Mats Waltin

Mats Waltin

Mats Waltin in 2009
Personal information
Born	7 October 1953 (1953-10-07) (age 70) Stockholm, Sweden
Height	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
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
Medal record Representing Sweden Olympic Games 1980 Lake Placid Team 1984 Sarajevo Team World Championships 1975 West Germany Team 1976 Poland Team 1977 Austria Team 1979 USSR Team 1981 Sweden Team

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
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1970–71	IK Göta	SWE II		17	15	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—
1971–72	IK Göta	SWE II		17	16	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—
1972–73	Södertälje SK	SWE		28	5	6	11	6		—	—	—	—	—
1973–74	Södertälje SK	SWE		32	12	12	24	12		—	—	—	—	—
1974–75	Södertälje SK	SWE		27	2	10	12	14		—	—	—	—	—
1975–76	Södertälje SK	SEL		35	10	12	22	10		—	—	—	—	—
1976–77	Södertälje SK	SEL		33	5	10	15	26		—	—	—	—	—
1977–78	Södertälje SK	SEL		33	3	7	10	22		—	—	—	—	—
1978–79	Djurgårdens IF	SEL		36	12	29	41	22		6	4	2	6	2
1979–80	Djurgårdens IF	SEL		32	12	14	26	10		—	—	—	—	—
1980–81	Djurgårdens IF	SEL		35	11	9	20	12		—	—	—	—	—
1981–82	Djurgårdens IF	SEL		31	11	10	21	12		—	—	—	—	—
1982–83	Djurgårdens IF	SEL		15	5	5	10	8		8	0	4	4	8
1983–84	Djurgårdens IF	SEL		28	3	5	8	6		6	0	0	0	4
1984–85	HC Lugano	NDA		35	12	27	39	—		—	—	—	—	—
1985–86	HC Lugano	NDA		36	11	26	37	18		4	0	3	3	6
1986–87	HC Lugano	NDA		30	7	9	16	16		6	4	4	8	0
1987–88	EV Zug	NDA		34	7	12	19	18		—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	EV Zug	NDA		35	7	17	24	20		3	0	0	0	2
1989–90	Djurgårdens IF	SEL		27	0	2	2	8		1	0	0	0	2
1990–91	Södertälje SK	SEL		40	3	4	7	26		2	0	0	0	0
SWE totals				87	19	28	47	32		—	—	—	—	—
SEL totals				345	75	107	182	162		23	4	6	10	16
NDA totals				170	44	91	135	72		13	4	7	11	8

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1975	Sweden	WC		10	1	4	5	4
1976	Sweden	WC		10	1	1	2	0
1976	Sweden	CC		5	0	1	1	0
1977	Sweden	WC		10	0	0	0	2
1978	Sweden	WC		10	0	0	0	2
1979	Sweden	WC		8	1	0	1	2
1980	Sweden	OG		7	1	2	3	4
1981	Sweden	WC		8	0	1	1	2
1981	Sweden	CC		5	0	0	0	2
1983	Sweden	WC		9	0	1	1	0
1984	Sweden	OG		7	2	4	6	2
1985	Sweden	WC		8	0	3	3	4
Senior totals				97	6	17	23	24

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database