Johan Sundström

In the 2015/16 and 2016/17 seasons, Johan Sundström was one of Frölunda’s leading centersArticle in SportbladetRead the sourceArticle in HockeynewsRead the sourceArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose. Johan SundströmArticle in HockeynewsRead the sourceClose grew up in the same neighbourhood in Göteborg as Lucas Raymond, and they attended the same school in different years. School also features in Sundström’s own background: in 2012 he received KatrinelundsgymnasietArticle in Frölunda HCRead the sourceClose’s Idrottsskölden award for sport and studies.

Frölunda’s SeptemberArticle in FrölundaRead the sourceClose 2015 questionnaire also gave Sundström a chance to describe life outside hockey, and he picked padel as something he was good at. He named Breaking BadArticle in FrölundaRead the sourceClose and Dexter among his favourite series and recalled watching plenty of television during his time in the USA.

By the summer of 2019, Sundström had returned to Frölunda after playing in the KHL and told Sveriges RadioArticle in Sveriges RadioRead the sourceClose that the experience had taught him lessons. In JulyArticle in Sveriges RadioRead the sourceClose he took part in the team’s training on Öckerö, where a hockey school was running at the same time.

Towards the end of the 2019/20Article in HockeynewsRead the sourceClose season, Sundström and Raymond played on the same line for Frölunda, Hockeynews reported in June 2020. In that interview, Sundström also described working on a better balance in his emotions so that he would not drain the team’s energyArticle in HockeynewsRead the sourceClose.