Fredrik Modin

Jan Fredrik "Freddy" Modin (born 8 October 1974) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey left winger who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He is best remembered for his most productive years with the Tampa Bay Lightning, with whom he won the Stanley Cup in 2004.

Fredrik Modin
Modin with the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2009
Born (1974-10-08) 8 October 1974
Sundsvall, Sweden
Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight 220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
Played for Timrå IK
Brynäs IF
Toronto Maple Leafs
Tampa Bay Lightning
Columbus Blue Jackets
Los Angeles Kings
Atlanta Thrashers
Calgary Flames
National team  Sweden
NHL Draft 64th overall, 1994
Toronto Maple Leafs
Playing career 1991–2011

Playing career

Modin played his youth league games for the Njurunda Sports Club, like Henrik Zetterberg. In 2008, the club renamed their arena—until then known as Njurunda Ishall—to Modin & Zetterberg-hallen.

Modin was drafted 64th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft. He was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning on October 1, 1999, where he served as an alternate captain for several seasons. In 2001, he was the lone Lightning player at the 51st NHL All-Star Game and won the "Hardest Shot" competition with a blast clocked at 102.1 mph. He went on to win the Stanley Cup with the Lightning in the 2003–04 season. For the 2004–05 season, Fredrik Modin returned to Sweden to play for Timrå IK due to the NHL lockout. He scored 12 goals, 24 assists and had a total of 36 points. On June 30, 2006, he was traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets (along with Fredrik Norrena) in exchange for Marc Denis.

Modin served as an alternate captain for the Blue Jackets. He has begun to decline in production, due to injuries. He scored a goal in Game 4 of the Blue Jackets' opening round playoff series against the Detroit Red Wings, the Blue Jackets' first-ever playoff appearance.

During the 2009–10 season, at the NHL trade deadline, Modin was traded by the Blue Jackets to the Los Angeles Kings for future considerations on March 3, 2010.[1]

On September 6, 2010, Modin signed a one-year contract as a free agent with the Atlanta Thrashers.[2] He posted 7 goals in 36 games for the Thrashers. On February 28, 2011, Modin was traded to the Calgary Flames for a seventh round pick in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft.[3]

Hampered by a lingering back injury in his last two seasons, Modin announced his retirement on May 19, 2011.[4]

Awards

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1991–92 Timrå IK SWE II 11 1 0 1 0 — — — — —
1992–93 Timrå IK SWE II 30 5 7 12 12 5 1 0 1 0
1993–94 Timrå IK SWE II 32 16 16 32 34 2 0 1 1 6
1994–95 Brynäs IF SEL 37 9 10 19 30 14 4 4 8 6
1995–96 Brynäs IF SEL 22 4 8 12 22 — — — — —
1995–96 Brynäs IF Allsv 14 7 3 10 18 10 6 4 10 4
1996–97 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 76 6 7 13 24 — — — — —
1997–98 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 74 16 16 32 32 — — — — —
1998–99 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 67 16 15 31 35 8 0 0 0 6
1999–2000 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 80 22 26 48 18 — — — — —
2000–01 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 76 32 24 56 48 — — — — —
2001–02 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 54 14 17 31 27 — — — — —
2002–03 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 76 17 23 40 43 11 2 0 2 18
2003–04 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 82 29 28 57 32 23 8 11 19 10
2004–05 Timrå IK SEL 43 12 24 36 58 7 1 1 2 8
2005–06 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 77 31 23 54 56 5 0 0 0 6
2006–07 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 79 22 20 42 50 — — — — —
2007–08 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 23 6 6 12 20 — — — — —
2008–09 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 50 9 16 25 28 4 1 0 1 0
2009–10 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 24 2 4 6 12 — — — — —
2009–10 Los Angeles Kings NHL 20 3 2 5 14 6 3 1 4 2
2010–11 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 36 7 3 10 12 — — — — —
2010–11 Calgary Flames NHL 4 0 0 0 2 — — — — —
2013–14 Njurunda SK SWE IV 1 0 1 1 2 — — — — —
SWE II totals 73 22 23 45 46 5 1 0 1 0
SEL totals 102 25 42 67 110 21 5 5 10 14
NHL totals 898 232 230 462 453 57 14 12 26 42

International
Fredrik Modin
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Ice hockey
Winter Olympics
Gold medal – first place 2006 Turin
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1998 Lugano
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Nuremberg
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 1994 Ostrava
Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
1994 Sweden WJC 7 2 2 4 2
1996 Sweden WC 6 1 1 2 4
1998 Sweden WC 5 3 3 6 0
2000 Sweden WC 7 3 1 4 4
2001 Sweden WC 9 3 2 5 10
2004 Sweden WCH 4 4 4 8 2
2006 Sweden OG 8 2 1 3 6
2010 Sweden OG 3 0 1 1 0
Senior totals 42 16 13 29 26

References
  1. "Los Angeles Kings get forwards Jeff Halpern, Fredrik Modin". ESPN. 2010-03-03. Retrieved 2011-03-01.
  2. "Fredrik Modin signs with Thrashers". ESPN. 2010-09-06. Retrieved 2011-03-01.
  3. "Flames acquire Modin from Thrashers for seventh round pick". The Sports Network. 2011-02-28. Retrieved 2011-03-01.
  4. "Fredik Modin stops playing hockey". Aftonbladet.se. 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
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