Mathias Gunnarsson - Ring of Honor

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Mathias Gunnarsson @ThatCanadian 

S95-S98 (1x Founder's Cup)

 

Next week, I'll GM my first game without having Gunnarsson on the team- he was a mainstay for an Aces team that really needed an anchor in seasons 96 and 98, and an essential part of our two finals runs in seasons 95 and 97. During his career, he played for Aces teams that averaged only 58% of the AVERAGE scoring for Las Vegas historically. He was always one of the major contributors on the team, and despite the low scoring managed to find his way into the top 10 all-time defensemen scorers in both goals and points. Obviously this isn't an actually way to extrapolate data, but if we assumed Gunnarsson played for an even averagely scoring Aces team and accrued the same point share, he'd be top 3 statistically and average more P/G per game than anyone. Gunnarsson played 244 regular season games for Vegas spanning 4 seasons, making the postseason 3 times and winning the Founder's Cup in S97. He earned 47 goals and 164 assists for Vegas in those 244 games, and 27 points in 37 playoff games. He captained the team in S98, and posted career highs in P (59), SHT (193), HIT (227), SB (188), and PPG (14). He moves up to the Seattle Bears to begin his VHL career, and we wish him all the best!

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Stick taps for a legend!