Fredrik Modin

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Position Left Winger
Shoots Left
Nickname(s) Freddie
Height
Weight		 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
223 lb (101 kg/15 st 13 lb)
NHL Team
F. teams		 Columbus Blue Jackets
Toronto Maple Leafs
Tampa Bay Lightning
Nationality Flag of Sweden Sweden
Born October 8, 1974 (1974-10-08) (age 33),
Sundsvall, SWE
NHL Draft 64th overall, 1994
Toronto Maple Leafs
Pro career 1994 – present

Fredrik Modin (born October 8, 1974, in Sundsvall, Medelpad) is a Swedish ice hockey left winger, currently playing for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League. He is known for having one of the hardest slap shots in the NHL.


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[edit] Playing career

[edit] Pre-NHL career

Modin played his youth league games for the Njurunda Sports Club.

[edit] NHL career

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, and won the Stanley Cup with the Lightning in 2004. He has played three seasons with Toronto and his last five with Tampa. For the 2004–05 season, Fredrik Modin returned to Sweden to play for Timrå IK because of 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 for Marc Denis.

He is a member of the Triple Gold Club having won the 1998 World Championships, the 2004 Stanley Cup with Tampa Bay Lightning and Olympic Gold Medal in 2006.

[edit] Awards

[edit] Records

[edit] Career statistics

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1991–92 Timrå IK Swe-2 11 1 0 1 0
1992–93 Timrå IK Swe-2 30 5 7 12 12 5 1 0 1 0
1993–94 Timrå IK Swe-2 32 16 16 32 34 2 0 1 1 6
1994–95 Brynäs IF SEL 30 9 9 18 31 14 4 4 8 6
1995–96 Brynäs IF SEL 22 4 8 12 22 -- -- -- -- --
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
1999–00 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 -- -- -- -- --
Allsvenskan totals 73 22 23 45 46 7 1 1 2 6
Elitserien totals 95 25 41 66 111 21 5 5 10 14
NHL totals 764 211 205 416 385 47 10 11 21 40

[edit] International play

Played for Sweden in:

[edit] International statistics

Olympic medal record
Men's Ice hockey
Gold 2006 Turin Ice hockey
World Championships
Bronze 2001 Team
Gold 1998 Team
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 Oly 8 2 1 3 6
Senior int'l totals 39 16 12 28 26

Statistics as of July 8, 2006

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