Fredrik Modin

Fredrik "Freddie" Modin (born October 8, 1974 in Sundsvall, Västernorrland County) is a Swedish professional ice hockey left winger and alternate captain currently playing for the Atlanta Thrashers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is known for having one of the hardest slap shots in the NHL.

Pre-NHL career
Modin played his youth league games for the Njurunda Sports Club, like Henrik Zetterberg. In 2008, the club renamed their arena—until then known as Njurunda Ishall—to Modin & Zetterberg-hallen.

NHL career
Modin was drafted 64th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft. He was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning on October 1, 1999, and won the Stanley Cup with the Lightning in the 2003-04 season. He has played three seasons with Toronto and his last five with Tampa. For the 2004–05 season, Fredrik Modin returned to Sweden to play for Timrå IK because of 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 Columbus Blue Jackets along with Fredrik Norrena for Marc Denis.

He is a member of the Triple Gold Club having won the 1998 World Championships, the 2004 Stanley Cup with Tampa Bay Lightning and Olympic Gold Medal in 2006.

He is now an assistant captain of the Blue Jackets, wearing the A. He has begun to decline in production, due to injuries, but remains a significant part of the Blue Jackets.

Awards

 * Gold medal at the Ice Hockey World Championship in 1998.
 * Played in the NHL All-Star Game in 2001.
 * Bronze medal at the Ice Hockey World Championship in 2001.
 * Stanley Cup winner with Tampa Bay Lightning in 2004.
 * Gold medal at the Winter Olympics in 2006.

Records

 * 2004 World Cup of Hockey record for most points (8).

International play
Played for Sweden in:


 * 1994 World Junior Championships (silver medal)
 * 1996 World Championships
 * 1998 World Championships (gold medal)
 * 2000 World Championships
 * 2001 World Championships (bronze medal)
 * 2004 World Cup of Hockey
 * 2006 Winter Olympics (gold medal)