Sedin Daniel - Swedish hockey player, striker. An athlete who has been in the NHL for more than fifteen years for the Canadian Vancouver Canucks team. He also regularly defends the honor of the Swedish national team at the World Championships.
Sedin Daniel is a citizen of Sweden. He was born in the city of Ernskeldsvik. This year, on September 26, the athlete turned 36 years old. The height of the hockey player is 1 m 89 cm, weight - 87 kg. Daniel has Henrik's twin brother. Since childhood they have been very friendly: together they visited sports sections, together started a career in hockey.
Henrik performed well as a playmaker, andDaniel - the bomber. The twins always had incredible mutual understanding, which allowed them to advantageously build an attack line in the game. Brothers all their career play in one team. On the court, Daniel takes the position of the left striker, has an excellent physical shape.
In 1997, Sedin Daniel was in the command of the nativecity of MODO. In its composition, he first began to speak at a professional level. In the Swedish HC MODO, the sportsman spent four years. In 1999, Sedin entered the National Team of Sweden at the World Championships, where he was selected as "Vancouver" under No. 2. But the athlete decided to spend another year in MODO. After the end of the 1999 season, the hockey player was recognized as the best player in the Swedish championship.
In 2000, Sedin Daniel signed a five-yearcontract with the Canadian HC Vancouver Canucks. As part of this team, he gained experience, improved the style of the game (especially worked on eliminating the problems associated with defense). In 2004, the athlete returned to his native MODO club for one season. For a year he spent about fifty matches and scored 85 points.
In 2005 hockey player Sedin Daniel, already as the most experienced NHL player, prolongs cooperation with "Vancouver Canucks" for another five years.
Being a part of the Canadian team, hecontinues to play for Sweden. In 2006, the athlete participated in the Winter Olympic Games in Turin, where he played 8 matches and scored 4 points. Then the team won and won the gold medal. Also Daniel with the Swedish national team performed at international competitions in 2005.
At the expiration of the five-year contract, Gray with"Canucks" the Canadian club did not want to stop cooperation with the hockey player and extended the contract even before 2013 for more than $ 30 million. In the 2009/2010 season. Swedish striker was injured - a broken leg. He quickly recovered and was able to earn 85 points.
In 2011, Shedin Daniel received several valuableprizes. The athlete became the owner of "Art Ross Trophy" as the best scorer. Also on the basis of voting among hockey players he was awarded the "Lindsay Award Ted" award as the best NHL player. The native country did not leave Daniel without a prize, on July 14, 2011 he was awarded a scholarship Victoria (Victoriastipendiet) for high sporting achievements.
In 2013, the hockey player prolonged the agreement with"Canucks" for 5 years. During this period, the World Cup was held in Stockholm. In the international competitions took part and the national team of Sweden, which consisted of Sedin Daniel. Photo hockey player after the championship flaunted in many sports publications, because in many ways thanks to him the team won gold.
In 2016, the brother of the striker, Hedrick, receivedthe position of captain of Sweden. Daniel also became the record holder of the "Vancouver Canucks" for the abandoned pucks, for his career, he scored 347 goals. Also the striker is the 52nd hockey player who played more than 1000 matches in the NHL and earned over 800 points, working in the same team.
After the first victory at the Olympic Games in Turin, Daniel Sedin was invited to shoot the Italian film "Turin-2006: 20th Winter Olympics", where he played himself.
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