Birth Date: | 14 December 1961 |
Birth Place: | Skellefteå, Sweden |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 0 |
Weight Lb: | 181 |
Position: | Left Wing |
Shoots: | Left |
Played For: | New York Rangers Washington Capitals New Jersey Devils |
Ntl Team: | SWE |
Draft: | 50th overall |
Draft Year: | 1981 |
Draft Team: | New York Rangers |
Career Start: | 1978 |
Career End: | 1995 |
Olof Peter Walentin Sundström (born 14 December 1961) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player, and is the twin brother of former National Hockey League player Patrik Sundström. He currently works as a European scout for the Chicago Blackhawks.
Selected by the New York Rangers in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft, he played parts of three seasons for the Rangers. He sat out a year before signing with the Washington Capitals and played with them for two seasons.
Sundström was traded to the New Jersey Devils prior to the start of the 1989–90 NHL season, and played with his brother Patrik on the Devils that season. He played hockey in Sweden during the next five years before he retired in 1995.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1978–79 | IF Björklöven | SEL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1979–80 | IF Björklöven | SEL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1980–81 | IF Björklöven | SEL | 29 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1981–82 | IF Björklöven | SEL | 35 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
1982–83 | IF Björklöven | SEL | 33 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
1983–84 | New York Rangers | NHL | 77 | 22 | 22 | 44 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
1984–85 | New York Rangers | NHL | 73 | 18 | 26 | 44 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1985–86 | New York Rangers | NHL | 53 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
1985–86 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 8 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1986–87 | IF Björklöven | SEL | 36 | 22 | 16 | 38 | 44 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | ||
1987–88 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 78 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 34 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
1988–89 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 35 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1989–90 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1989–90 | Utica Devils | AHL | 31 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
1990–91 | Malmö IF | SEL | 40 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
1991–92 | Malmö IF | SEL | 40 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 36 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | ||
1992–93 | Malmö IF | SEL | 40 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | ||
1993–94 | Malmö IF | SEL | 40 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | ||
1994–95 | Malmö IF | SEL | 40 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||
SEL totals | 342 | 99 | 121 | 220 | 278 | 54 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 46 | ||||
NHL totals | 335 | 61 | 84 | 145 | 122 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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1981 | Sweden | WJC | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |
1982 | Sweden | WC | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
1983 | Sweden | WC | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | |
1984 | Sweden | CC | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
1987 | Sweden | WC | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
1987 | Sweden | CC | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Senior totals | 42 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 20 |