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{{Short description|Swedish ice hockey player}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = Mattias Norstrom 2009.jpg
| image_size = 230px
| caption = Norström in 2009
| played_for = [[AIK IF|AIK]]<br>[[New York Rangers]]<br>[[Los Angeles Kings]]<br>[[Dallas Stars]]
| league = [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| position = [[Defenceman|Defence]]
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 210
| ntl_team = SWE
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|1|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]]
| draft = 48th overall
| draft_year = 1992
| draft_team = [[New York Rangers]]
| career_start = 1993
| career_end = 2008
| medaltemplates=
{{MedalCountry | {{flagu|Sweden}} }}
{{MedalSport | [[ice hockey]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Ice Hockey World Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[1998 IIHF World Championship|1998 Switzerland]] |}}
{{MedalSilver |[[1997 IIHF World Championship|1997 Finland]] |}}
{{MedalSilver |[[2003 IIHF World Championship|2003 Finland]] |}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IIHF World U20 Championship|World Junior Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1992 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1992 Germany]]|}}
}}
'''Erik Johan Mattias''' "'''Notan'''" '''Norström''' (born 2 January 1972) is a [[Swedish people|Swedish]] former professional [[ice hockey]] [[defenceman]], currently working for the [[AIK IF|AIK]] organization.  Norström began his [[National Hockey League]] career with the [[New York Rangers]].  However, he is most noted for his ten seasons as a member of the [[Los Angeles Kings]] for whom he served as [[captain (ice hockey)|team captain]] from [[2001–02 NHL season|2001]]–[[2006–07 NHL season|2007]]; he was the team's first non-North American-born captain. Norström played the final season of his NHL career for the [[Dallas Stars]].

==Playing career==
===AIK===
As a youngster, he played for several years in the "talent factory" [[Huddinge IK]] although this original club was Mälarhöjden/Bredäng Hockey. In his teens he moved from Huddinge to [[AIK IF|AIK]] (Stockholm), where he started playing in the senior team from 1991. He was drafted in the second round, 48th overall, by the [[New York Rangers]] in the [[1992 NHL Entry Draft]] and began his NHL career in 1993 with that team.

===NHL===
Norström split his time in the Rangers organization between the parent club and their [[American Hockey League]] (AHL) affiliate, the [[Binghamton Rangers]]. On 14 March 1996, he was traded with [[Nathan LaFayette]], [[Ian Laperrière]], [[Ray Ferraro]] and a draft pick to the Los Angeles Kings for [[Marty McSorley]], [[Jari Kurri]] and [[Shane Churla]]. In Los Angeles he developed into a solid stay-at-home defender and anchor of the Kings' blueline. On 1 October 2001, he was appointed team captain after [[Rob Blake]] had been traded to the [[Colorado Avalanche]].

[[Image:Mattias Norstrom.jpg|thumb|right|Mattias Norström warms up on 2 January 2006, at the [[Staples Center]].]]

During the NHL lockout in 2004–05, Norström played with his previous Swedish team, AIK. The team was playing in the third-tier league, struggling to advance, when Norström arrived. He helped lead them through the playoffs, and to secure a spot in the second tier league the following year.

Norström was originally appointed to the Swedish national team for the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin but had to withdraw due to injury.

When Rob Blake returned to the Kings on 1 July 2006, Norström called him and offered the captaincy back. Blake refused at his presentation press conference and told the media that he regarded "Matty" as the obvious captain and the "core and soul" of the Kings.

Norström was acquired by the [[Dallas Stars]] through a trade with the Kings on 27 February 2007, which sent defencemen [[Jaroslav Modrý]] and [[Johan Fransson]], a [[2008 NHL Entry Draft|2008]] first round draft pick, a [[2007 NHL Entry Draft|2007]] second round draft pick, and a 2007 third round draft pick to Los Angeles in exchange for Norström, forward [[Konstantin Pushkarev]], a 2007 third round pick, and a 2007 fourth round pick.

On 30 April 2008, he scored the game-winning goal (and first NHL playoff goal of his career) in the first overtime against the [[San Jose Sharks]], allowing the Stars to take a 3–0 series lead.

On 10 June 2008, Norström announced his retirement from hockey.<ref name="StarsRetire">{{cite press release | publisher = Dallas Stars | title = Norstrom Officially Announces His Retirement | url = http://stars.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=365621&page=NewsPage&service=page | date = 2008-06-10 | accessdate = 2008-10-31 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080707062500/http://stars.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=365621 | archivedate = 2008-07-07 }}</ref> On 20 June 2011, Norström joined the [[AIK]] organization as a sports manager and sounding board for [[Anders Gozzi]].<ref name="Joined AIK court">{{cite web | url=http://www.aikhockey.se/Nyheter/Arkiv/2010/Mattias-Norstrom-tillbaka-i-AIK/ | title=Mattias Norström tillbaka i AIK | publisher=[[AIK]] | language=Swedish | date=2011-06-20 | accessdate=2011-06-20 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110625063900/http://www.aikhockey.se/Nyheter/Arkiv/2010/Mattias-Norstrom-tillbaka-i-AIK/ | archivedate=2011-06-25 }}</ref>

==Career achievements==
* 1992 [[IIHF]] – Silver medal [[World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]]
* 1997 [[IIHF]] – Silver medal [[Ice Hockey World Championship]]
* [[1998 Winter Olympics]]
* 1998 IIHF – Gold medal [[Ice Hockey World Championship|World Championships]]
*1999 NHL All-Star [[1999 National Hockey League All-Star Game]]
* [[2002 Winter Olympics]]
* 2003 [[IIHF]] – Silver medal [[Ice Hockey World Championship]]
*2004 NHL All-Star [[2004 National Hockey League All-Star Game]]

==Career statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! colspan="5" | [[Regular season|Regular&nbsp;season]]
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! colspan="5" | [[Playoffs]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP
! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]]
! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]]
! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]]
! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]]
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|- 
| [[1990–91 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)|1990–91]]
| [[Mora IK]]
| [[Hockeyettan|SWE.2]] 
| 9
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1991–92 Elitserien season|1991–92]]
| [[AIK Hockey|AIK]]
| [[Swedish Hockey League|SEL]]
| 39
| 4
| 4
| 8
| 28
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 2
|-  
| [[1992–93 Elitserien season|1992–93]]
| AIK
| SEL
| 22
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 16
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1993–94 AHL season|1993–94]]
| [[Binghamton Rangers]]
| [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
| 55
| 1
| 9
| 10
| 70
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-  
| [[1993–94 NHL season|1993–94]]
| [[New York Rangers]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 6
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1994–95 AHL season|1994–95]]
| Binghamton Rangers
| AHL
| 63
| 9
| 10
| 19
| 91
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-  
| [[1994–95 NHL season|1994–95]]
| New York Rangers
| NHL
| 9
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1995–96 NHL season|1995–96]]
| New York Rangers
| NHL
| 25
| 2
| 1
| 3
| 22
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-  
| 1995–96
| [[Los Angeles Kings]]
| NHL
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 18
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1996–97 NHL season|1996–97]]
| Los Angeles Kings
| NHL
| 80
| 1
| 21
| 22
| 84
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-  
| [[1997–98 NHL season|1997–98]]
| Los Angeles Kings
| NHL
| 73
| 1
| 12
| 13
| 90
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1998–99 NHL season|1998–99]]
| Los Angeles Kings
| NHL
| 78
| 2
| 5
| 7
| 36
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-  
| [[1999–2000 NHL season|1999–2000]]
| Los Angeles Kings
| NHL
| 82
| 1
| 13
| 14
| 66
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2000–01 NHL season|2000–01]]
| Los Angeles Kings
| NHL
| 82
| 0
| 18
| 18
| 60
| 13
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 16
|-  
| [[2001–02 NHL season|2001–02]]
| Los Angeles Kings
| NHL
| 79
| 2
| 9
| 11
| 38
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2002–03 NHL season|2002–03]]
| Los Angeles Kings
| NHL
| 82
| 0
| 6
| 6
| 49
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-  
| [[2003–04 NHL season|2003–04]]
| Los Angeles Kings
| NHL
| 74
| 1
| 13
| 14
| 44
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2004–05 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)|2004–05]]
| AIK
| [[Hockeyettan|SWE.3]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 4
|-  
| [[2005–06 NHL season|2005–06]]
| Los Angeles Kings
| NHL
| 77
| 4
| 23
| 27
| 58
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2006–07 NHL season|2006–07]]
| Los Angeles Kings
| NHL
| 62
| 2
| 7
| 9
| 40
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-  
| 2006–07
| [[Dallas Stars]]
| NHL
| 14
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 8
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2007–08 NHL season|2007–08]]
| Dallas Stars
| NHL
| 66
| 2
| 11
| 13
| 40
| 18
| 2
| 3
| 5
| 16
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! 903
! 18
! 146
! 164
! 661
! 56
! 2
! 5
! 7
! 54
|}

===International===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:50em"
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Team
! Event
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|-
| [[1992 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1992]]
| [[Sweden men's national junior ice hockey team|Sweden]]
| [[World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|WJC]]
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 10
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1996 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1996]]
| [[Sweden men's national ice hockey team|Sweden]]
| [[World Ice Hockey Championships|WC]]
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
|-
| [[1996 World Cup of Hockey|1996]]
| Sweden 
| [[World Cup of Hockey|WCH]]
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1997 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1997]]
| Sweden 
| WC
| 11
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 14
|-
| [[Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|1998]]
| Sweden 
| [[Ice hockey at the Olympic Games|OG]]
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1998 IIHF World Championship|1998]]
| Sweden 
| WC
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|-
| [[2000 IIHF World Championship|2000]]
| Sweden 
| WC
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 8
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002]]
| Sweden 
| OG
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|-
| [[2003 IIHF World Championship|2003]]
| Sweden 
| WC
| 9
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 8
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2004 World Cup of Hockey|2004]]
| Sweden 
| WCH
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|-
| [[2005 IIHF World Championship|2005]]
| Sweden 
| WC
| 9
| 0
| 7
| 7
| 2
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan=3 | Junior totals
! 7
! 0
! 1
! 1
! 10
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan=3 | Senior totals
! 58
! 1
! 14
! 15
! 40
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Mattias Norström}}
* {{Ice hockey stats}}

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{{succession box | before = [[Rob Blake]] | title = [[Los Angeles Kings#Team captains|Los Angeles Kings captain]] | years = [[2001–02 NHL season|2001]]–[[2006–07 NHL season|07]] | after = [[Rob Blake]]}}
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{{center|<small>''Note: [[Luc Robitaille]] served as the captain of the Kings for the team's last home game of the 2005–06 season.''</small>}}

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