Mattias Öhlund 2

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Team: Vancouver Canucks
Position: Defence
Shoots: Left
Height: 6'3
Weight: 209 lbs.
Birthdate: 76-9-9
Birthplace: Pitea, Sweden
Resides: Well, he used to share an apartment downtown with teammate Dave Scatchard...
Drafted: Vancouver's 1st selection, 13th overall, in 1994
Junior Teams: Pitea, Lulea (Swedish Elite League)
Notes:

• Selected as the top defenceman at the World Junior Championships (1996)
• Runner-up in Calder Memorial Trophy voting (NHL Rookie-of-the-Year) (1998)

• Favourites: (Nov. 97 Ice Age, 98-99 Media Guide)
• TV Show: Seinfeld
• Movie: Seven
• Actor/Actress: Harrison Ford/Michelle Pfeiffer
• Comedian: Mr. Bean
• Last book read (Keep in mind this was in 1997): The Fifth Woman
• Dinner: Chinese Food
• Snack: Potato Chips
• Music: Bruce Springsteen
• His best hockey memory is winning the Swedish League title in the 1995-96 season for the first time iin the club's history
• His boyhood idol was former Maple Leaf great Borje Salming
• If he wasn't a hockey player, he would be something in the finacial world
• The person he would most like to meet is Michael Jordan
• His pet peeve is bad drivers
• His best friend on the team WAS centre Dave Scatchard

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