Playing career Mattias Weinhandl

1 playing career

1.1 nhl

1.1.1 new york islanders
1.1.2 minnesota wild


1.2 ahl

1.2.1 houston aeros


1.3 elitserien

1.3.1 modo
1.3.2 linköping


1.4 kontinental hockey league

1.4.1 dynamo moscow
1.4.2 ska st. petersburg


1.5 return sweden

playing career

on november 13, 1999, 19-year-old weinhandl playing team sweden in game against czech republic in u-20 4 nations tournament. approximately 51 minutes game, weinhandl struck in left eye czech player michal trávníček s stick. incident came mere seconds after weinhandl hooked trávníček in hip area prevent him getting past him. trávníček fell down , upon rising, assaulted weinhandl stick, aiming in way reach under weinhandl s half visor , strike swede in face. weinhandl s forehead fractured , vision in eye reduced 10%. international ice hockey federation (iihf) judged incident attack , banned trávníček participating in international play 3 years.

nhl
new york islanders

weinhandl broke nhl during 2002–03 season. tallied first nhl point (an assist) in first nhl game on november 4, 2002 against calgary flames. picked first nhl goal 23 days later, on november 27, against ottawa senators goalie patrick lalime. played in season s youngstars game, took place in sunrise, florida during all-star break , picked goal , assist. missed number of games during part of season due sprained shoulder, finished year 23 points (six goals , 17 assists) in 47 games.

the following season, weinhandl forced start season islanders minor league team, bridgeport sound tigers, rehab ankle injury kept him out of 2003 playoffs , required surgery on summer. upon being deemed fit play islanders, weinhandl played part on line alexei yashin, , notched 20 points (eight goals , 12 assists) in 55 games.

minnesota wild

upon returning 2004–05 campaign in sweden, weinhandl signed two-year, $1.6 million contract keep him islanders. weinhandl played on team s fourth line. recorded 6 points (two goals , 4 assists) in 53 games islanders before waived , claimed minnesota wild on march 4, 2006. in 15 games minnesota, weinhandl picked 2 goals , 3 assists.

in 2006–07 season, weinhandl healthy scratch in 13 of team s first 28 games (missing additional 3 games after suffering concussion) before being waived wild on december 8, 2006.

ahl
houston aeros

unclaimed assigned wild s minor league affiliate, houston aeros, on december 9. before being sent down, tallied 1 goal , 1 assist in 12 games.

weinhandl found success in minor league. played in 48 games aeros, scoring 18 goals , 27 assists total of 20 penalty minutes. during span, had several multi-point games, including 4 assists in 1 of final games of season.

elitserien
modo

from 1999–00 season 2001–02 season, weinhandl played modo in swedish elite league elitserien. first season there, on successful line henrik , daniel sedin, of nhl s vancouver canucks. line dubbed line 19 , weinhandl , both sedins 19-years-of-age @ time. returned play modo again in 2004–05 season due nhl lockout. weinhandl led team in scoring 46 points (26 goals , 20 assists) in 50 games , third in league in points, behind henrik zetterberg of timrå , kristian huselius of linköping, , tied shawn horcoff of mora.

linköping

weinhandl signed linköping on april 22, 2007. signed two-year deal worth 7.2 million swedish kronor, option third year. during 2007–08 season, weinhandl enjoyed return sweden, scoring 35 goals win håkan loob trophy. netted 27 assists total of 62 points, second in league line mate tony mårtensson.

weinhandl drew attention of russian superleague (rsl) , on april 23, 2008, announced loaned out dynamo moscow in russian kontinental hockey league (khl) 2008–09 season. same day, signed contract extension linköping, ensuring return , keeping him in linköping s possession through 2012.

after linköping s exit in 2009 elitserien playoffs, seemed team bring of loaned players, including weinhandl. however, announced on april 14 weinhandl staying dynamo moscow in russia season.

on april 21, 2012, announced weinhandl returning linköping , play there @ least 2 more years, liking of fans.

on april 26, 2014, weinhandl officially announced retirement player due injuries.

kontinental hockey league
dynamo moscow

weinhandl s first season in russia not quite successful might have hoped — suffered knee injury late in pre-season caused him miss first fourteen games of season. finished regular season 16 goals , 17 assists in 41 games. dynamo participant in 2008 spengler cup took place in december 2008. weinhandl, along teammate dmitry afanasenkov, led tournament in scoring 7 points apiece , helped dynamo win tournament second time in history.

weinhandl elevated game in 2009 khl playoffs, scoring 16 points in 12 games, , among statistical leaders in several offensive categories. in addition, named league s best forward in month of march, based on play in playoffs. team made semi-final round, eliminated eventual gagarin cup winner ak bars kazan.

weinhandl returned dynamo moscow 2009–10 season, scoring 60 points in 56 games. placed him again among statistical league leaders, notably top scoring foreign (non-russian) player. named best forward month of october. dynamo fared poorly in playoffs season , eliminated in first round.

ska st. petersburg

after 2009-2010 season, dynamo moscow disbanded , weinhandl instead contracted ska st petersburg prior 2010-2011 season. during season has been reunited old line-mate linköping, tony mårtensson, , former islanders teammate alexei yashin. ska took part in 2010 spengler cup tournament in davos, switzerland, in december 2010. weinhandl helped team beat team canada in final win tournament fourth time in team history , first time since 1977. third year in row team khl won tournament.

return sweden

weinhandl left khl after 4 seasons , returned native sweden in signing contract former club linköpings hc. in midst of second season club, , having sat out entirety of year due lingering concussion symptoms, weinhandl announced retirement professional hockey on april 26, 2014.