Olof Patric Waldemar Sundström (born 14 December 1961) is a Swedish former professional

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player. He played in the

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(NHL) for 10 seasons.

Playing career

Sundström was drafted 175th overall by the

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in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft. One of the best players developed by

IF Björklöven IF Björklöven (often simply referred to as Löven) is a Swedish professional ice hockey club in Umeå, Västerbotten, in northern Sweden. The club is currently playing in the second-tier league HockeyAllsvenskan as of the 2024-25 season, but h ...

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, with whom he played for three full seasons, in 1982 he headed overseas to play in the

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with the

. Sundström played in

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for five seasons before being traded to the

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on September 15, 1987 for

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, Greg Adams and New Jersey's second round choice (

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) in the

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, where he played another five seasons. On April 22, 1988, Sundström set a

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record (since tied by

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) by recording eight

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(three goals and five assists) in New Jersey's 10-4 victory over the

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in Game 3 of the Patrick Division Final. This broke the previous record of seven points, recorded on three occasions by

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while with the

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. After leaving the NHL in 1992, he returned to Sweden to play the 1992-1993 season for Björklöven and was a contributing factor to them being promoted back to the

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(SEL) in 1993. Sundström scored a total of 588 points (219 goals, 369 assists) in 679 regular season NHL games and 86 points (41 goals, 45 assists) in 115 games in the SEL. Sundström represented

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at the

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and

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. He also represented Sweden in 31 official "caps" including the

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, the

and the

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s. At present, he works with youth ice hockey in Umeå. He is the father of former

prospect Alexander Sundström, and twin brother of

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who also played in the NHL. His father, Elon Sundström, and uncle, Kjell Sundström, both played ice hockey at the highest level in Sweden.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards

;International * Gold medal –

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* Silver medal –

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* Silver medal –

* Bronze medal –

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* Best forward – 1981 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships ;Sweden *

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– 1981–82 * Viking Award – 1983–84, 1988–89

Records

* NHL record for points in a playoff game – 8 (April 22, 1988; the record was tied by

on April 25, 1989) * Vancouver Canucks franchise record for points in a regular season game – 7 (February 29, 1984) * Vancouver Canucks franchise record for assists in a regular season game – 6 (February 29, 1984)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sundstrom, Patrik 1961 births Living people IF Björklöven players New Jersey Devils players Ice hockey people from Skellefteå Swedish expatriate ice hockey players in Canada Swedish expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Swedish ice hockey centres Swedish twins Utica Devils players Vancouver Canucks draft picks Vancouver Canucks players