly worth 1.8 million dollars, with the

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. In the 2011–12 season, after attending the Capitals training camp, he was assigned to AHL affiliate, the

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. In November 2011, Sjögren elected to return to Sweden, allowable by his contract, after becoming displeased with the Capitals for not calling him up from the Hershey Bears for an extended period of time. General Manager George McPhee said, "When we signed him, we told him we had a job available and promised him we’d give him a look this year. His training camp wasn't good enough to keep him at the start of the year and he was developing OK, but I guess he got impatient and decided to go home. And if you’re going to quit on us you might as well go." On April 10, 2012, Sjögren however, was recalled from Sweden by the Capitals for the

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to be added to the practice squad. After two largely unsuccessful seasons in North America within the Capitals organization and without seeing NHL action, Sjögren returned to the

(SHL), signing a three-year contract with

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on May 16, 2013. He played two years with the Linköping team and received the Peter Forsberg Trophy as the SHL's best forward in the 2014-15 season before signing with

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of the

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for the 2015-16 season. On June 16, 2016, he signed a two-year contract with the

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of the

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(NL). In his two seasons with the Lions, Sjögren was unable to make the desired impact, largely affected through injury, limiting him to just 19 games in the 2017–18 season. On April 28, 2018, Sjögren as a free agent opted to return home to original club, Rögle BK of the SHL, agreeing to a four-year contract.

International play

Sjögren was a member of Sweden's silver-winning squad at the

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and won bronze at the

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Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sjogren, Mattias 1987 births Living people Ak Bars Kazan players Färjestad BK players Hershey Bears players Linköping HC players Rögle BK players Sportspeople from Landskrona ZSC Lions players Swedish ice hockey centres Ice hockey people from Skåne County