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Sundin, Mats
NHL, the National Hockey League is a premier professional North American Sports League played in indoor stadiums. It’s divided into two conferences, each comprising of three divisions of ice hockey teams.
Mats Sundin was born on 13 February 1971. His height is six feet five inches and weight is 231 lbs. He shoots from Right. He was acquired from trade with Quebec on June 28, 1994. Mats Sundin has gone on to become an ambassador for Swedish sport, unarguably one of the most popular Swedish sportsmen ever. In 1991 in Helsinki, in 1992 in Prague and in 1998 in Zurich, Sundin led the proud Tre Kronor to gold medals in competition with the best the world could offer.
Sundin was drafted in the first round, first overall by the Quebec Nordiques in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft. He was the first European player drafted first overall in NHL history. Sundin made his NHL debut with Quebec during the 1990-91 NHL season, finishing second on the team behind Joe Sakic with 59 points. Sundin led the Nordiques with 114 points in 1992-93. During his time in Quebec Sundin was considered one of the league's premier young players.
On June 28, 1994 Sundin was traded along with Garth Butcher, Todd Warriner and a draft pick acquired by Quebec in the 1992 Eric Lindros trade to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Wendel Clark, Sylvain Lefebvre, Landon Wilson and a 1994 1st round pick. Sundin became the 16th Maple Leafs captain in 1997, becoming the first European player in Maple Leaf history to hold that honor.
Sundin is the only player in the NHL to have scored at least 70 points in each of the last 13 seasons. Sundin has also distinguished himself as the longest-serving European-born captain of an NHL franchise in league history. He has led the Leafs in points in every year he has been with the team, save 2002-03, when Alexander Mogilny beat him by 7 points and averaged over a point-per-game while Sundin had only 72 in 75 games.
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