Ronnie Sundin

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Position	Defenceman
Shoots	Left
Height Weight	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 220 lb (100 kg)
Elitserien Team	Frölunda HC
Nationality	Sweden
Born	October 3, 1970, Ludvika, SWE
NHL Draft	237th overall, 1996 New York Rangers
Pro Career	1992 – present

Karl Ronnie Sundin (born October 3, 1970, in Ludvika, Sweden), is a professional Swedish ice hockey player. He is currently a defenseman and an alternate captain for Frölunda HC in the Swedish Elite League.

1 Playing career
2 Records
3 Career statistics
4 International play
- 4.1 International statistics

[edit] Playing career

Sundin started his career in his hometown team Ludvika HC. At age 18 he joined Mora IK of the swedish 2nd division and played there for four seasons. In 1992 he joined Västra Frölunda HC of the Swedish Elite League.

Sundin was drafted 237th overall by the New York Rangers in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft, after a good year when he reached the Swedish Championships finals and made his debut on team Sweden in the World Championships.

An NHL one gamer, Sundin played one game for the New York Rangers in 1997-98. He spent most of the season with the Hartford Wolf Pack in the AHL, where he helped the club reach the Calder Cup semifinals. In 1998 Sundin returned to Sweden and resumed his career with Frölunda. Sundin has won the Swedish Championships with Frölunda in 2003 and again in 2005.

Sundin has represented Sweden in the World Championships 7 times, and 1 time in the Olympic games. In 2006 he was a member of the Swedish gold medal winning teams at the olympics and the world championships.

Sundin became the player with most games played for Frölunda HC in the 2nd game of the Swedish Championships final on April 11, 2006, when he played his 685th game for the club. The previous record holder was Stefan Larsson.

[edit] Records

Frölunda HC franchise record for most games played (751)

[edit] Career statistics

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1986-87	Ludvika HC	Sweden-3	4	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
1987-88	Ludvika HC	Sweden-3	31	0	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988-89	Mora IK	Allsvenskan	28	2	4	6	16	3	0	2	2	0
1989-90	Mora IK	Allsvenskan	34	3	4	7	26	-	-	-	-	-
1990-91	Mora IK	Allsvenskan	32	4	8	12	16	2	0	0	0	0
1991-92	Mora IK	Allsvenskan	35	2	5	7	18	2	0	0	0	0
1992-93	Frölunda HC	Elitserien	17	2	3	5	12	-	-	-	-	-
1992-93	Frölunda HC	Allsvenskan	17	1	3	4	8	-	-	-	-	-
1993-94	Frölunda HC	Elitserien	38	0	9	9	42	4	0	0	0	0
1994-95	Frölunda HC	Elitserien	11	3	4	7	6	-	-	-	-	-
1994-95	Frölunda HC	Allsvenskan	17	2	6	8	24	-	-	-	-	-
1995-96	Frölunda HC	Elitserien	40	3	6	9	18	13	1	4	5	10
1996-97	Frölunda HC	Elitserien	47	3	14	17	24	3	1	0	1	2
1997-98	New York Rangers	NHL	1	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
1997-98	Hartford Wolf Pack	AHL	67	3	19	22	59	14	2	5	7	15
1998-99	Frölunda HC	Elitserien	50	3	5	8	26	4	0	1	1	2
1999-00	Frölunda HC	Elitserien	49	5	5	10	40	5	1	1	2	4
2000-01	Frölunda HC	Elitserien	47	3	7	10	32	-	-	-	-	-
2001-02	Frölunda HC	Elitserien	49	9	8	17	38	10	0	3	3	12
2002-03	Frölunda HC	Elitserien	49	4	11	15	40	16	5	4	9	16
2003-04	Frölunda HC	Elitserien	48	2	11	13	16	10	0	0	0	12
2004-05	Frölunda HC	Elitserien	47	9	9	18	38	14	0	4	4	16
2005-06	Frölunda HC	Elitserien	50	4	15	19	65	17	6	3	9	30
2006-07	Frölunda HC	Elitserien	55	5	9	14	60	-	-	-	-	-
NHL totals			1	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Elitserien totals			597	57	109	166	459	96	14	20	34	102

[edit] International play

Men's ice hockey
Olympic medal record
Gold	2006 Turin	Team

Played for Sweden in:

1996 World Championships
1997 World Championships (silver medal)
2002 World Championships (bronze medal)
2003 World Championships (silver medal)
2004 World Championships (silver medal)
2005 World Championships
2006 Winter Olympics (gold medal)
2006 World Championships (gold medal)

[edit] International statistics

Year	Team	Event	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1996	Sweden	WC	1	0	0	0	0
1997	Swedem	WC	8	0	0	0	0
2002	Sweden	WC	9	2	2	4	4
2003	Sweden	WC	9	0	4	4	4
2004	Sweden	WC	9	0	0	0	2
2005	Sweden	WC	8	2	2	4	6
2006	Sweden	Oly	7	0	0	0	6
2006	Sweden	WC	9	0	3	3	12
Int'l Totals¹			137	8	19	27	62