Jan Fredrik "Freddy" Modin (born 8 October 1974) is a Swedish former professional

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who played 14 seasons in the

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(NHL) and most notably won the Stanley Cup with the

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in the 2003–04 season.

Playing career

Modin played his youth league games for th
Njurunda Sports Club
like

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. In 2008, the club renamed their arena—until then known as Njurunda Ishall—to Modin & Zetterberg-hallen. Modin was drafted 64th overall by the

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in the

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. He was traded to the

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

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(along with Fredrik Norrena) in exchange for

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. 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

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for future considerations on March 3, 2010. On September 6, 2010, Modin signed a one-year contract as a free agent with the Atlanta Thrashers. 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

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

Awards

* Gold medal at the

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

. * Played in the

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in 2000-2001. * Hardest Shot at NHL SuperSkills Competition in 2001 (102.1 mph). * Bronze medal at the Ice Hockey World Championship in 2001. * Stanley Cup winner with

in 2004. * He is a member of the

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having won the 1998 World Championships, the 2004 Stanley Cup with

and

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in 2006. * Most points in World Cup of Hockey 2004 * All-star team World Cup of Hockey 2004 * Gold medal at the

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in 2006.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Modin, Fredrik 1974 births Living people Atlanta Thrashers players Brynäs IF players Calgary Flames players Columbus Blue Jackets Columbus Blue Jackets players Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics Los Angeles Kings players Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics National Hockey League All-Stars Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic ice hockey players of Sweden Olympic medalists in ice hockey People from Sundsvall Stanley Cup champions Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Canada Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Swedish ice hockey left wingers Tampa Bay Lightning players Timrå IK players Toronto Maple Leafs draft picks Toronto Maple Leafs players Triple Gold Club Sportspeople from Västernorrland County