Henrik Lundqvist
Henrik Lundqvist ( born March 2, 1982 in Åre ) is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender who plays for the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League since 2005.
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Career
Already in 2000 NHL Entry Draft was considered as 205 Henrik Lundqvist from the NHL New York Rangers club in the seventh round, however, remained for the time being in Sweden. He played until 2005 at the Swedish top club and several times Swedish champion Frölunda HC of Gothenburg and was there three times in a row as the best goalkeeper in the Elitserien Trofé with the Honkens and once awarded the Guldhjälmen as MVP.
Only in the 2005/06 season took the New Yorker their true option on him and he could quickly prevail in the NHL. As the Rangers goalkeeper he came to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, where his team, also thanks to its good performance in the final against Finland, for the second time after 1994 Olympic champion could be. Also the rest of the season in the NHL was relatively positive, as he entered with the Rangers in the playoffs, but already failed in the first round. But a special honor came to Lundqvist. He was for the Vezina Trophy, which is awarded to the most outstanding goalkeeper of the season, nominated. It was the first time in over ten years that a rookie managed this.
In the season 2006/ 07 he was able to continue the good performances of the previous year. In the playoffs, he reached with the Rangers the second round and he made his first shutout in the playoffs. Once again, he was nominated for the Vezina Trophy as the best goalkeeper, but again he could not win it. In February 2008, the New York Rangers extended his contract for another six years to keep him long term on Broadway.
At the Olympic Games in 2014 he won the silver medal with the Swedish national team.
Henrik Lundqvist's twin brother Joel denied on December 4, 2006, his first NHL game for the Dallas Stars.
Lundqvist 's athlete ambassador of development organization Right to Play.
Awards and achievements
- 2000 Swedish Junior Champion Västra Frölunda HC with the
- 2001 Swedish Junior Champion Västra Frölunda HC with the
- 2003 Swedish Champion Västra Frölunda HC with the
- 2003 Honkens Trofé
- 2003 Elitserien All-Star Team
- 2004 Honkens Trofé
- 2004 Elitserien All-Star Team
- 2005 Swedish Champion with the Frölunda HC
- 2005 Guldhjälmen
- 2005 Honkens Trofé
- 2005 Elitserien All-Star Team
- 2005 Guldpucken
- 2006 NHL All- Rookie Team
- 2008 Victoria Cup win with the New York Rangers
- 2009 NHL All-Star Game
- 2011 NHL All-Star Game
- 2012 NHL All-Star Game
- 2012 Vezina Trophy
- 2012 NHL First All -Star Team
- 2013 NHL Second All-Star Team
Internationally
- 2000 bronze medal at the U18 World Youth Championship
- 2003 Silver medal at the World Championships
- 2004 Silver medal at the World Championships
- 2004 All- Star Team of the World Cup
- 2006 Gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games
- 2014 Silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games
- 2014 All-Star team for the Olympic Winter Games
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented Sweden at:
- U18 Junior World Championship 2000
- U20 Junior World Championship 2001
- U20 Junior World Cup 2002
- World Cup 2003 ( without insert)
- World Cup 2004
- World Championship 2005
- 2006 Winter Olympics
- World Championship 2008
( Key to the goalkeeper stats: GP or Sp = Total Games; W or W = Wins, L = Losses, or N, T or D = Draw or shootout defeat, min = minutes; SOG or ZAT = Shots on goal, GA or GT = Goals against; SO = shutouts, GAA or GTS = Gegentorschnitt; Sv % or SVS % = quota, EN = Empty Net Goal; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )