Niklas Sundström at eliteprospects.com

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Date of Birth

Jun 06, 1975

Position

Age

Height

6'0" / 183 cm

Place of Birth

Örnsköldsvik, SWE

Weight

194 lbs / 88 kg

Nation

Sweden

Shoots

Youth Team

Modo AIK

Status

Retired

Drafted

1993 round 1 #8 overall by New York Rangers

Highlights

Sundström was a forward with great defensive ability and two-way smarts. A terrific backchecker and hard worker with the ability to play any forward position. On offense, he was a good passer with outstanding vision.

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Player Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1990-91	Sweden U16 (all)	International-Jr	3	1	1	2	-		\|		-
1991-92	MoDo Hockey	SHL	9	1	3	4	0		\|		-
	Sweden U18	EJC-18	6	1	0	1	6		\|		-
1992-93	MoDo Hockey	SHL	39	7	11	18	18		\|	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0
	MoDo Hockey J20	Juniorallsvenskan	2	3	1	4	0		\|		-
	Sweden U18	EJC-18	6	4	9	13	10		\|		-
	Sweden U20	WJC-20	7	10	4	14	0	8	\|		-
1993-94	MoDo Hockey	SHL	37	7	12	19	28		\|	Playoffs	11	4	3	7	2
	MoDo Hockey J20	Juniorallsvenskan	3	3	4	7	2		\|		-
	Sweden U20	WJC-20	7	4	7	11	10	9	\|		-
1994-95	MoDo Hockey	SHL	34	8	13	21	30		\|		-
	Sweden U20	WJC-20	7	4	4	8	8		\|		-
1995-96	New York Rangers	NHL	82	9	12	21	14	2	\|	Playoffs	11	4	3	7	4	1
	Sweden	WCup	4	2	2	4	0	3	\|		-
1996-97	New York Rangers	NHL	82	24	28	52	20	23	\|	Playoffs	9	0	5	5	2	3
1997-98	New York Rangers	NHL	70	19	28	47	24	0	\|		-
	Sweden	OG	4	1	1	2	2	3	\|		-
	Sweden	WC	10	1	5	6	8	9	\|		-
1998-99	New York Rangers	NHL	81	13	30	43	20	-2	\|		-
	Sweden	WC	8	5	2	7	4	2	\|		-
1999-00	San Jose Sharks	NHL	79	12	25	37	22	9	\|	Playoffs	12	0	2	2	2	-3
2000-01	San Jose Sharks	NHL	82	10	39	49	28	10	\|	Playoffs	6	0	3	3	2	1
2001-02	San Jose Sharks	NHL	73	9	30	39	50	7	\|	Playoffs	12	1	6	7	6	3
	Sweden	OG	4	1	3	4	0	2	\|		-
2002-03	San Jose Sharks	NHL	47	2	10	12	22	-4	\|		-
	Montréal Canadiens	NHL	33	5	9	14	8	3	\|		-
2003-04	Montréal Canadiens	NHL	66	8	12	20	18	3	\|	Playoffs	4	1	0	1	2	-1
2004-05	Milano	Italy	33	9	30	39	40		\|	Playoffs	15	4	14	18	22
2005-06	Montréal Canadiens	NHL	55	6	9	15	30	-6	\|	Playoffs	5	0	3	3	4	3
2006-07	MODO Hockey “A”	SHL	47	9	36	45	116	21	\|	Playoffs	20	5	8	13	26	3
2007-08	MODO Hockey	SHL	45	7	30	37	128	8	\|	Playoffs	5	0	6	6	14	1
2008-09	MODO Hockey “A”	SHL	49	18	35	53	70	22	\|		-
2009-10	MODO Hockey “A”	SHL	32	5	15	20	28	1	\|		-
2010-11	MODO Hockey	SHL	53	11	22	33	40	12	\|	Kvalserien SHL	10	6	6	12	4	10
2011-12	MODO Hockey “A”	SHL	50	11	26	37	42	14	\|	Playoffs	6	1	1	2	0	-1
2012-13	MODO Hockey “A”	SHL	46	9	14	23	34	2	\|	Playoffs	5	2	1	3	4	0

Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		GP
1990-91	Ångermanland	TV-Pucken	-	-	-	-	-		\|	-
2004-05	Milano	Italian Cup	2	2	0	2	2		\|	-
	Milano	Continental Cup	3	0	0	0	0	-6	\|	-
2007-08	MODO Hockey	ECC	2	0	0	0	2	-2	\|	-

Team Staff History

S	Team	League	Role on Team	Notes
2014-15	San Jose Sharks	NHL	Scout	European Scout
	Worcester Sharks	AHL	Development Coach
2015-16	San Jose Sharks	NHL	Scout	European Scout
	San Jose Barracuda	AHL	Development Coach
2016-17	San Jose Sharks	NHL	Scout	European Scout
	San Jose Barracuda	AHL	Development Coach
	MODO Hockey	Allsvenskan	Senior Advisor
2017-18	San Jose Sharks	NHL	Scout	European Scout
	San Jose Barracuda	AHL	Development Coach
2018-19	San Jose Sharks	NHL	Scout	European Scout
	San Jose Barracuda	AHL	Development Coach
2019-20	San Jose Sharks	NHL	Scout	European Scout
	San Jose Barracuda	AHL	Development Coach

Player Career Totals

League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	\|	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
Continental Cup	1	3	0	0	0	0.00	0	-6	\|	0
ECC	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	2	-2	\|	0
EJC-18	2	12	5	9	14	1.17	16	0	\|	0
International-Jr	1	3	1	1	2	0.67	0	0	\|	0
Italian Cup	1	2	2	0	2	1.00	2	0	\|	0
Italy	1	33	9	30	39	1.18	40	0	\|	1	15	4	14	18	1.20	22	0
Juniorallsvenskan	2	5	6	5	11	2.20	2	0	\|	0
NHL	10	750	117	232	349	0.47	256	45	\|	7	59	6	22	28	0.47	22	7
OG	2	8	2	4	6	0.75	2	5	\|	0
SHL	11	441	93	217	310	0.70	534	80	\|	7	60	18	25	43	0.72	50	13
TV-Pucken	1	-	0	0	0	-	0	0	\|	0
WC	2	18	6	7	13	0.72	12	11	\|	0
WCup	1	4	2	2	4	1.00	0	3	\|	0
WJC-20	3	21	18	15	33	1.57	18	17	\|	0

Career Highlights

Season

Awards by season

1990-1991
- J18 SM Gold Medal
- TV-Pucken Silver Medal
1991-1992
1992-1993
1993-1994
1994-1995
- U20 WJC Bronze Medal
1997-1998
- World Championship Gold Medal
1998-1999
- World Championship Bronze Medal
2004-2005
- Italian Cup Champion
- Italy Champion
2006-2007
- SHL Champion

Transactions

DATE	STATUS	FROM	TO	SOURCE
12/03/2013
12/03/2013	Confirmed	No team	Retired

Player Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for MODO Hockey

Cult/Star player for San Jose Sharks

Career transactions
- 2013-12-03 • Officially announced his retirement
- 2012-02-07 • Signed to a one-year contract extension by MODO
- 2010-02-28 • Signed to a one-year contract extension with a one-year option by MODO
- 2008-02-06 • Signed to a two-year contract extension by MODO
- 2006-06-06 • Signed to a two-year contract by MODO
- 2004-10-01 • Signed to a lockout contract by Milano
- 2004-07-14 • Re-signed to a two-year contract by the Montreal Canadiens
- 2003-01-23 • Traded to the Montréal Canadiens with a 2004 3rd round pick (Alexei Emelin) for Jeff Hackett
- 2002-08-16 • Re-signed to a two-year contract by the San Jose Sharks
- 1999-08-04 • Traded to the San Jose Sharks with a 2000 3rd round pick (traded to CHI: Igor Radulov) for Andrei Zyuzin, Bill Houlder, Shawn Burr & Steve Guolla
- 1999-06-26 • Traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning with Dan Cloutier, a 2000 1st round pick (Nikita Alexeev) for a 2000 1st round pick (Pavel Brendl)

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