Career
Sundström was drafted 175th overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1980 National Hockey League Entry Draft. One of the best players developed by IF Björklöven in Umeå, with whom he played for three full seasons, in 1982 he headed overseas to play in the National Hockey League with the Vancouver Canucks. Sundstrom played in Vancouver for five seasons before being traded to the New Jersey Devils on September 15, 1987 for Kirk McLean, Greg Adams and New Jersey"s second round choice (Leif Rohlin) in the 1988 National Hockey League Entry Draft, where he played another five seasons.
This broke the previous record of seven points, recorded on three occasions by Wayne Gretzky while with the Edmonton Oilers.
After leaving the National Hockey League in 1992, he returned to Sweden to play the 1992-1993 season for Björklöven and was a contributing factor to them being promoted back to the Swedish Elite League (Studies in English Literature) in 1993. Sundstrom scored a total of 588 points (219 goals, 369 assists) in 679 regular season National Hockey League games and 86 points (41 goals, 45 assists) in 115 games in the Studies in English Literature. Sundstrom represented Sweden at the 1980 and 1982 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
He also represented Sweden in 31 official "caps" including the 1981, 1982 World Ice Hockey Championships, the 1981 and the 1984 Canada Cups. At present he is working with youth hockey in Umeå.