Henrik Lundqvist Gets Shot by a Puck in the Neck and Is the King Again

Swedish ice hockey actor

Henrik Lundqvist
Lundqvist with the New York Rangers in 2014
Born	(1982-03-02) two March 1982 (age 40) Åre, Sweden
Height	vi ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb)
Position	Goaltender
Caught	Left
Played for	Frölunda HC New York Rangers
National team	Sweden
NHL Draft	205th overall, 2000 New York Rangers
Playing career	2001–2020
Website	hlundqvist30.com

Henrik Lundqvist (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈhɛ̌nːrɪk ˈlɵ̂nːdkvɪst]; born ii March 1982) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played his entire xv-season career with the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Before winning the Vezina Trophy in 2012, he was nominated in each of his first three seasons, and is the only goaltender in NHL history to record eleven thirty-win seasons in his first twelve seasons. He holds the record for most wins by a European-built-in goaltender in the NHL. His dominating play during his rookie season resulted in the New York media and Rangers fans giving him the nickname "Male monarch Henrik".^[1] During the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, he led the Swedish men's team to their second Olympic gold medal.

Before joining the Rangers, Lundqvist played for Frölunda HC in Swedish Elitserien. During his years in Sweden, he developed into the league's finest goaltender, winning the Honken Trophy in iii consecutive seasons (2003, 2004, and 2005). In 2005, he likewise won 2 of the near prestigious awards in Swedish ice hockey, the Guldpucken (Golden Puck) and the Guldhjälmen (Gold Helmet).

Lundqvist was considered a butterfly style goaltender, though unorthodox because of the aggressive way he performed the butterfly.^[2] He was known for his strong positional play, both mental and concrete toughness, and his upright torso opinion.^{[ citation needed ]}

Early on life [edit]

Lundqvist grew up with his identical twin blood brother Joel in Åre, Jämtland, an area where alpine skiing is the most popular winter activity, though Henrik and Joel chose to play ice hockey over the more popular wintertime sports. During the winters, their kindergarten teachers used the kindergarten'due south nine m × three m (29.5 ft × ix.eight ft) sandpit to freeze an outdoor water ice rink where the twins would often skate. Their involvement in hockey grew fifty-fifty stronger when their father Peter took the twins to meet Västra Frölunda HC play in Scandinavium, Gothenburg. Henrik has said he and Joel were very competitive growing up, in sports equally well as schoolhouse.^[3] Peter worked for a company which sponsored Frölunda, and Henrik and Joel saw many games in Scandinavium, where Frölunda became their favorite squad. In 1990, Henrik and Joel joined Järpens IF and started playing organized hockey for the first time. During one practice, when the coach asked if anyone wanted to be a goaltender, Joel grabbed and raised Henrik'due south arm and said that his brother would like to. In 1993, the family moved to Båstad, Skåne, in southern Sweden to support their older sister Gabriella's tennis career. Henrik and Joel then joined local team Rögle BK, and were both selected for Scania's regional team in Sverigepucken in 1995. Henrik was selected to play for Scania in Boob tube-pucken in 1996, and in 1997, when Joel was also selected. During the 1997–98 flavor, Henrik and Joel were extensively scouted by Frölunda, and while playing for Rögle in the 1998 Scandinavium Loving cup in Gothenburg, Frölunda'due south junior squad manager and under-16 coach Janne Karlsson contacted their begetter, who told Henrik and Joel about Frölunda's involvement in them while driving home to Båstad.^[4]

Professional career [edit]

Frölunda (2000–2005) [edit]

After having a successful pre-season, Lundqvist fabricated his Elitserien debut in the season opener on 21 September 2000 in a 4–ii loss confronting Brynäs IF. Lundqvist bounced back and recorded his first win in the post-obit away game against IF Björklöven, stopping 18 shots and only allowing one goal while being short-handed. In his third directly kickoff, Lundqvist allowed two early first period goals in a game against Timrå IK and was pulled in favour of veteran goaltender Håkan Algotsson. Lundqvist would apparel for only ten more games that flavor and earned only i start, a shootout loss to Djurgårdens IF. Lundqvist lost his roster spot to American veteran goaltender Pat Jablonski, who joined the squad in October. Tommy Boustedt, the coach of the team at the fourth dimension, later said that:

Malfeasance, I think in hindsight, that he didn't go to offset in more than games that season. He showed so that he was that skilful. He should have played more than, no dubiousness near information technology.

Henrik Lundqvist with Frölunda HC in the 2004–05 season

Lundqvist played in nine games for IF Mölndal Hockey in the Swedish second tier Allsvenskan earlier joining Frölunda'southward junior team in the J20 SuperElit in December. Afterward his poor play in Allsvenskan and a tough first in the J20 SuperElit, he allowed half dozen goals in an exhibition game confronting Canada. National inferior squad coaches Bo "Kulon" Lennartsson and Mikael Tisell were worried and decided to accept a talk with Lundqvist, where they questioned his motivation.^{[ citation needed ]} Lundqvist's turning point came at the turn of the year at the 2001 Globe Inferior Ice Hockey Championships in Moscow, where he led the Swedish national junior's squad to a fourth-place finish in the tournament. He spent the rest of the season in the J20 SuperElit where he played 18 games, leading the league in minutes played by a goaltender. In the playoffs, he led Frölunda to their second straight Anton Loving cup win, which came in a five–2 win over Leksands IF in the final at the Stockholm Globe Loonshit.

In December 2004, The Hockey News rated Lundqvist the 6th-best European prospect, the lone goaltender in their European top-10 list. Also in Dec, Lundqvist joined beau future Rangers prospect Al Montoya on McKeen's list of top goaltending prospects, where he was ranked seventh in the group.^[5]

During the 2005 season, Lundqvist broke four Swedish national records: lowest goals against average (ane.05), highest save percentage (.962), longest goalless streak (at 172 minutes and 29 seconds) and about shutouts in a season (half-dozen). He was also named Best Goaltender, Best Player and was selected as the league's MVP by boyfriend players.

In 180 appearances with Frölunda, he amassed a one.96 goals against average (GAA) and a .927 salve pct, leading them to iv consecutive playoff appearances and winning two titles in 2003 and 2005.

New York Rangers (2005–2020) [edit]

Rookie flavor and inflow of "The Rex" [edit]

At the first of his rookie season in 2005–06, Lundqvist was slotted into the Rangers lineup as a backup to starting goaltender Kevin Weekes. After losing Weekes to injury in the second game of the season against the Montreal Canadiens, Lundqvist made his long-anticipated NHL debut on 8 October 2005, confronting the New Jersey Devils, stopping 24 of 27 shots in a 3–two overtime loss.^[six] Five days later, on xiii October, Lundqvist made his home debut in forepart of a sold-out crowd of xviii,200 at Madison Foursquare Garden in what was his first NHL win, a 4–i victory against the Devils.^[vii]

Lundqvist, who would be known throughout his NHL career and international play simply as "The Male monarch," was start given this nickname by the New York Post Rangers beat columnist, Larry Brooks, on 16 October 2005, post-obit Lundqvist'south performance against the Atlanta Thrashers, a 5–i victory for the Rangers.^{[eight] [9]} Larry Brooks, in describing Lundqvist's performance in the game wrote the following:

"When it was over, when the Rangers had sewn up the 5–one victory over the Thrashers that earned the team a succession of standing ovations from a Garden crowd that'due south fallen hard for its hard-lid team, the noise reached a crescendo when Henrik Lundqvist took his bows after being appear as the No. 1 star for the second straight game. Fast becoming a Broadway folk hero, King Henrik of Sweden took an abbreviated victory lap around the ice while raising his stick and glove in a render salute to the fans who alternately chanted, "Henrik" and "Lundqvist" throughout the match in which the goaltender made several smashing stops amongst his 28 saves."

His first career shutout came on 17 October 2005 against the Florida Panthers, only his fifth NHL game, and with it Lundqvist became the starting time rookie goaltender to tape a shutout for the Rangers since John Vanbiesbrouck on 2 Jan 1985.^[10] During the season, Lundqvist also became the kickoff Rangers rookie to post xx wins in a season since Mike Richter recorded 21 in 1990–91.^[11] Finishing the season with xxx wins, Lundqvist broke the Rangers rookie goaltending record of 29 wins, previously held by Jim Henry (1941–42) and Johnny Bower (1953–54). Lundqvist was amongst the NHL leaders in several categories: 5th in GAA (2.24), fourth in save percentage (.922), 11th in wins (30) and tied for 16th in shutouts with 2. However, his regular season success did not go along in the playoffs, where he appeared in three playoff games, posted a 0–3 tape, a 4.forty GAA and an .835 save percentage in a series loss to the Devils. He was a finalist for the Vezina Bays, awarded annually to the NHL'southward best goaltender, but he was non a finalist for the Calder Memorial Trophy, awarded to the rookie of the year, because of a high quality crop of first-year players.^[12] He was named to the NHL All-Rookie Team alongside Sidney Crosby, Alexander Ovechkin, Brad Boyes, Dion Phaneuf and Andrej Meszároš. He won the 2005–06 MetLife/Steven McDonald Extra Try Accolade, a New York Rangers team award.

Establishing himself, Vezina Trophy flavour [edit]

By the start of his second season with the NHL, Lundqvist had already made a proper name for himself in the hockey world, among his fellow players and with Ranger fans and was now widely known by his nickname "King Henrik" or simply "The King."

On 14 December 2006, confronting the Dallas Stars, Lundqvist became the first NHL goaltender to confront his twin blood brother, Joel. He and his brother are just the third set of twins to play each other in an NHL game. The game was won past Lundqvist and the Rangers. In the Rangers' vii–0 win in Game 3 of the 2007 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals over the Atlanta Thrashers, Lundqvist became the starting time Rangers goaltender since Mike Richter in 1997 to record a playoff shutout. The win was also the Rangers' get-go home playoff win since Richter'southward shutout. For the second consecutive twelvemonth, Lundqvist was a finalist for the Vezina Trophy. Because Lundqvist was tied with Miikka Kiprusoff for third place in balloting, there were 4 finalists for an NHL individual bays for the get-go time in league history. During the off-season, Lundqvist signed a ane-year, US$4.25 million contract extension with the Rangers.

On 13 February 2008, Lundqvist signed a six-year, U.s.a.$41.25 million contract extension with the Rangers averaging $6.875 million per flavor.^[13] This fabricated him the highest-paid goaltender in the NHL on average over the length of his contract.^[14] On 24 Feb 2008, Lundqvist became the outset Rangers goaltender to tape eight shutouts in a single season since Eddie Giacomin in 1970–71. On half dozen March 2008, he recorded his 30th win of the season, making him just the second goaltender, along with Ron Hextall, to record at to the lowest degree thirty wins in each of his first three NHL seasons. On 9 March 2008, Lundqvist became the starting time Rangers goaltender to tape nine shutouts in a season since Eddie Giacomin's 1966–67 season in a 1–0 win against the Boston Bruins.^[15] Lundqvist was named the Rangers Most Valuable Player for the 5th consecutive season (2006–07 to 2010–xi), as voted past the Professional Hockey Writers' Association. He became the starting time Rangers thespian to earn the Rangers MVP honor v sequent times.^[16]

On 1 October 2008, Lundqvist and the New York Rangers won the Victoria Cup in 2008 when they won 4–3 over Metallurg Magnitogorsk.

On eight January 2009, Lundqvist was selected to play in the 2009 NHL All-Star Game in Montreal. On 24 January 2009, Lundqvist fabricated his offset All-Star appearance in the Elimination Shootout. He stopped 12 of 16 shots in the shootout as Shane Doan won the contest. The next day, he played in the second menses of the All-Star Game, in which he gave up half dozen goals.

On 12 March 2009, Lundqvist became the get-go NHL goaltender to win at least 30 games in his commencement four seasons with a win over the Nashville Predators. In September 2009, despite having played just four seasons with the club, the volume 100 Ranger Greats ranked Lundqvist at No. 90 all-time of more 900 New York Rangers' players who had played during the squad'due south first 82 seasons.^[17]

On 25 March 2010, Lundqvist became the first NHL goaltender to win at least 30 games in his kickoff five seasons after defeating the New Jersey Devils in a shootout.

In January 2011, Lundqvist and teammate Marc Staal were named All-Stars for the 2011 NHL All-Star Game in Raleigh, North Carolina. Both players were drafted by Staal's older blood brother Eric, who was 1 of the captains for the event.^[18] On xxx January 2011, Lundqvist played in the third catamenia of the All-Star game, stopping 11 of 14 shots. This was his second All-Star appearance.^[nineteen] He also became the first goaltender to face and stop penalty shot in the 57-twelvemonth history of the NHL All-Star Game (the penalty shot was attempted past Matt Duchene of the Colorado Avalanche).^[20] On 17 February 2011, Lundqvist earned his 200th NHL win in a 4–three shootout victory over the Los Angeles Kings at Madison Square Garden.^[21] On 19 March 2011, Lundqvist became the beginning NHL goaltender to win at least thirty games in his outset vi seasons in a 6–three win over the Montreal Canadiens at Madison Foursquare Garden.

On 24 January 2012, Lundqvist earned his 40th career shutout, defeating the Winnipeg Jets 3–0 at Madison Square Garden. After making 42 saves in a 3–0 shutout victory over the Boston Bruins on 14 Feb 2012, Rangers fans began using the term "Lundsanity" in association with Lundqvist, equally around this fourth dimension the term "Linsanity" was beingness used to depict basketball game player Jeremy Lin'due south meteoric rise to fame with the National Basketball Association'south New York Knicks, who, like the Rangers, as well play at Madison Square Garden.^[22]

Lundqvist during the 2011–12 season. During that flavour, he became the first NHL goaltender to win at least 30 games in their first seven seasons.

On 27 February 2012, Lundqvist extended his own record as he became the start NHL goaltender to win at to the lowest degree thirty games in his offset vii seasons in a 2–0 shutout win over the New Jersey Devils in New York.^[23]

On 20 June 2012, Lundqvist won the Vezina Trophy at the 2012 NHL Awards in Las Vegas. On 24 November 2012, Lundqvist participated in "Performance Hat Trick," a charity hockey game held at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City to raise money for Hurricane Sandy victims.^[24]

On 3 March 2013, Lundqvist took the NHL all-time atomic number 82 in shootout wins over Martin Brodeur, winning his 43rd against the Buffalo Sabres. On 3 April 2013, Lundqvist won his 268th game, surpassing Eddie Giacomin for the second most wins in Rangers history, behind simply Mike Richter. On 13 and xiv May 2013, Lundqvist recorded back-to-back playoff shutouts against the Washington Capitals. Nonetheless, Lundqvist and the Rangers would be eliminated past the eventual Eastern Conference champion Boston Bruins in five games.

Staying in New York, Stanley Cup Finals and Presidents' Trophy [edit]

On 4 December 2013, Lundqvist signed a seven-year, $59.5 million contract extension with the Rangers, making Lundqvist the highest-paid goaltender in the NHL with an average annual cap hitting of $viii.5 million.^[25]

On eighteen March 2014, Lundqvist passed Mike Richter with his 302nd win to become the most winning goaltender in Rangers history after defeating the Ottawa Senators viii–4.^[26]

On 22 March 2014, Lundqvist passed Hall of Fame goaltender Eddie Giacomin with his 50th regular season shutout to become the Rangers' shutout leader after defeating the New Jersey Devils 2–0 at the Prudential Eye.^{[27] [28]}

With the 2–one victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Eastern Conference Semi-finals on 13 May, Lundqvist earned an NHL-record v-straight Game vii wins.^[29] On 29 May, he shut-out the Montreal Canadiens i–0 in Game six to assistance accept the Rangers to the 2014 Stanley Cup Finals confronting the Los Angeles Kings, and Lundqvist too surpassed Mike Richter on the well-nigh playoff wins list (42) in the procedure.^[30] Still, the Rangers would ultimately be defeated past the Kings 4–1. In Game five, Alec Martinez scored in double overtime off a Tyler Toffoli rebound to give the Kings their second Stanley Cup title in iii years.

Lundqvist's performance in the 2014–15 season was also stellar. However, in a game on 31 January 2015, against the Carolina Hurricanes, Lundqvist took a shot to his neck from Brad Malone. He stayed in cyberspace for the game, which the Rangers won 4–ii, and went in net for another game on Feb 2, a 6–three win over the Florida Panthers, before it was discovered that a blood vessel in Lundqvist's neck was damaged and that Lundqvist would exist out for five-to-seven weeks as a result.^[31] Despite the superior performance of backup goaltender Cam Talbot during Lundqvist'due south absenteeism, Lundqvist would remain the Rangers' starter upon his return on 28 March, in a 4–ii loss to the Boston Bruins. Despite missing most two months, Lundqvist was able to earn 30 wins for the ninth fourth dimension in his career, going v–two–0 after returning from the injury.

Lundqvist started all 19 Rangers games in the 2015 playoffs and recorded a two.11 GAA and .928 save percentage. Even though Lundqvist was stellar in cyberspace, the Rangers struggled to produce offensively, specially in the Eastern Conference Finals, which they lost in seven games to the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Final years in New York [edit]

On sixteen January 2016, Lundqvist recorded his 20th victory of the season, making him the first NHL goaltender to commencement his career with eleven straight 20-win seasons. Lundqvist besides joined Hockey Hall of Fame member Tony Esposito and retired goaltender Martin Brodeur as the only goaltenders with xi consecutive 20-win seasons at whatever point in their career. Overall, Lundqvist became the 15th NHL netminder to have won at to the lowest degree twenty games in a season 11 times.^[32] On i November 2016, Lundqvist recorded his 60th shutout in a v–0 win over the St. Louis Dejection.^[33] On 31 December 2016, Lundqvist recorded his 390th career win in a game against the Colorado Avalanche. In doing so, he surpassed Hall of Fame goaltender Dominik Hašek to become the all-fourth dimension wins leader amid European-born goaltenders.

On 11 February 2017, Lundqvist recorded his 400th win in a game against the Colorado Barrage, condign the 12th player in NHL history to earn 400 wins. He is also the first European-born goaltender to accomplish the mark, the start in Rangers history to do so, and the quickest in NHL history to do then.^[34] On xvi January 2018, Lundqvist earned his 20th win of the 2017–xviii season and became the only goaltender in NHL history to win at least xx games in 13 consecutive seasons.^[35]

On seven March 2019, Lundqvist became the third goaltender in NHL history to play at to the lowest degree 850 games with one franchise.^[36] On 3 October 2019, Lundqvist earned his 450th win in the 2019–xx flavour opener against the Winnipeg Jets, making him the sixth goaltender to achieve the mark,^[37] and the second 1 to do so with 1 franchise.^[38] He fabricated 43 saves in the game, tying a franchise tape for virtually past a Rangers goaltender in a season opener, the highest corporeality since Gump Worsley in 1955.^[39] On 25 November, Lundqvist earned his 455th win and surpassed Curtis Joseph for fifth identify in all-fourth dimension wins in NHL history.^[xl]

Following the 2019–twenty season, information technology became apparent that Lundqvist would be the odd man out following the emergence of Rangers goaltenders Alexandar Georgiev and Igor Shestyorkin. On 29 September 2020, it was announced that the Rangers would be buying out the terminal year of Lundqvist'southward contract.^[41] The post-obit day, Lundqvist was officially bought out of his contract, making him a free agent for the kickoff time in his career.^[42]

Washington Capitals and retirement (2020–2021) [edit]

On nine October 2020, Lundqvist signed a ane-twelvemonth, $1.5 million contract with the Washington Capitals.^[43] Nevertheless, on 17 December, Lundqvist announced that he would miss the 2020–21 season due to an irregular heartbeat brought upon by pericarditis,^{[44] [45]} which required an open-middle surgery that was performed in January 2021.^{[46] [47]} Lundqvist returned to practice in late February 2021.^[48] On xi April, Lundqvist announced that he would not render to the Capitals lineup during the 2020–21 flavor.^[49]

On twenty August 2021, Lundqvist announced his retirement from professional ice hockey.^[50] That aforementioned day, the Rangers announced that they would retire number xxx in his honor during the 2021–22 season,^[51] which was retired on 28 January 2022.^[52]

International play [edit]

Lundqvist with the Sweden men'south national water ice hockey team.
Medal record
Representing Sweden
Water ice hockey
Winter Olympics
	2006 Turin
	2014 Sochi
World Championships
	2017 Cologne/Paris
	2003 Helsinki
	2004 Prague
World Cup of Hockey
	2016 Toronto
Inline hockey
Globe Championships
	2002 Nuremberg

Lundqvist is the best leader among goaltenders, and 11th overall of all players, in games played for the Swedish national junior'south water ice hockey team.^[53]

At the 2001 World U20 Championship in Moscow, Lundqvist led Sweden to a quaternary-place finish in the tournament. After an upset iii–2 win over the hosting nation Russian federation in the quarter-finals, Sweden lost 0–1 confronting the Czechia in the semi-finals, and 1–2 in overtime against Canada in the bronze medal game.

Lundqvist debuted for the senior Swedish squad on 10 November 2002 in the 2002 Karjala Tournament in Helsinki.^[54]

Lundqvist was selected to the 2003 World Championship merely was 3rd cord goaltender behind Tommy Salo and Mikael Tellqvist. The following twelvemonth, at the 2004 World Championship, Lundqvist was the starting goaltender and he was selected to the tournament all-star team.

Lundqvist and Jörgen Jönsson were the only ii Elitserien players selected to play for Sweden at the 2004 Globe Cup of Hockey. Lacking experience on the smaller ice surface, Lundqvist was once more tertiary string behind Salo and Tellqvist.

In the 2004–05 Euro Hockey Tour, Lundqvist was named all-time goaltender in Karjala Tournament and Sweden Hockey Games by the directorate, likewise as to the media all-star team in both tournaments. At the 2005 Earth Championship in Vienna and Innsbruck, Austria, Lundqvist played in all nine games during the tournament, where Sweden eventually lost the bronze medal game against Russia.^[55]

Lundqvist'due south well-nigh memorable international operation came at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, where he led Sweden to the gilded medal over their archrivals Finland. In vi Olympic starts, Lundqvist went 5–i, allowing but 12 goals with a .907 save percentage. He holds the career record for well-nigh shutouts in best-on-best hockey, with iv.^[56]

In the 2017 World Title, Lundqvist joined the Swedish team in the group phase and stayed in net for all five remaining games, including the final against Canada. Lundqvist had an fantabulous tournament and recorded a 1.31 GAA, and a .946 save pct. The final against Canada went into a shootout and Lundqvist stopped all four Canadian chances to lead his country to its 10th Globe Championship title, on a national team captained by his identical twin brother Joel Lundqvist.

Lundqvist joined Sweden again in the 2019 World Championship right after the NHL season ended. Sweden finished the tournament in 5th identify afterward a 5–4 overtime loss to Finland in the quarterfinals, marking the only time Lundqvist lost to the Finnish team.^{[ citation needed ]}

Inline hockey [edit]

Lundqvist led squad Sweden with spectacular goaltending to their first e'er medal in inline hockey when they won gilt at the 2002 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship.^{[57] [58]}

Personal life [edit]

Family [edit]

Lundqvist married Therese Andersson in the summer of 2011,^[59] and the couple have two daughters.^{[lx] [61]}

Charity piece of work [edit]

In 2009, Lundqvist became the Rangers spokesman for the Garden of Dreams Foundation, which works mostly with Madison Square Garden and its tenants to host charitable events and grant wishes to ill children, like to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. In this part, Lundqvist hosts events and records public service letters.^[62] In guild to benefit the clemency, Lundqvist launched a wearable line, chosen the Crown Collection, on 19 January 2012. The items of the Crown Collection were available exclusively at retail outlets within the confines of Madison Square Garden.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2014, Lundqvist and his wife Therese founded the Henrik Lundqvist Foundation a not-turn a profit organization with a focus on health and educational activity for children and families.^[63] HLF is an international grantmaking organization, with community partners in New York City, Sweden and the Dominican Republic. The Henrik Lundqvist Foundation hosted its inaugural fundraising event on xiv September 2014, at Refinery Rooftop. The evening included a silent auction, a Q&A session hosted by NHL Network's Kevin Weekes & an acoustic functioning by Henrik Lundqvist and bandmate John McEnroe.^{[64] [65]} Lundqvist was named a finalist for the 2014–15 NHL Foundation Thespian Award for his exemplary piece of work with the Henrik Lundqvist Foundation besides every bit the Garden of Dreams Foundation.^[66] On 29 June 2015, Lundqvist was selected as an athlete finalist for the start always ESPN Humanitarian of the Year Awards for his delivery to "using the ability of sports to transform lives and uplift communities."^[67]

Hobbies and other ventures [edit]

Henrik with his identical twin brother, Joel Lundqvist, during an advertizing campaign for clothing retailer Brothers

In 2004, Lundqvist was awarded "All-time Dressed" in Sweden.^[68] In Apr 2006, he was named one of People'due south Globe's 100 Virtually Cute People.^[69] In December 2008, he was named one of Page Six magazine'south Pinnacle 25 All-time Dressed in 2008.^[70]

Lundqvist used to play guitar in a Swedish stone band called Box Play.^[71]

Lundqvist owns a restaurant called Tiny'due south located in Tribeca. He has worked on this project with onetime Rangers teammate Sean Avery, who owns his own eating house in New York City called Warren 77, and some other business organization partners.^[72]

On 10 July 2013, he hosted the 1.5-hour talk testify Sommar on Swedish public radio.^[73]

Broadcast career [edit]

Lundqvist volition be role of MSG Network's Rangers coverage for the 2021–22 flavour. Lundqvist volition be in the studio for effectually twenty games, joining host John Giannone and analyst Steve Valiquette. He made his debut on 15 Oct 2021, prior to the Rangers' domicile opener confronting the Dallas Stars.^[74] Lundqvist is also an in studio analyst for the NHL on TNT.

Career statistics [edit]

Regular season and playoffs [edit]

				Regular flavor											Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	W	50	T	OTL	MIN	GA	And so	GAA	SV%		GP	Westward	L	MIN	GA	And then	GAA	SV%
1998–99	Västra Frölunda HC	J20		35	—	—	—	—	2,100	95	—	two.73	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999–00	Västra Frölunda HC	J20		30	—	—	—	—	one,726	73	—	2.54	.904		5	4	1	300	7	ii	1.40	.925
2000–01	Västra Frölunda HC	J20		19	—	—	—	—	ane,140	50	ii	ii.64	.908		5	—	—	—	—	—	1.97	.927
2000–01	Västra Frölunda HC	SEL		four	—	—	—	—	190	11	0	3.47	.882		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	IF Mölndal Hockey	SWE.2		7	—	—	—	—	420	29	0	4.22	.868		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Västra Frölunda HC	J20		1	i	0	0	—	60	iv	0	four.00	.840		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Västra Frölunda HC	SEL		20	—	—	—	—	1,152	52	2	2.71	.899		8	8	0	490	18	2	two.21	.931
2002–03	Västra Frölunda HC	SEL		28	—	—	—	—	1,650	40	6	one.45	.948		12	—	—	740	26	2	two.eleven	.922
2003–04	Västra Frölunda HC	SEL		48	—	—	—	—	2,897	105	7	2.17	.928		10	—	—	610	xx	0	ane.97	.936
2004–05	Frölunda HC	SEL		44	xxx	8	3	—	2,642	79	six	one.79	.936		fourteen	12	2	855	fifteen	6	1.05	.961
2005–06	New York Rangers	NHL		53	30	12	—	9	iii,112	116	2	two.24	.922		iii	0	3	177	13	0	four.41	.835
2006–07	New York Rangers	NHL		70	37	22	—	8	4,108	160	5	2.34	.917		10	vi	iv	637	22	1	two.07	.924
2007–08	New York Rangers	NHL		72	37	24	—	10	4,304	160	ten	2.23	.912		10	5	5	608	26	1	ii.57	.909
2008–09	New York Rangers	NHL		70	38	25	—	7	iv,153	168	4	2.43	.916		vii	3	4	380	19	1	iii.00	.908
2009–10	New York Rangers	NHL		73	35	27	—	10	4,204	167	4	2.38	.921		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010–11	New York Rangers	NHL		68	36	27	—	5	iv,007	152	11	ii.28	.923		5	one	iv	346	13	0	2.25	.917
2011–12	New York Rangers	NHL		62	39	18	—	5	three,754	123	8	1.97	.930		twenty	10	10	1251	38	3	one.82	.931
2012–xiii	New York Rangers	NHL		43	24	xvi	—	iii	two,575	88	2	ii.05	.926		12	v	7	756	27	3	2.xiv	.934
2013–14	New York Rangers	NHL		63	33	24	—	5	3,655	144	5	2.36	.920		25	13	11	1516	54	1	two.14	.927
2014–15	New York Rangers	NHL		46	30	13	—	3	ii,743	103	5	2.25	.922		19	eleven	8	1166	41	0	2.eleven	.928
2015–xvi	New York Rangers	NHL		65	35	21	—	seven	3,773	156	4	ii.48	.920		5	1	3	205	fifteen	0	4.39	.867
2016–17	New York Rangers	NHL		57	31	20	—	4	iii,241	148	2	two.74	.910		12	six	vi	775	29	ane	2.25	.927
2017–18	New York Rangers	NHL		63	26	26	—	seven	3,503	174	2	2.98	.915		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018–19	New York Rangers	NHL		52	18	23	—	ten	3,089	158	0	three.07	.907		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019–20	New York Rangers	NHL		30	10	12	—	iii	1,597	84	1	3.16	.905		2	0	two	119	seven	0	three.53	.901
SEL totals				144	—	—	—	—	eight,531	287	21	1.99	.929		44	—	—	two,695	79	10	1.76	.939
NHL totals				887	459	310	—	96	51,816	2,101	64	2.43	.918		130	61	67	vii,935	304	10	2.30	.921

International [edit]

Year	Squad	Event		GP	West	Fifty	T	MIN	GA	Then	GAA	SV%
2000	Sweden	U18		four	—	—	—	240	9	0	ii.25	.939
2001	Sweden	WJC		vii	3	4	0	419	13	0	ane.86	.928
2002	Sweden	WJC		7	iii	two	2	419	15	1	ii.15	.906
2004	Sweden	WC		8	5	ii	one	476	13	i	ane.64	.925
2005	Sweden	WC		9	half-dozen	three	0	510	20	1	ii.35	.894
2006	Sweden	OLY		6	5	i	0	360	fourteen	0	two.33	.907
2008	Sweden	WC		5	three	2	—	283	14	0	2.97	.911
2010	Sweden	OLY		iii	2	one	—	179	four	2	i.34	.927
2014	Sweden	OLY		6	5	i	—	360	9	2	one.l	.943
2016	Sweden	WCH		three	one	2	—	187	7	1	2.24	.940
2017	Sweden	WC		5	v	0	—	320	seven	0	1.31	.946
2019	Sweden	WC		6	4	two	—	359	17	1	2.84	.887
Senior totals				51	36	fourteen	i	3034	105	8	2.08	.917

Records [edit]

Elitserien records [edit]

• Goals against average (i.45) and relieve percentage (.948) in 2002–03
• Goals confronting average (1.79) and save percentage (.936) in 2004–05

New York Rangers/NHL records [edit]

• Simply goaltender in NHL history to record 30 wins in each of first vii seasons^[75]
• First NHL goaltender to kickoff his career with xi straight, xx-win seasons, and became overall the 15th NHL goaltender to have won at least xx games in a flavor eleven times^[32]
• About shutouts past a goaltender in Madison Foursquare Garden
• New York Rangers lodge tape, games played, single flavor: 73 (2009–10)
• The Rangers all-time leader in shutouts (regular season and playoffs combined)^[76]
• Most wins (459) by a New York Rangers goaltender
• Fastest goaltender to record 400 wins in NHL history
• Most shutouts (64) past a New York Rangers goaltender
• Most Playoffs wins (61) past a New York Rangers goaltender
• Consecutive Game seven wins (6)
• Nearly combined games played (985)
• Most combined regular season and playoff saves
• Near wins past a European-born goaltender in NHL history
• Most saves in the shootout by a goaltender (career)
• First goaltender in NHL history with consecutive 50+ save wins (since shots were beginning tracked in the 1955–56 season). Announced during a broadcast on 3 March 2018, he had 100 saves on 106 shots in the final two games played

Olympics records [edit]

• Winter Olympics record for consecutive minutes without allowing a goal: 172 minutes and 34 seconds (2006 to 2010)

Awards [edit]

Elitserien awards [edit]

Laurels	Year(s) awarded
Inferior Hockey Histrion of the Yr	2002
Honken Trophy	2003, 2004, 2005
Guldhjälmen	2005
Guldpucken	2005

NHL/New York Rangers awards [edit]

Laurels	Year(southward) awarded
NHL All-Rookie Team	2006
Steven McDonald Extra Try Award	2006, 2018
New York Rangers' MVP	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018
Victoria Cup – New York Rangers	2008
John Halligan Good Guy Award	2008
NHL All-Star Game	2009, 2011, 2012, 2018, 2019
Vezina Trophy	2012
NHL Outset All-Star Team	2012
NHL Second All-Star Team	2013
NHL All-Decade 2nd Team	2010s[77]

Nominations [edit]

Accolade	Twelvemonth(s) nominated
Vezina Trophy	2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013
Ride of Fame	2010[78]
Hart Memorial Trophy	2012
Ted Lindsay Award	2012
King Clancy Memorial Trophy	2019, 2020

International [edit]

Award	Year(due south) awarded
WC All-time Goaltender	2004
WC All-Star Team	2004
Olympic All-Star Team	2014[79]
IIHF All-Time Sweden Team	2020

See besides [edit]

• List of family unit relations in the NHL

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External links [edit]

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database, or TSN.ca
• Henrik Lundqvist biography at hockeygoalies.org

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Stefan Liv	Honken Trophy 2003, 2004, 2005	Succeeded by Johan Holmqvist
Preceded past Magnus Kahnberg	Guldhjälmen 2005	Succeeded by Andreas Karlsson
Preceded by Johan Davidsson	Guldpucken 2005	Succeeded by Kenny Jönsson
Preceded by Jed Ortmeyer	Steven McDonald Extra Endeavour Laurels 2006	Succeeded by Jed Ortmeyer
Preceded by Tim Thomas	Winner of the Vezina Trophy 2012	Succeeded past Sergei Bobrovsky

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrik_Lundqvist