Daniel Sedin

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Position	Left Wing
Shoots	Left
Nickname	Dan
Height Weight	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg)
NHL Team	Vancouver Canucks
Nationality	Sweden
Born	September 26, 1980, Örnsköldsvik, SWE
NHL Draft	2nd overall, 1999 Vancouver Canucks
Pro Career	2000 – present

Olympic medal record
Men's Ice hockey
Gold	2006 Turin	Team Sweden

Daniel Sedin (born September 26, 1980 in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden) is a professional ice hockey player for the National Hockey League's Vancouver Canucks. His identical twin brother Henrik Sedin also plays for the Canucks. Both played on a line with Anson Carter in 2005-06, sometimes known colloquially as the 'Brothers Line'. In that season, the Brother Line was the Canucks top-scoring line, passing the Markus Naslund/Todd Bertuzzi/Brendan Morrison line in points. The Sedins had a chance to play professional football (soccer) in Sweden, but gave it up for ice-hockey. The Sedins also have 2 older brothers.

1 Personal
2 Playing career
3 Awards
4 Career statistics
5 International play
6 External links
7 See also

[edit] Personal

Daniel and wife Marinette welcomed daughter Ronja to the family this past summer. Daniel lives in downtown Vancouver during the season and spends his summers in his hometown in Sweden. He makes many community appearances including visits to Canuck Place and enjoys working with children.

[edit] Playing career

Vancouver's first choice, 2nd overall, in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft.

Daniel played along with his brother Henrik and fellow NHL'ers Markus Näslund, Peter Forsberg, Alexander Steen, Adrian Aucoin, and Frantisek Kaberle for MoDo Hockey during the 2004-05 NHL Lockout.

[edit] Awards

Olympic Gold Medal, men's ice hockey, Torino 2006

[edit] Career statistics

			Regular Season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1996-97	MoDo Hockey	Sweden Jr.	26	26	14	40	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997-98	MoDo Hockey	Sweden Jr.	4	3	3	6	4	-	-	-	-	-
1997-98	MoDo Hockey	Elit	45	4	8	12	26	9	0	0	0	2
1998-99	MoDo Hockey	Elit	50	21	21	42	20	13	4	8	12	14
1999-00	MoDo Hockey	Elit	50	19	26	45	28	13	8	6	14	18
2000-01	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	75	20	14	34	24	4	1	2	3	0
2001-02	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	79	9	23	32	32	6	0	1	1	0
2002-03	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	79	14	17	31	34	14	1	5	6	8
2003-04	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	82	18	36	54	18	7	1	2	3	0
2004-05	MoDo Hockey	Elit	49	13	20	33	40	6	0	3	3	6
2005-06	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	82	22	49	71	34	-	-	-	-	-
SEL Totals			194	57	75	132	114	41	12	17	29	40
NHL Totals			397	83	139	222	142	31	3	10	13	8