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A compilation of three 🇸🇪 Swedish hockey legends – Peter “Foppa” Forsberg, Nicklas “‎Perfect Human” Lidstrom Lidström and Mats “Sudden” Sundin Mattor Sundin career highlights

Peter Forsberg – 🇸🇪

Credit: Håkan Dahlström

• Full name – Peter Mattias Forsberg
• Nickname – “Foppa”
• Nationality – Swedish 🇸🇪
• Career accomplishments –

• Forsberg set an all time tournament record at the 1993 World Junior Championships with 31 points in only seven games. Also, he ranks first in career points among tournament scorers with 42 points (10 goals and 32 assists).
• With his second Olympic Gold in 2006, he became the third player in history to have enough titles to be a member of the Triple Gold Club twice (the others being Viacheslav Fetisov and Igor Larionov).
• As of 2016-10-01, Forsberg stands eighth in NHL all-time points-per-game, with 1.25 points-per-game in his career.
• He is ranked fourth all-time in NHL career assists-per-game with 0.898, behind only Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux and Bobby Orr .

N.H.L. Legends Tribute – N.H.L. 100 Greatest Players: Peter “Foppa” Forsberg Won Two N.H.L. Stanley Cups – 🇸🇪

Peter “Foppa” Forsberg Highlights – 🇸🇪

Nicklas Lidström – 🇸🇪

Credit: Michael Miller

• Full name – Nicklas Lidström
• Nickname – “Perfect Human”
• Nationality – Swedish 🇸🇪
• Career accomplishments –

• World Championship gold medal winner (Sweden, 1991).
• NHL All-Rookie Team (1992).
• 4x Stanley Cup winner (1997, 1998, 2002, and 2008).
• 12x NHL All-Star Game (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011).
• 10x NHL First All-Star Team member (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011).
• 2x NHL Second All-Star Team member (2009, 2010).
• 7x Norris Trophy winner (2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011).
• Conn Smythe Trophy winner (2002).
• Olympic gold medal winner (Sweden, 2006)
• Olympic All-Star Team (2006).
• Member of the Triple Gold Club.
• 2x Viking Award winner (2000 and 2006).
• Inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame – 2014
• Detroit Red Wings #5 retired on 6 March 2014
• Inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame – 2014
• Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame – 2015

Nicklas Lidstrom Detroit Red Wings records

• First European-born and trained Norris Trophy winner (2000–01).
• First European-born and trained Conn Smythe Trophy winner (2001–02).
• Fourth defenceman (and first European-born and trained defenceman) in NHL to win James Norris Memorial Trophy three years running (2001–2003, 2006–2008), and third seven-time Norris Trophy winner.
• First European-born and trained captain of a Stanley Cup-winning team (2008).
• First European-born and trained defenceman to reach 1,000 points.
• Most regular season games played by a player born in Europe, any position (1,564).
• Most regular season games played by a player in a career spent with only one team (1,564).
• Most regular season wins played in (900).
• Most postseason games played with single franchise, career (263)
• Most postseason assists by defenceman with single franchise, career (129)
• Most postseason points by defenceman with single franchise, career (183)
• Highest postseason plus/minus, career (+61)
• Most postseason power play goals by defenceman, career (30)
• Most postseason shots on goal with single franchise, career (656)
• Oldest player to record his first hat-trick (40 years, 210 days)
• Oldest defenceman to record a hat-trick (40 years, 210 days)
• Oldest Norris Trophy winner (41 years, 57 days) (2010–2011)

Nicklas Lidstrom N.H.L. records

• Points by a defenceman, season (2005–06, 80).
• Assists by a defenceman, season (2005–06, 64).
• Postseason goals by a defenceman, career (54).
• Post season power play goals, career (30).
• Power play goals by a defenceman, career (132).
• Postseason points by a defenceman, career (183).
• Postseason assists, career (129).
• Postseason games played, career (263).
• Games played by a defenceman, career (1,564).
• Goals, assists, and points by a defenceman, career (264, 878, and 1142).
• Goals in a single postseason by a defenceman (1998, 6).
• Best postseason plus/minus, career (+61).
• Best regular season plus/minus, career (+450).

N.H.L. Legends Tribute – N.H.L. 100 Greatest Players: Nicklas “‎Perfect Human” Lidstrom Lidström Won Seven Norris Trophies – 🇸🇪

Nicklas “‎Perfect Human” Lidstrom Lidström Highlights (Part One) – 🇸🇪

Nicklas “‎Perfect Human” Lidstrom Lidström Highlights (Part Two) – 🇸🇪

Mats Sundin Mattor – 🇸🇪

Credit: Mark Mauno

• Full name – Mats Johan Sundin
• Nickname – “Sudden”
• Nationality – Swedish 🇸🇪
• Career accomplishments –

• TV-pucken Champion as part of Team Stockholm 1986.
• Swedish Champion in 1990.
• First European born player to be drafted first overall in the NHL Entry Draft. (1989)
• Named to the Elitserien World All-Star Team in 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998 and 2002.
• Recipient of the Viking Award in 1993, 1994, 1997 and 2002.
• Named to the World Championships All-Star Team in 1992 and 2003.
• World Championships’ Best Forward in 1992 and 2003.
• Named to the Canada Cup All-Star Team in 1991.
• Named to the World Cup of Hockey All-Star Team in 1996.
• Played in the NHL All-Star Game in 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 (injured) and 2004.
• Named to the NHL Second All-Star Team in 2002 and 2004.
• Named to the Olympic Tournament All-Star Team in 2002.
• Captain of the Swedish national ice hockey team in the 2006 Olympics in which Sweden won the gold medal.
• Achieved 500 goal plateau on 14 October 2006, with a short handed, hat trick, overtime winner.
• Achieved 1,300 points on 7 February 2008, against the Montreal Canadiens.
• Awarded the “Mark Messier Leadership Award” in 2008.
• Enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame in the class of 2012 in his first year of eligibility.
• Number (13) Retired by the Toronto Maple Leafs.
• Named one of the 100 Greatest Players in league history by the NHL.

Mats Sundin N.H.L. records

• Tied-23rd in career goals (564, shared with Joe Nieuwendyk)
• 35th in career assists (785)
• 28th all-time in career points (1,349)
• First European-born and trained player to be drafted first overall in the NHL Entry Draft (1989 by the Quebec Nordiques)
• Only Swedish player to reach the 500 goal milestone (564)
• Most career points and goals by a Swedish hockey player
• Tied fastest overtime goal (6 seconds, shared with Alexander Ovechkin, Simon Gagné and David Legwand)
• First Swedish player to reach 1,000 points
• One of three players (Marcel Dionne, Jaromír Jágr) to record at least 20 goals in each of his first 17 NHL seasons

Mats Sundin Toronto Maple Leafs records

• Goals (420)
• Assists by a forward (567)
• Points (987)
• Assists in a period (3, tied with Morgan Rielly, Darcy Tucker, Matt Stajan and Clarke MacArthur)

N.H.L. Legends Tribute – N.H.L. 100 Greatest Players: Mats “Sudden” Sundin Only Swede To Score 500 N.H.L. Career goals – 🇸🇪

E.S.P.N. Tribute: Top 10 Mats “Sudden” Sundin Moments – 🇸🇪

Sources: Wikipedia–https://www.en.wikipedia.org, E.S.P.N.–https://www.espn.com, N.H.L.–https://www.nhl.com, Winter Olympics official website–https://www.olympic.org/winter-games, Sportsnet–https://www.sportsnet.ca, YouTube–https://www.youtube.com