Editing Modo Hockey (section)

==NHL alumni==
Although Örnsköldsvik is a small town with an approximate population of just 29,000, the city has produced numerous born-and-raised NHL talents through the Modo system.  The hockey-centred town has six indoor rinks, with the Hägglunds Arena boasting regular attendances of 7,000 for Modo home games, marking nearly a quarter of the population.<ref name=nytimes/>

[[Anders Hedberg]] was one of the first Swedes to succeed in the NHL, in the 1970s. In the early 1990s, forwards [[Peter Forsberg]] and [[Markus Näslund]] emerged from Modo's junior system and were drafted 6th and 16th overall by the [[Philadelphia Flyers]] and [[Pittsburgh Penguins]], respectively in the [[1991 NHL Entry Draft]].  They became arguably Modo's first NHL stars.  Forsberg went on to win the [[Calder Memorial Trophy]] as NHL rookie of the year in [[1994–95 NHL season|1995]] with the Nordiques and the [[Hart Memorial Trophy]] as NHL MVP with the [[Colorado Avalanche]] in [[2002–03 NHL season|2003]], while Näslund won the [[Ted Lindsay Award|Lester B. Pearson Award]] as NHL MVP chosen by the players in 2003.  Furthermore, Forsberg and Näslund finished first and second in league point-scoring for the [[Art Ross Trophy]] in 2003.  Besides the two league-leaders, the 2002–03 season featured 13 NHL players originating from Modo, as well as seven others who were born and raised within a couple miles of Örnsköldsvik.<ref name=nytimes/>  Forward [[Niklas Sundström]] also played alongside Forsberg and Näslund with Modo and was drafted 8th overall in the [[1993 NHL Entry Draft]] by the [[New York Rangers]].

Eight years after Forsberg and Näslund's draft selections, identical twins [[Daniel Sedin|Daniel]] and [[Henrik Sedin]] were drafted second and third overall, joining Näslund in Vancouver.  In [[2005–06 NHL season|2005–06]], Näslund, Henrik and Daniel finished first, second and third, respectively, in Canucks team-scoring.<ref>{{cite web|title=2005-06 Vancouver Canucks [NHL]|url=http://hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000392006.html|access-date=2009-11-28|publisher=Hockeydb.com}}</ref>  In fact, from the [[1998–99 NHL season|1998–99 season]] until the [[2016–17 NHL season|2016-17 season]], no Canucks player has [[Cyrus H. McLean Trophy|led the team in scoring]] besides either Näslund, Henrik or Daniel. During the [[2009–10 NHL season|2009–10 season]], Henrik became the second former Modo player to win the NHL's [[Art Ross Trophy]] as the league's leading scorer and the [[Hart Memorial Trophy]] as league MVP. The next year fellow Canuck and twin brother Daniel Sedin would go on to win the Art ross trophy making it the first time in NHL history that two brothers won scoring titles consecutively.

In [[2008–09 Elitserien season|2008–09]] defenceman [[Victor Hedman]] began drawing considerable attention from the NHL and was eventually selected second overall in the [[2009 NHL Entry Draft]] by the [[Tampa Bay Lightning]], matching Daniel Sedin as the highest-drafted Modo player in team history.

[[Victor Olofsson]] found success with the [[Buffalo Sabres]] upon joining the team in 2019, becoming a permanent member of the team in the [[2019–20 NHL season|2019–20 season]].