Marcus Ragnarsson

Marcus Ragnarsson (born on August 13, 1971 in Östervåla) is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently the assistant coach of the Swedish National Team. He was selected in the fifth round, 99th overall, in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft by the San Jose Sharks.

Club career
Ragnarsson began his career in 1986 playing with the Östervåla IF of the Division 2. He stayed there until the end of the 1988-89 season. From 1989 to 1995, Ragnarsson played with the Djurgårdens IF of the Elitserien. In his first season with the Djurgårdens IF, he played also 9 games with the Nacka HK of the Division 1 besides his 13 regular season games and 1 play-off game with the Djurgårdens IF of the Elitserien. In 1990 and 1991, he won with the Djurgårdens IF the Elitserien title.

Since 1995, Ragnarsson played with the San Jose Sharks of the NHL. He enjoyed tremendous success paired alongside Mike Rathje in San Jose. During a disastrous 2002-03 season for San Jose Sharks, after 25 games into the season was Ragnarsson traded to the Philadelphia Flyers of the NHL for Dan McGillis. He finished there the season with 43 regular season games and 13 play-off games played and continued there in the next season. During the NHL lockout, Ragnarsson retired from the NHL and returned to play in his native Sweden.

In 2004 - 2008, Ragnarsson played with the Almtuna IS of the HockeyAllsvenskan. Since 2008 he was playing again with the Djurgårdens IF of the Elitserien and retired during the 2010-11 season. In the 2008-09 season, he also won the Salming Trophy for the Elitserien's defenceman of the year and was selected into the Elitserien All-Star Team as he was the player with the largest average time on ice (26:12) in the Elitserien and the defenceman with most assists (25) and most points (37) scored.

International career
Ragnarsson played with the Swedish National Team at the 1995 and 1997 World Championship s (winning silver medals at both tournaments), 1998 and 2002 Olympics and at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey.

Awards

 * 2001 NHL All-Star Game