Eilert Määttä
Eilert Määttä | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Eilert Määttä during the early-1960s | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
22 September 1935 Vittangi, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died |
7 May 2011 (aged 75) Södertälje, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shot | Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Played for |
Skellefteå AIK Södertälje SK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1956–1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yngve Eilert "Garvis" Määttä (22 September 1935 – 7 May 2011)[1] was a Swedish professional ice hockey player and coach. He played for Skellefteå AIK and Södertälje SK. In international play he scored the game tying 4–4 goal in the 1957 World Ice Hockey Championships in the final game against the Soviet Union that clinched the tournament win for Sweden.
Määttä was the coach for Huddinge IK in division 1 during the 1974–75 and 1975–76 seasons, and for Djurgårdens IF during the 1978–79 Elitserien season.[2][3]
References[]
- ^ Forsgren, Björn (May 10, 2011). "Legendaren Eilert "Garvis" Määttä död". aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved May 10, 2011.
- ^ Fahlman, Johan (2008). "Djurgårdens IF". Alla tiders elitserie (in Swedish). Idrottsförlaget i Västerås AB. p. 53. ISBN 978-91-977326-1-1.
- ^ Eilert Määttä. sports-reference.com
External links[]
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
Categories:
- 1935 births
- 2011 deaths
- People from Kiruna Municipality
- Olympic ice hockey players of Sweden
- Ice hockey players at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Olympic silver medalists for Sweden
- Skellefteå AIK players
- Södertälje SK players
- Swedish ice hockey coaches
- Swedish ice hockey forwards