Mats Waltin Explained

Birth Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Height:181 cm
Weight:79 kg
Sport:Ice hockey
Club:Södertälje SK (1972–78)
Djurgårdens IF Hockey (1978–84)
HC Lugano (1984–87)
EV Zug (1987–1989)
Södertälje SK (1989)
Djurgårdens IF Hockey (1990)
Södertälje SK (1990–1991)
Retired:1991
Show-Medals:yes

Mats Stefan Waltin (born 7 October 1953) is a Swedish ice hockey coach and former player. During his career he played 236 international matches and won Olympic bronze medals in 1980 and 1984, world championship silvers in 1977 and 1981, and world championship bronzes in 1975, 1976 and 1979. A the European championships he won silver medals in 1976, 1977 and 1981 and bronzes in 1975, 1978, 1979 and 1983. He was a member of the Swedish 1976 Canada Cup and 1981 Canada Cup teams and served as the team captain at the 1980 Olympics and as the Olympic flag bearer for Sweden at the 1984 games. He was awarded the Stora Grabbars och Tjejers Märke #97 in ice hockey. Domestically Waltin was awarded the Guldpucken as the best player at the 1976 Swedish Championships; he also won the national title with Djurgårdens in 1983. Between 1984 and 1989 he played in Switzerland and won the Swiss title in 1986 and 1987. In 1989, he returned to Sweden, and won his second national title with Djurgårdens in 1990.

Since retiring from competitions in 1991 Waltin works as an ice hockey coach. In 1991–1998 he was the assistant coach and in 1998–2002 head coach of Djurgårdens IF, leading them to the national titles in 2000 and 2001. In 2002 he managed the national team at the world championships and in 2002–2004 served as the manager of Djurgårdens IF. He then went abroad, coaching Klagenfurter AC in Austria in 2004–2006, the Slovenian national team in 2007–2008 and Manglerud Star Ishockey in Norway since 2012.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

  Regular season Playoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
1970–71IK GötaSWE II1715
1971–72IK GötaSWE II1716
1972–73Södertälje SKSWE2856116
1973–74Södertälje SKSWE3212122412
1974–75Södertälje SKSWE272101214
1975–76Södertälje SKSEL3510122210
1976–77Södertälje SKSEL335101526
1977–78Södertälje SKSEL33371022
1978–79Djurgårdens IFSEL361229412264262
1979–80Djurgårdens IFSEL3212142610
1980–81Djurgårdens IFSEL351192012
1981–82Djurgårdens IFSEL3111102112
1982–83Djurgårdens IFSEL155510880448
1983–84Djurgårdens IFSEL28358660004
1984–85HC LuganoNDA35122739
1985–86HC LuganoNDA361126371840336
1986–87HC LuganoNDA3079161664480
1987–88EV ZugNDA347121918
1988–89EV ZugNDA35717242030002
1989–90Djurgårdens IFSEL27022810002
1990–91Södertälje SKSEL403472620000
SWE totals8719284732
SEL totals3457510718216223461016
NDA totals1704491135721347118

International

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YearTeamEvent GPGAPtsPIM
1975SwedenWC101454
1976SwedenWC101120
1976SwedenCC50110
1977SwedenWC100002
1978SwedenWC100002
1979SwedenWC81012
1980SwedenOG71234
1981SwedenWC80112
1981SwedenCC50002
1983SwedenWC90110
1984SwedenOG72462
1985SwedenWC80334
Senior totals976172324