Daniel Sedin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Swedish professional ice hockey player
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Place of Birth: Örnsköldsvik, Västernorrland County, Sweden
About Daniel Sedin
- Daniel Hans Sedin (born 26 September 1980) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey winger who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Vancouver Canucks, from 2000–2018.
- Born and raised in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden, Daniel and his identical twin brother Henrik played together throughout their careers; the pair were renowned for their effectiveness as a tandem.
- During his career, Daniel was known as a goal-scorer (150+ more career NHL goals than Henrik), while Henrik was known as a playmaker (150+ more career NHL assists than Daniel).
- Daniel tallied 393 goals and 648 assists in 1,306 games played in the NHL, ranking him as the Canucks' second-highest points scorer all time. Daniel began his professional career in the Swedish Hockey League with Modo Hockey in 1997 and was co-recipient, with Henrik, of the 1999 Golden Puck as Swedish player of the year.
- He played four seasons with Modo (including a return in 2004–05 due to the NHL lockout), helping the club to two consecutive appearances in the Le Mat Trophy Finals, in 1999 and 2000, where they lost both times.
- Selected second overall by the Canucks in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft, Daniel moved to the NHL in the 2000–01 season.
- He spent his entire NHL career in Vancouver, and in 2016 became the club's all-time top goal scorer.
- After emerging as a top player in the club during the 2005–06 season, Daniel since recorded six consecutive campaigns of at least 20 goals and 70 points.
- In 2011, he won the Art Ross Trophy as the League's leading point-scorer and the Ted Lindsay Award as the best player in the League, as voted by fellow players.
- Daniel was also nominated for the Hart Memorial Trophy as the League's most valuable player.
- In Sweden, he and Henrik were awarded the Victoria Scholarship as the country's athletes of the year. Internationally, Daniel has competed on the Swedish national ice hockey team.
- In addition to being a three-time Winter Olympian, he has appeared in two European Junior Championships, two World Junior Championships and four World Championships.
- He won gold medals at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and 2013 IIHF World Championship in Stockholm.
- Daniel earned a silver medal at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi and two World Championship bronze medals, at the 1999 and 2001 editions.
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