Mads Hansen is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 professional ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 player, currently playing for Brynäs

Brynäs IF

Brynäs IF is a professional Swedish ice hockey team from Gävle. The club plays in the highest Swedish league , and has done so since 1960.-History:...

 of the Swedish SEL

Elitserien

Elitserien, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden...

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Playing career

During the 2005–06 season he enjoyed one of the best performances ever in the Norwegian GET-ligaen

GET-ligaen

GET-ligaen is the premier Norwegian ice hockey league, organised by the Norwegian Ice Hockey Federation. The league was known as 1. divisjon until 1990, when it was reorganized and named Eliteserien . That name was held until 2004 when cable TV company UPC became main sponsor...

 for the Storhamar Dragons

Storhamar Dragons

The Storhamar Dragons is an ice hockey club based in Hamar, Norway and plays in the GET-ligaen. The club also includes the largest junior department in Norwegian ice hockey.The ice hockey department of the Storhamar IL was founded on 18 March 1957...

. Playing on a line with Patrick Yetman

Patrick Yetman

Patrick Yetman is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing for Porin Ässät in Finland.-Playing career:...

 he scored a total of 77 points in 49 regular season and playoff games. A performance which earned him a contract with Brynäs

Brynäs IF

Brynäs IF is a professional Swedish ice hockey team from Gävle. The club plays in the highest Swedish league , and has done so since 1960.-History:...

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He is also a regular on Team Norway

Norwegian national ice hockey team

The Norwegian men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team from Norway that participates at the IIHF World Championships. The team is governed by the Norwegian Ice Hockey Association and is coached by Roy Johansen.-History:...

 and has participated in a number of IIHF World Championships.

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