Mattias Timander

Mattias Timander was a dependable defensive defensemanArticle in SVT Nyheter VästernorrlandRead the sourceArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceArticle in SportbladetRead the sourceClose for both Modo and Leksand. Mattias TimanderArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose grew up in Ramsele and Långsele before moving to Sollefteå in 1986, he recalled in a 2016 interview with Hockeysverige. In SollefteåArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose, he played alongside Per Svartvadet, who belonged to the same age group.

Before choosing where to attend a hockeygymnasiumA Swedish hockeygymnasium combines upper-secondary (high school) studies with scheduled ice hockey training.Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose, Timander tried out in Leksand but chose Modo, partly because it was closer, according to the same interview. He moved to Örnsköldsvik for this upper-secondary education with a hockey focusArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose.

In a book excerpt published by Modo in 2013, Timander recalled that he and coach Leif BoorkArticle in MoDo HockeyRead the sourceClose had different views on how he should play, and that during his last season before the NHL he chose to continue in North America. The excerpt also reported an assessment from coach Harald LücknerArticle in MoDo HockeyRead the sourceClose, who had repeatedly said he would not trade Timander for any other defenseman in the league.

On 3 October 2016, Modo raised Timander’s number 3Article in SVT NyheterRead the sourceClose jersey and retired the number.