Doug Gilmour And Mats Sundin

Mats sundin to have number honored by maple leafs.

Doug gilmour and mats sundin.

Gilmour is captain and clark is traded to the nordiques in exchange for exciting young forward mats sundin but hope waned as the leafs saw 5 consecutive years of drops in pts and ultimately the firing of head coach pat burns. Doug gilmour was born june 25 1963 in kingston ontario. Born 13 february 1971 is a swedish former professional ice hockey player who played the majority of his career in the national hockey league nhl retiring in 2009. Sundin will join the likes of borje salming his swedish hero as well as king clancy darryl sittler and former teammates wendel clark and doug gilmour as one of the storied franchise s.

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. 30 1997 the toronto maple leafs named mats sundin the 16 th captain in franchise history replacing doug gilmour who was traded during the previous season. He is the younger son of don and dolly gilmour and has an elder brother david. Doug gilmour bio gilmour was listed at 5 foot 11 and 177 pounds but as his nickname killer showed he never let his size prevent him from being a force on the ice.

Gilmour 1992 97 is the all time leader in regular season points per game playoff assists and playoff points willing toronto to the conference final in 1993 and 1994. As a youth doug looked up to david who was a professional hockey player drafted by the. Find the perfect doug gilmour stock photos and editorial news pictures from getty images. Select from premium doug gilmour of the highest quality.

By joe yerdon oct 29 2011 2 46 pm edt. Don was a correctional officer who worked at the kingston penitentiary for over three decades. Mats johan sundin swedish pronunciation. He averaged 1 48 points per.