STOCKHOLM -- When Mats Sundin's wife heard that he had been awarded the 2025 Borje Salming Courage Award presented by SAP, she asked a simple question: Can you get an award 16 years after you retire?

But once Sundin explained it to her, that the award goes to a European NHL Alumni member who has been a positive influence in their community and who best embodies Salming's lasting legacy of bravery, courage and dedication on and off the ice, she understood: Sundin was the perfect recipient.

Sundin, who received the award on Saturday afternoon in a Swedish hockey star-studded ballroom at the Grand Hotel in Stockholm, was the third person to receive the award, after Nicklas Lidstrom won in 2023 and Jari Kurri won in 2024. During the presentation, Lidstrom and Kurri jointly carried the Stanl

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