Mats Johan Sundin is a professional hockey player with the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League. Sundin has also played with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Quebec Nordiques during his career. Sundin was the captain of the Maple Leafs between 1997 and 2008, and was the last player to wear the captain's patch for the Maple Leafs. When Sundin took a sabbatical from NHL hockey at the conclusion of the 2007-2008, he gave up the captaincy. The Maple Leafs have yet to appoint a new captain. At the time of his departure, Sundin was the longest-serving European-born captain in NHL history.
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| - Mats Johan Sundin is a professional hockey player with the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League. Sundin has also played with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Quebec Nordiques during his career. Sundin was the captain of the Maple Leafs between 1997 and 2008, and was the last player to wear the captain's patch for the Maple Leafs. When Sundin took a sabbatical from NHL hockey at the conclusion of the 2007-2008, he gave up the captaincy. The Maple Leafs have yet to appoint a new captain. At the time of his departure, Sundin was the longest-serving European-born captain in NHL history.
- Mats Johan Sundin (Swedish pronunciation: [mats sɵndiːn]; born February 13, 1971) is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player. Originally drafted first overall in 1989, Sundin played his first four seasons in the NHL with the Quebec Nordiques. He was 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 NHL season, Sundin had been the second-longest active serving captain in the NHL, behind Joe Sakic of the Colorado Avalanche, and the longest serving non-North American born captain in NHL history. Sundin last played for the Vancouver Canucks in the 2008–09 season before announcing his retirement on September 30, 2009. Excluding his first season, the shortened lockout season and his half s
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| - Mats Johan Sundin is a professional hockey player with the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League. Sundin has also played with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Quebec Nordiques during his career. Sundin was the captain of the Maple Leafs between 1997 and 2008, and was the last player to wear the captain's patch for the Maple Leafs. When Sundin took a sabbatical from NHL hockey at the conclusion of the 2007-2008, he gave up the captaincy. The Maple Leafs have yet to appoint a new captain. At the time of his departure, Sundin was the longest-serving European-born captain in NHL history.
- Mats Johan Sundin (Swedish pronunciation: [mats sɵndiːn]; born February 13, 1971) is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player. Originally drafted first overall in 1989, Sundin played his first four seasons in the NHL with the Quebec Nordiques. He was 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 NHL season, Sundin had been the second-longest active serving captain in the NHL, behind Joe Sakic of the Colorado Avalanche, and the longest serving non-North American born captain in NHL history. Sundin last played for the Vancouver Canucks in the 2008–09 season before announcing his retirement on September 30, 2009. Excluding his first season, the shortened lockout season and his half season with the Vancouver Canucks, Sundin has scored at least 70 points every year. He has played at least 70 games in every full length NHL season of his career, and has led the Leafs in points in every year he has been with the team except 2002–03, when Alexander Mogilny beat him by seven points. On October 14, 2006, Sundin became the first Swedish player to score 500 goals. He is the Leafs' franchise all-time leader in goals (420) and points (984). He is currently tied with Jaromír Jágr, Sergei Fedorov, and Patrik Eliáš for the NHL record for regular season overtime goals (15). Internationally, Sundin has won three gold medals with Sweden at the World Championships and a gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
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