PERSONAL: Markus and his wife Lotta have three children, Rebecca, Isabella and Alex….Enjoys boating, waterskiing, jetskiing and playing tennis….Devotes a lot of time to community initiatives….Spends his summers in his hometown in Sweden….Resides in Kitsalano during the season….Lists Tampa and Miami as his favourite road cities to visit….Haken Loob was his boyhood idol.

LAST SEASON: Awarded Lester B. Pearson Award, voted by his peers as the League's most outstanding player... Established new career highs with 48 goals, 56 assists and 104 points... Led all NHL players wth 12 GWG, 54 PPP and was second with 104 points, 48 goals and 24 PPG... Won three team awards (Leading Scorer, MVP, Molson Cup Three Stars)... Scored his 47th goal, extending his point streak to six games (5-5-10), Mar 30/03 at Anaheim... Recorded his 55th assist, making him the first player in the league to reach the 100 point plateau this season, Mar. 27/03 vs. Phoenix... Scored his 45th goal, adding two assists, and was named 3rd star of the game, Mar. 25/03 vs. Dallas... Recorded his 50th assist, extending his point streak to four games (1-6-7), Mar. 13/03 vs. St. Louis... Scored his 42nd goal, establishing a new career single-season high, and added an assist, Mar. 6/03 at Columbus... Scored one goal and five assists, to establish a new single game career high in assists (5) and points (6), named 1st star of the game finishing with a plus three rating, Feb. 25/03 vs. Atlanta... Scored his 39th and 40th goals and notched two assists, named 1st star of the game, finishing with a plus three rating, Feb. 23/03 vs. Atlanta... Scored his 39th and 40th goals and notched two assists, named 1st star of the game, finishing with a plus three rating, Feb. 23/03 vs. Columbus... Scored the game tying goal with 25 seconds left in the 3rd period, his 38th of the season, and had a game hihg seven shots on net, Feb. 18/03 at Detroit... Scored his 37th goal (the game winner), leading the league in game winning goals, Feb. 10/03 vs. Chicago... Named the game's 1st star recording a goal and an assist (taking over the NHL lead with 70 points), Feb. 7/03 at Buffalo... Scored his 35th goal and 30th assist of the season, extending his point streak to six games (4-4-8), Jan. 28/03 vs. Minnesota... Named the game's 2nd star, recording his 32nd goal and 27th assist (500th career NHL point) of th season, Jan. 17/03 at Chicago... Named to the western COnference All-Star Team, Jan. 16/03... Had a six game goal scoring streak (Dec. 28-Jan. 10) and a nine game point streak (Dec. 21-Jan. 10)... Scored his 31st goal of the season stretching his point streak to nine games and was named the game's 2nd star, Jan. 10/03 vs. Columbus... Scored two goals and was named 1st star of the game, improving his goal streak to seven in five games, and extending a point streak t oeight games (9-7-16), Jan. 8/03 vs. Ottawa... Notched his 28th goal and two assists, extending his point streak to seven games (7-7-14), and was named 3rd star of the game, Jan. 4/03 vs. Florida... Scored two goals and was named the game's 1st star, Jan. 2/03 vs. Montreal... Scored five goals in five shots after scoring four in Edmonton on four shots, Dec. 14/02, then scored a goal on his first shot of the next game vs. Calgary, Dec. 15/02... Scored two goals in the space of 34 seconds, extending his point streak to three games (3-2-5), and was named 1st star of the game, Nov. 14/02 vs. Los Angeles... Recorded his 8th career hat-trick and was named 1st star of the game, Oct. 21/02 at San Jose.