Mathias Bau Hansen, a player who can play on both wings, has just signed with the Hershey Bears from the Frederikshavn White Hawks of Metal Ligaen, a league in Denmark. The 23-year old is coming off a 3-year stint with the White Hawks where he scored 107 points in 102 games with the team. Although this is a signing that is largely unknown to Bears fans, that doesn’t mean he will be largely unknown when he plays for the team next season. Emphasis on the large; he is 6’7″ and 238lbs.
Here is the official statement from Frederikshavn, translated into English very roughly:
It’s always hard to say goodbye to talented players, but it may also be with some pride that you send players on to adventure. Such a pride is today, with Mathias Bau having a contract with the American AHL club Hershey Bears. Hershey Bears is a very renowned AHL club that has won the championship 11 times and has been in several finals. A club there is a farmer club for the NHL club Washington Capitals, and is the most winning club in AHL. That’s why with great pride we send Mathias Bau on to us and we are really excited about the big chance he’s getting in the United States. Mathias has meant a lot for White Hawks in the last three seasons, where he has become better and better, and has developed into one of the absolute biggest profiles in the Metal League. Mathias is a really good guy who has matured himself as both player and human through the three years in Frederikshavn. He is always welcome back to White Hawks. Even Bau says. “I have been really pleased to be in Frederikshavn. It’s three years I will always remember, and it’s a club I’d like to return to. Frederikshavn is a professional club and I would like to thank all teammates, coaches and the whole team around the team. All sponsors and volunteers, and not least the club’s amazing fans. About the upcoming stay in the United States, he says. -It’s a big chance I’ve got. I was a little in doubt as to what I should be in the coming season, but when this showed up, it was just something I should try. It will be very exciting. Three World Cup tournaments have given Mathias the courage of more. “I want to play World Cup at home next year, but now we have to see. Hershey Bears is a club that usually goes a long way, so it’s hard to know if I can join. But it will be great to play internationally and try out in the United States. Everyone in Frederikshavn White Hawks and Elite Nord Frederikshavn A / S will be congratulating Mathias
For his full career profile, here is a link to his Elite Prospects page.