Mattias Hävelid (born January 1, 2004) is a Swedish

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

defenceman Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing team from Goal (ice hockey), scoring. They are often referred to as defencemen, D, D-men or blueliners (the l ...

playing for

Linköping HC Linköping Hockey Club, often known by its Acronym, initials LHC, or Colloquialism, colloquially among its fans as Cluben, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Linköping, founded in 1976. The home arena of the team is Saab Arena (for ...

of the

Swedish Hockey League The Swedish Hockey League (SHL; ) is a professional ice hockey league in Sweden and the highest level of the ice hockey in Sweden, Swedish ice hockey system. The league currently consists of 14 teams. The league was founded in 1975, and while Li ...

(SHL). Hävelid was selected in the second round, 45th overall, by the

San Jose Sharks The San Jose Sharks are a professional ice hockey team based in San Jose, California. The Sharks compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division (NHL), Pacific Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Con ...

in the 2022 NHL entry draft.

Professional career

After being selected 45th overall, by the

in the 2022 NHL entry draft, he signed a three-year deal with the Sharks in May 2025.

International play

Hävelid represented

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

at the

2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (''2024 WJHC'') was the 48th edition of the IIHF World Junior Championship, Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, held from 26 December 2023 to 5 January 2024. This was the seventh time Sweden hoste ...

and won a silver medal.

Personal life

Mattias is the son of former ice hockey player

Niclas Hävelid Niclas Anders Hävelid (born April 12, 1973) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman who last played for Linköpings HC of the Swedish Swedish Hockey League, Elitserien during the 2012–13 season. He won a gold medal with Sweden ...

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

External links

* 2004 births Living people Linköping HC players Sportspeople from Täby Municipality San Jose Sharks draft picks Swedish ice hockey defencemen 21st-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-icehockey-defenceman-stub