Niklas Sundström

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Niklas Sundström
Date of birth June 6, 1975
place of birth Örnsköldsvik , Sweden
size 183 cm
Weight 88 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1993 , 1st lap, 8th position
New York Rangers
Career stations
until 1995 MoDo Hockey Örnsköldsvik
1995-1999 New York Rangers
1999-2003 San Jose Sharks
2003-2006 Canadiens de Montréal
2006-2013 MODO Hockey Örnsköldsvik

Lars Niklas Sundström (born June 6, 1975 in Örnsköldsvik ) is a Swedish ice hockey player and current coach and scout , who played 809 games for the New York Rangers , San Jose Sharks and Canadiens during his active career between 1991 and 2013 Montréal has played in the National Hockey League and 491 others for his hometown club MODO Hockey Örnsköldsvik in the Swedish Elitserien on the position of right winger . Sundström celebrated numerous successes with the Swedish national team , especially at international level , including winning the 1998 World Cup .

Career

Sundström first played at MODO Hockey in his Swedish hometown Örnsköldsvik until 1995, when he was 16 years old for the first time in the Elitserien , the highest Swedish league. In the MoDo junior team, he had formed an attack line with Peter Forsberg and Markus Näslund . After the Swede was selected in the first round in the NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers in eighth overall position , he left his home club at the end of the 1994/95 season and dared to move to the North American continent.

Right at the beginning of the 1995/96 season he made the leap into the National Hockey League and played all 82 season games for the New York Rangers, who had gone into this season as defending champions of the Stanley Cup . In the second year he played his best NHL season with 52 points in 82 games, but still shone with his fair, defensive game, which was reflected in the statistics with only 20 penalty minutes and a plus / minus statistic of +23. Sundström finally stayed until the end of the 1998/99 season in the " Big Apple " before he was given in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft together with Dan Cloutier and two draft voting rights to the Tampa Bay Lightning , which in return had a high voting right in the Draft received the following year with which Pavel Brendl was later selected. Only a few weeks later, the Lightning also transferred him. For Shawn Burr , Steve Guolla , Bill Houlder and Andrei Sjusin who pledged San Jose Sharks the winger. Sundström played three strong years in San Jose, as he continued to be an indispensable factor due to his offensive and defensive skills. In all three seasons they also qualified for the playoffs, which had not been possible for the New York Rangers in the last two years. After the Sharks could no longer reach the level of play of previous years in the 2002/03 season and Sundström's performance had dropped significantly compared to the previous seasons, the management decided shortly before the end of the transfer period to rebuild, which also the Swede fell victim. In January 2003 he was given in a transfer deal between the San Jose Sharks, Boston Bruins and Montréal Canadiens to Montreal. In Montreal, where Sundström until the end of the 2005/06 season , with the exception of the Lockout - 2004/05 season , he in Italy at the Milano Vipers spent, played, however, he could not match the performance of his time in Join New York and at the beginning of his engagement with San Jose. After exactly 750 games and 349 points in ten NHL years, he returned to Sweden to his home club in the summer of 2006.

At MODO Hockey, at the end of the 2006/07 game year, his offensive statistics improved significantly. Until 2013, he was assistant captain of his team for four years, before he declared MODO to end his active career at the age of 38 after the 2012/13 season. Sundström then returned to North America, where he was hired as a scout for the European market by his ex-team San Jose Sharks. He also works on the coaching staff of the San Jose Barracuda farm team .

International

Sundström took part in numerous international tournaments with the Swedish national team. He was a member of the team at the Junior World Championships in 1993 , 1994 and 1995 and also played at two Junior European Championships. At senior level, he took part in the 1996 World Cup of Hockey , the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics , and the 1998 and 1999 World Championships . In total, he was able to win five medals, including one gold.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1991/92 MoDo Hockey Örnsköldsvik Elitserien 9 1 3 4th 0 - - - - -
1992/93 MoDo Hockey Örnsköldsvik Elitserien 39 7th 11 18th 18th 3 0 0 0 0
1992/93 MoDo Hockey Örnsköldsvik Juniorallsvenskan 2 3 1 4th 0 - - - - -
1993/94 MoDo Hockey Örnsköldsvik Elitserien 37 7th 12 19th 28 11 4th 3 7th 2
1993/94 MoDo Hockey Örnsköldsvik Juniorallsvenskan 3 3 4th 7th 2 - - - - -
1994/95 MoDo Hockey Örnsköldsvik Elitserien 33 8th 13 21st 30th - - - - -
1995/96 New York Rangers NHL 82 9 12 21st 14th 11 4th 3 7th 4th
1996/97 New York Rangers NHL 82 24 28 52 20th 9 0 5 5 2
1997/98 New York Rangers NHL 70 19th 28 47 24 - - - - -
1998/99 New York Rangers NHL 81 13 30th 43 20th - - - - -
1999/00 San Jose Sharks NHL 79 12 25th 37 22nd 12 0 2 2 2
2000/01 San Jose Sharks NHL 82 10 39 49 28 6th 0 3 3 2
2001/02 San Jose Sharks NHL 73 9 30th 39 50 12 1 6th 7th 6th
2002/03 San Jose Sharks NHL 47 2 10 12 22nd - - - - -
2002/03 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 33 5 9 14th 8th - - - - -
2003/04 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 66 8th 12 20th 18th 4th 1 0 1 2
2004/05 HC Milano Vipers Series A1 33 9 30th 39 40 15th 4th 14th 18th 22nd
2005/06 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 55 6th 9 15th 30th 5 0 3 3 4th
2006/07 MODO Hockey Örnsköldsvik Elitserien 47 9 36 45 116 20th 5 8th 13 26th
2007/08 MODO Hockey Örnsköldsvik Elitserien 45 7th 30th 37 128 5 0 6th 6th 14th
2008/09 MODO Hockey Örnsköldsvik Elitserien 49 18th 35 53 70 - - - - -
2009/10 MODO Hockey Örnsköldsvik Elitserien 32 5 15th 20th 28 - - - - -
2010/11 MODO Hockey Örnsköldsvik Elitserien 53 11 22nd 33 40 - - - - -
2011/12 MODO Hockey Örnsköldsvik Elitserien 50 11 26th 37 42 6th 1 1 2 0
2012/13 MODO Hockey Örnsköldsvik Elitserien 46 9 14th 23 34 5 2 1 3 4th
Juniorallsvenskan total 5 6th 5 11 2 - - - - -
Elitserien total 441 93 217 310 534 50 12 19th 31 46
NHL overall 750 117 232 349 256 59 6th 22nd 28 22nd

International

Represented Sweden at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1992 Sweden U18 European Championship 2nd place, silver 6th 1 0 1 6th
1993 Sweden U20 World Cup 2nd place, silver 7th 10 4th 14th 0
1993 Sweden U18 European Championship 1st place, gold 6th 4th 9 13 10
1994 Sweden U20 World Cup 2nd place, silver 7th 4th 7th 11 10
1995 Sweden U20 World Cup 3rd place, bronze 7th 4th 4th 8th 4th
1996 Sweden World cup 3rd place 4th 2 2 4th 0
1998 Sweden Olympia 5th place 4th 1 1 2 2
1998 Sweden WM 1st place, gold 10 1 5 6th 8th
1999 Sweden WM 3rd place, bronze 8th 5 2 7th 4th
2002 Sweden Olympia 5th place 4th 1 3 4th 0
Juniors overall 33 23 24 47 34
Men overall 30th 10 13 23 14th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Sundström, Niklas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sundström, Lars Niklas (full name); Sundstrom, Niklas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey player, coach and scout
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Örnsköldsvik , Sweden