Mats Sundin

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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
Gold medal – first place 2006 Turin
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1991 Finland
Gold medal – first place 1992 Czechoslovakia
Gold medal – first place 1998 Switzerland
Silver medal – second place 1990 Switzerland
Silver medal – second place 2003 Finland
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Italy
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Germany

Mats Johan Sundin (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈmatːs sɵnˈdiːn]; 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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  2. ^ "IIHF HoF 2013". IIHF. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  3. ^ "100 Greatest NHL Players". NHL.com. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.