Mats Sundin
Mats Sundin
Mats Johan Sundinis a Swedish former professional ice hockey player who played the majority of his career in the National Hockey League, retiring in 2009. Originally drafted first overall in 1989, Sundin played his first four seasons in the NHL with the Quebec Nordiques. He was then traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1994, where he played the majority of his career, serving 11 seasons as team captain. At the end of the 2007–08 season, Sundin had been the...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth13 February 1971
CityStockholm, Sweden
CountryCanada
We were ready to play, there's no doubt about that. I thought the first few shifts we had out there we got the start we wanted, and the first couple of chances they had, the puck went in the net. Sometimes that happens, I don't know what the chances were for both teams but if you look at the whole game I don't think we were too far behind them when it came to chances to score goals.
There's a good chance this will be my last. But I feel very fortunate to have a chance to play for medals in this tournament. For any athlete having a chance to be at an Olympics is such a tremendous opportunity.
We have to look at what we can control, and we had a lot of chances at the net. ... We can't do any more than we have been, we just have to keep coming with this kind of effort and the wins will come.
Who knows, it might be good for me. It's fun to get a chance to represent your country.
We gave ourselves a chance to tie the game up right until the last couple of minutes. Sometimes you come up on the short side of things.
Today we played our best game so far, and if we can play like this, we'll have a good chance on Sunday.
We had a bad game. We had a terrible game. If we want to have a chance to go to the semifinals, we have to be better than we were tonight. We're professional athletes and we want to give the best. We're always going to give 110 percent. There's been no talk about anything else in our dressing room.
It sucks any time you lose points at this part of the season, it's devastating. We still think we have a chance to make it and we should be proud of the way we have played the past two weeks.
Eddie certainly gave us a chance to win. In the second period he was awesome.
We're not generating enough chances to score goals but I couldn't tell you why.
Our (penalty kill) came through at the end. It looked like Pittsburgh had enough chances to get the game-winner with a few minutes left. It was a tough game. We battled hard. It was a good two points for us.
The break can be good for us, a chance to recharge mentally and physically. We have a challenge in front of us when we get back, there's a lot of games, so we'll see what happens.
He's been playing great all year. He certainly deserved to be in the All-Star Game. He should've been there, but he didn't get a chance to go. He's certainly been one of our best players all year. I think he's proven the last few years that he's one of the best defensemen in the league and he certainly deserved to go this year.
He's been playing great all year, ... He certainly deserved to be in the All-Star Game. He should've been there, but he didn't get a chance to go. He's certainly been one of our best players all year. I think he's proven the last few years that he's one of the best defensemen in the league and he certainly deserved to go this year.