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Ice hockey player
Mats Sundin
Hockey Hall of Fame, 2012
Sundin in 2015
Born
(1971-02-13) 13 February 1971 (age 53) Bromma, Sweden
Height
6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Weight
240 lb (109 kg; 17 st 2 lb)
Position
Centre
Shot
Right
Played for
Djurgårdens IF Quebec Nordiques Toronto Maple Leafs Vancouver Canucks
National team
Sweden
NHL draft
1st overall, 1989 Quebec Nordiques
Playing career
1989–2009
Medal record
Representing Sweden
Men's ice hockey
Winter Olympics
2006 Turin
World Championships
1991 Finland
1992 Czechoslovakia
1998 Switzerland
1990 Switzerland
2003 Finland
1994 Italy
2001 Germany
Mats Johan Sundin (Swedish pronunciation:[ˈmatːssɵnˈdiːn]; born 13 February 1971) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player who played the majority of his career in the National Hockey League (NHL), retiring in 2009. Originally drafted first overall in 1989, Sundin played his first four seasons in the NHL with the Quebec Nordiques. He was then traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1994, where he played the majority of his career, serving 11 seasons as team captain. At the end of the 2007–08 season, Sundin was the longest-serving non-North American-born captain in NHL history.[1] Sundin last played for the Vancouver Canucks in the 2008–09 season before announcing his retirement on 30 September 2009. He appeared in the Stanley Cup playoffs in 10 of his 18 seasons.
Excluding his rookie season, the shortened lockout season and his half-season with Vancouver, Sundin scored at least 70 points in every season of his career, played at least 70 games in every season and led the Maple Leafs in points in every year he was with the team, with the exception of the 2002–03 season, when Alexander Mogilny surpassed him by seven points. On 14 October 2006, Sundin became the first Swedish player to score 500 goals.[1] He is the Maple Leafs' franchise all-time leader in goals (420) and points (987). Over his career, Sundin averaged just over a point per game (1,349 points in 1,346 NHL games).
Internationally, Sundin won three gold medals with Sweden at the World Championships and was the team captain for Sweden's gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
Sundin was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame on 26 June 2012, in his first year of eligibility. He became the second Swede, following Börje Salming (another long-time Maple Leafs player), to be chosen to the Hall of Fame. Sundin was also inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2013.[2] In 2017 Sundin was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.[3]
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Mats Johan Sundin (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈmatːs sɵnˈdiːn]; born 13 February 1971) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player who played the...
Clark in a multi-player trade with the Quebec Nordiques that landed them MatsSundin. Missing two consecutive playoffs in 1997 and 1998, the Leafs relieved...
(five) achieve their 500th goal (Teemu Selanne, Mike Modano, Mark Recchi, MatsSundin and Peter Bondra). A total of four players scored their 500th goal in...
Bondra, 32 Bobby Clarke, 32 Joe Sakic, 32 Dave Keon, 32 Bill Barber, 31 MatsSundin, 31 Bob Pulford, 30 Martin St. Louis, 29 Russ Courtnall, 29 Craig MacTavish...
MatsSundin and Mike Modano. Billy Harris, drafted by the New York Islanders in 1972. Mario Lemieux, drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1984. Mats...
However, in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft they drafted Swedish prospect MatsSundin, making him the first European to be selected first overall in the NHL...
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lived in Toronto, Verhaeghe became a fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs and MatsSundin. Growing up, Verhaeghe and his sister Victoria played hockey, lacrosse...
holding a 5–0 lead after two periods. Hasek's shutout bid was erased when MatsSundin scored on a penalty shot; Buffalo won the game 5–2, as Dominik Hasek...
game four, Toronto's Corson scored in the first period, and Berezin and MatsSundin scored in the second. The Devils' Elias scored a power-play goal in the...
five-on-three powerplay with five NHL stars on the ice—Peter Forsberg, MatsSundin, Daniel Alfredsson, Nicklas Lidström and Fredrik Modin—and failed to...
players participating in the NHL or the NHL farm-team leagues. Only MatsSundin has received the award four times. Peter Forsberg, Markus Näslund, Börje...
period goals to earn a 4–1 victory in game three. Maple Leafs captain MatsSundin scored twice in game four as Toronto won 3–1. Flyers captain Keith Primeau...
Burke Best Defenceman: Jay Bouwmeester Best Forward: MatsSundin Most Valuable Player: MatsSundin Media All-Star Team: Goaltender: Sean Burke Defence:...
agent MatsSundin. The arrival of the former Toronto Maple Leafs captain and 500-goal scorer in the NHL came with high expectations. However, Sundin scored...
being considered lucky in Venezuelan culture. Swedish-born hockey player MatsSundin, who played 14 of his 18 NHL seasons for the Toronto Maple Leafs, setting...
Preceded by MatsSundin NHL first overall draft pick 1990 Succeeded by Eric Lindros Preceded by MatsSundin Quebec Nordiques first round draft pick 1990...
inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on November 12, 2012, along with MatsSundin, Pavel Bure and Adam Oates. Sakic was the only member of his class who...
(Philadelphia Flyers) $8 million Dominik Hasek (Buffalo Sabres) $8 million MatsSundin (Toronto Maple Leafs) $6.347 million Jaromir Jagr (Pittsburgh Penguins)...
3–0, with goaltender Roberto Luongo stopping all 30 Blues shots and MatsSundin providing the game-winning goal. The Blues were hoping to gain momentum...
by playing a substantial role during that spring's playoff run: with MatsSundin injured for most of the 2002 playoffs, Mogilny led the team in playoff...
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