Dwight Mathiasen

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image =

| image_size =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|5|12}}

| birth_place = Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 196

| position = Right wing

| shoots = Right

| played_for = Pittsburgh Penguins

| draft = Undrafted

| career_start = 1986

| career_end = 1996

}}

Dwight Wayne Mathiasen (born May 12, 1963) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 33 games in the National Hockey League with the Pittsburgh Penguins between 1986 and 1988. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1986 to 1996, was spent in different minor leagues.

Born in Brandon, Manitoba, Mathiasen was an all-American and all-WCHA player at the University of Denver.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="5"|Regular season

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! colspan="5"|Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

1982–83

| Abbotsford Flyers

| BCJHL

| 48

5073123113

| —

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| 1983–84

| University of Denver

| WCHA

| 36

24275148

| —

1984–85

| University of Denver

| WCHA

| 39

26325864

| —

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| 1985–86

| University of Denver

| WCHA

| 48

40498948

| —

1985–86

| Pittsburgh Penguins

| NHL

| 4

1012

| —

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| 1986–87

| Baltimore Skipjacks

| AHL

| 61

23224549

| —

1986–87

| Pittsburgh Penguins

| NHL

| 6

0112

| —

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| 1987–88

| Pittsburgh Penguins

| NHL

| 23

06614

| —

1987–88

| Muskegon Lumberjacks

| IHL

| 46

19426135

| 4

1239
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| 1994–95

| Fresno Falcons

| PHL

| —

| —

1994–95

| Fresno Falcons

| SuHL

| 12

8101814

| —

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| 1995–96

| Fresno Falcons

| WCHL

| 2

0002

| —

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! colspan="3" | NHL Totals

! 33 !! 1 !! 7 !! 8 !! 18

! — !! — !! — !! — !! —

Awards and honors

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! Award

! Year

!

All-WCHA Second team

| 1985–86

| {{cite news|title=WCHA All-Teams|url=http://www.augenblick.org/chha/wcha_all.html|publisher=College Hockey Historical Archives|accessdate=May 19, 2013}}

AHCA West Second-Team All-American

| 1985–86

| {{cite news|title=Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_icehockey_rb/2013/MIH%20awards%20for%202013.pdf|publisher=NCAA.org|accessdate=June 11, 2013}}

References

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Transactions

  • March 31, 1986 – Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh.