Yngve Eilert "Garvis" Määttä (22 September 1935 – 7 May 2011) was a

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professional

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player and

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. He played for

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and

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. In international play he scored the game tying 4–4 goal in the 1957 World Ice Hockey Championships in the final game against the

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that clinched the tournament win for Sweden. Määttä was the coach for

Huddinge IK Huddinge IK (or ''Huddinge Hockey''), is a Swedish ice hockey team from Huddinge, a southern suburb in Stockholm County. The team is currently playing in the third highest league in Sweden, Hockeyettan. In the middle of the 1990s, a women's flo ...

in division 1 during the 1974–75 and 1975–76 seasons, and for

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during the 1978–79

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maatta, Eilert 1935 births 2011 deaths People from Kiruna Municipality Olympic ice hockey players of Sweden Ice hockey players at the 1964 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in ice hockey Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Skellefteå AIK players Södertälje SK players Swedish ice hockey coaches Swedish ice hockey forwards Sportspeople from Norrbotten County Djurgårdens IF Hockey coaches