Einar Mathiesen Biography

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Einar Mathiesen
Age: 20
Position: D
Height: 6'4
Weight: 210lbs

Einar Mathiesen was born and raised in the Reykjavik area like many other Icelanders, His parents were hard working people with his Mother being a teacher at the local high school and his Father being a fisherman like many of the men in his family before him it was expected that Einar would follow in the steps of his father and ancestors and become a fisherman as well thus his father would bring Einar out on his fishing boat as much as possible and teach him the ways of the trade.

 

Einar had bigger ambitions than fishing for the rest of his life though for from a very young age he was obsessed with sports he would try and start matches at the parks or signup for any team at his school or community center but there was one sport that stood above the rest for Einar and that was Football one of the most popular sports in all of Iceland and one that the Icelandic National team was improving at and was even having success in European competitions and even Made a World cup recently, It Was his dream to play for a top football club in Europe and become the greatest athlete Iceland had ever seen and lead the national team to even more success.

 

Einar's dream of becoming a pro football player looked well on its way to becoming a reality as he did well in the youth levels and would start gaining attention from local professional clubs youth scouts in the Reykjavik area and would eventually be signed to a youth contract at just 14 years old by one of Iceland's top football clubs Valur FC to play defence as he was quite tall for his age, Everything seemed to be going great and Einar felt like he was on the right path to accomplishing his dream he would sometimes even see National team u18 scouts at his games albeit he wasn't exactly sure if they were there for him but he would do everything possible to get on their radar.

At 16 Einar Graduated from high school and was glad that he could finally fully focus on Football as that was his last season playing for Valur's u16 team and was looking to get promoted to the u18 team or possibly even the first team all throughout that season he was waiting for the coach to pull him aside and tell him he was going up yet that moment didn't come until after the very last game of the season except it certainly wasn't what Einar Hoped and expected was gonna happen the coach told him he wasn't gonna be promoted and was to be cut from the team he just wasn't good enough, Einar would end up getting in contact with every team in Iceland's top division and try to secure a spot in their u18 teams as he wasn't just gonna give up after one rejection unfortunately most teams wouldn't even respond back and the ones that did told him no after months of trying he felt he had to face the truth that he just wasn't good enough and that his dream was just that a dream.

 

Einar would go on and work with his father on his fishing boat after realizing he would never become a professional footballer he didn't mind the work it wasn't bad but it certainly wasn't what he had envisioned doing he always thought he would be on a bigger stage playing football and less than half a year after his football career ended and he started working with his father he come across a flyer advertising tryouts for a local Ice hockey team in Reykjavik that played in Iceland Professional League he considered signing up and ended up going through with it although there were a few problems he didn't know how to skate and he would have to find a place that had ice to learn because despite the name Iceland doesn't really get cold or have much Ice, Using money he got from working with his father he would buy his first pair of skates and a stick and would pay for Ice time at a local rink he found where he would teach himself how to skate and play the game of hockey.

 

At the tryouts he was the least experienced of anyone there yet he still impressed the coaches and they invited him to practice with the team and see if he actually could matchup well enough after a couple of practices it was determined by the coaching staff that he had the talent and potential and he was signed to a two year contract his first season was a learning curve as he was playing against older and more experienced players but by the end of his first season he showed great progression and won League Rookie of the Year by the start of his second season he was the best player on the team leading the team to their best record in history and their first ever championship and was named league and playoff MVP putting up 56 goals and 70 assists for 126 points in only 21 total games.

 

After Such a dominant season in Iceland's domestic league teams in Europe were calling and Einar would end up hiring an agent and sign for a Team in Sweden as he felt they were the best option to help develop his game and get his name out there to teams in the VHL as now he had found a new Dream and it was hockey that was going to succeed and let the whole hockey world know his name for that to happen he knew he had to make the VHL and do great things there, Sweden while much better than Iceland in terms of hockey Einar still dominated the league and once again lead his team to a cup and won both league and playoff MVP after much deliberation between staying another season in Sweden Or Declaring for the S94 VHLM Draft Einar chose the latter and entered his name in to the pool of draftees.

 

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