Daniel Sedin makes his 1,000th game in the night – Express

Daniel Sedin writes the Vancouver Canucks history last night when he makes his 1,000th match.

Points-wise, he still after Henry – who both digs and celebrates his twin brother before meeting with the Chicago Blackhawks.

– It is a special night for him, says Henrik Sedin to NHL.com.

Last night Daniel Sedin becomes the 52nd player in NHL to reach 1,000 matches with one and the same team. He is writing new history with the Vancouver Canucks – and also achieves the milestone as the twin brother Henrik reached in March, when Daniel himself was injured.

– It means a lot, he says to NHL.com.

– You think back to teammates have played with, coaches who have had and everyone in the organization. This is our home now and we have been able to play with great teammates in a good organization. It thinks of every day and am grateful for, says Daniel Sedin.

“Clearly tough”

Fifteen years have passed since the Twin Towers was drafted by the Canucks. When questioned many, and even they themselves, if they had the toughness to survive in the NHL.

– In the beginning it was clearly tough. But when you look back, both I and Henry happy that we went through the tough times because you are enjoying a little more now,

says Daniel Sedin.

In the night they play in the same chain and Daniel joins the trio Canucks players, along with Henry and president Trevor Linden, who has played 1000 matches for the club. But to catch up with twin brother Henrik will be a challenge, which has 31 more games played

“Even more specifically”

– Playing for a team over a long period of time makes it even More specifically, says Henrik Sedin.

Henrik Sedin also took the opportunity to highlight that he actually was the first to reach the milestone of 1,000 matches, and joked that it was “so typical 2013-14″.

– When you go back in time and look at old pictures of which you have played with and how much has changed over the years, players and friends who have changed clubs and how many are left today, so it feels like you are old, says Henrik Sedin.

Daniel Sedin go into the game with 825 points. He thus has a piece up to Henrik, who has 862 points in the NHL.

shutting down in Vancouver at 03:35 Swedish time.