Mats Frøshaug (born 31 July 1988, in Manglerud, Norway) is a Norwegian professional ice hockey player who is currently with

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of HockeyAllsvenskan.

Club career

Early career

Frøshaug grew up playing for

Manglerud Star Idrettslaget Manglerud Star is a Norwegian alliance sports club from Manglerud, Oslo. It has sections for association football (one for elite and one for grassroots football) and ice hockey. General history The club was founded in 1964 as a merge ...

. At the age of 16, he moved to

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and began his junior career with Sunne.Mats Frøshaug vender hjem til Manglerud Star.
''MSHockey.no'' He played two seasons in the J18 and J20 Elit, beginning in 2004–05. He made his professional debut with Sunne in 2005–06, playing 14 games in Sweden's third-tier hockey league.

Linköping and NHL draft

The next season, he signed with Linköping and began competing in Sweden's premier junior league, the J20 SuperElit. After a 36-point season in 35 games with Linköping in 2007–08, he was drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in the sixth round, 161st overall, in the

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. That season, he also made his

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debut, playing in two games with Linköping. Continuing to play in the Elitserien in 2008–09, he was loaned to

Luleå Luleå ( , , locally ; smj, Luleju; fi, Luulaja) is a city on the coast of northern Sweden, and the capital of Norrbotten County, the northernmost county in Sweden. Luleå has 48,728 inhabitants in its urban core (2018) and is the seat of Lu ...

on November 25, 2008, for the remainder of the season.

Back in Norway

As a result of limited ice time at Luleå, Frøshuag joined Sparta Warriors on 13 January 2009.Frøshaug klar for Sparta
''VG.no'' On 18 January 2010, it was announced that Frøshaug was loaned out to his maiden club,

, for the rest of 2009–10.

International career

Frøshaug represented Norway at the

2008 IIHF World Championship The 2008 IIHF World Championship was played between May 2 and May 18, 2008 in the Canadian cities of Halifax (Nova Scotia) and Quebec City (Quebec). The two venues were the Halifax Metro Centre and the Colisée Pepsi. The tournament was won ...

in Canada.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Froshaug, Mats 1988 births Living people Linköping HC players Lørenskog IK players Luleå HF players Manglerud Star Ishockey players Norwegian ice hockey centres Nyköpings Hockey players Sparta Sarpsborg players Vancouver Canucks draft picks Norwegian ice hockey left wingers