Mathias Johansson (ice hockey) Mathias Johansson (ice hockey) Mathias Evert Johansson (born February 22, 1974 in Oskarshamn, Sweden) is a former Swedish ice hockey forward. Johansson represented Sweden in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States. He has also represented Sweden in the Ice Hockey World Championship three times (2001, 2002 and 2003). He has played one season (2002/03) in the NHL, during which he played 46 games with the Calgary Flames and 12 games the Pittsburgh Penguins. During the rest of his career he has played with the Swedish team Färjestads BK but in April 2008 he was forced to
Ice hockey in popular culture on the ice." The Fuji TV-produced drama Pride (2004) centred on Satonaka Haru, played by Takuya Kimura, whose life revolves around ice hockey and dreams of moving to Canada to play in the NHL. In the UK there was a Pingu episodes called Pingu Plays Ice Hockey produced in 1989 and features Pingu, Robby, Pongi, and various hockey players. Charles Schulz's character Snoopy is well known for his love of ice hockey. Snoopy's Home Ice (Redwood Empire Ice Arena in Santa Rosa, California) continues to host the annual Snoopy's Senior World Hockey Tournament each year. In the "Peanuts" comic strip,