Henrik Lundqvist

Henrik Lundqvist
Date of birth	March 2, 1982
place of birth	Are , Sweden
Nickname	Hank, King Henrik
size	185 cm
Weight	88 kg
position	goalkeeper
number	# 30
Catch hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2000 , 7th lap, 205th position New York Rangers
Career stations
1999-2005	Frölunda HC
since 2005	New York Rangers

Henrik Björn Lundqvist (born March 2, 1982 in Åre ) is a Swedish ice hockey goalkeeper who has played for the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League since 2005 and holds several franchise records in his position . His twin brother Joel is also a professional ice hockey player, who was also active in the NHL in the meantime and now plays at Frölunda HC in the Svenska Hockeyligan .

With the Swedish national team , Lundqvist won gold medals at the 2006 Winter Olympics and the 2017 World Cup .

Career

Frölunda HC (1999-2005)

Already in the NHL Entry Draft 2000 Henrik Lundqvist of the NHL club New York Rangers was drawn in the seventh round as 205th, but stayed in Sweden for the time being. He played for the top Swedish club and multiple Swedish champions Frölunda HC from Gothenburg until 2005 , where he was awarded the Honkens trofé three times in a row as the best goalkeeper in the Elitserien and once with the Guldhjälmen as MVP .

Henrik Lundqvist in the Rangers' goal

New York Rangers (since 2005)

Right at the beginning of the 2005/06 season Lundqvist was used because the goalkeeper Kevin Weekes was injured. As early as October 2005, the Swede was able to complete his first game against the Florida Panthers without conceding a goal, making him the first rookie to score in the New York Rangers' goal since January 1985. All in all, Lundqvist had a successful rookie season, in goalkeeping statistics such as the counter goal and saved shots he was in the top five of the first division. In the play-offs, however, the keeper could not build on the performances of the regular season and lost the three games in the series against the New Jersey Devils . Nevertheless, Lundqvist received a nomination for the Vezina Trophy as best goalkeeper, but he could not decide for himself.

In his second season with the Blueshirts , the Swede was able to confirm his achievements from last season and consistently established himself as one of the best goalkeepers in the NHL, so that the fans nicknamed Lundqvist King Henrik or The King . In the game against the Dallas Stars in December 2006, there was a clash of twin brothers in the NHL for the third time when Lundqvist played against his brother Joel . In the 7-0 victory of the Rangers against the Atlanta Thrashers in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals , Lundqvist completed a game without conceding a goal in the play-offs as the first goalkeeper since Mike Richter in 1997. Following the season, the Swede received a nomination for the Vezina Trophy for the second time in a row, but again he did not receive it. During the summer break, he extended his contract for a year with a rumored annual salary of 4.25 million US dollars.

During the current 2007/08 season there was another contract extension Lundqvists, in which they agreed on a further collaboration for six years, which brings the goalkeeper a total salary of 41.25 million dollars. This contract made Lundqvist the highest paid goalkeeper in the NHL in terms of average annual salary. In February 2008, he managed the eighth shutout of the season, what Eddie Giacomin did at the Rangers in the 1970/71 season. With his 30th win of the season in March 2008, he is the second goalie behind Ron Hextall , who celebrated at least 30 wins in his first three seasons in the NHL. In October 2008 Lundqvist was able to win the Victoria Cup with the Rangers by beating Metallurg Magnitogorsk . In the 2008/09 season the Swede was nominated for the NHL All-Star Game and won the competition of the Elimination Shootout . In March 2009, a victory over the Nashville Predators made Lundqvist the first goalkeeper in NHL history to win at least 30 games in each of his first four seasons. He expanded this record to seven seasons in which he succeeded in the following three years.

In January 2012 he reached the 40th shoutout of his career in a 3-0 win against the Winnipeg Jets and won the Vezina Trophy as the best goalkeeper in the league following the 2011/2012 season . In the following season, Lundqvist scored the 43rd shootout victory of his career in the game against the Buffalo Sabers in March 2013, overtaking the previous record holder Martin Brodeur in this category . In December 2013, the Swede and the Rangers agreed on a new seven-year contract that finally made him the highest-paid goalkeeper in the NHL with an annual salary of $ 8.5 million.

Lundqvist in goal for the Swedish national team

The 2013/14 season was to be another highlight of Lundqvist's career, breaking several Rangers goalkeeping records such as most wins and most clean sheets. With his sometimes outstanding achievements, he was instrumental in the entry of the Blueshirts into the Stanley Cup finals, where they lost to the Los Angeles Kings . In the following season he was able to confirm his performance from the previous year, but had to take a break of almost two months from February 2015 due to a neck injury. In the play-offs, the team's performance was again significantly influenced by the strong performances of the goalkeeper, who recorded an average of 2.11 goals against and a catch rate of 92.8% in 19 games, but with that the Rangers were eliminated in the Eastern- Conference final against the Tampa Bay Lightning could not prevent.

After almost 15 years in New York, Lundqvist was no longer the undisputed "number 1" of the Rangers in the 2019/20 season, so he played one game less than his previous backup Alexander Georgiev during the season .

International

It was not until the 2005/06 season that the New Yorkers took their option on him and he was quickly able to assert himself in the NHL. As a regular goalkeeper of the Rangers, he came to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , where his team, thanks to his good performance in the final against Finland , was Olympic champion for the second time since 1994.

At the 2014 Olympics , he won the silver medal with the Swedish national team. He also represented his home country at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey and achieved third place with the team. At the 2017 World Cup, he won the gold medal.

Achievements and Awards

2000 Swedish junior champion with the Västra Frölunda HC 2001 Swedish junior champion with the Västra Frölunda HC 2003 Swedish champion with Västra Frölunda HC 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 2018 NHL All-Star Game 2019 NHL All-Star Game

International

2000 bronze medal at the U18 Junior World Championship 2003 silver medal at the world championship 2004 silver medal at the world championship 2004 World Championship All-Star Team 2006 gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games

2014 silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games 2014 All-Star Team of the Olympic Winter Games 2016 3rd place at the World Cup of Hockey 2017 gold medal at the  world championship

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

				Regular season										Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	S.	N	U / OT	Min	GT	SO	GTS	Sv%		Sp	S.	N	Min	GT	SO	GTS	Sv%
1998/99	Västra Frölunda HC	J20 SuperElit		35				2100	95	0	2.73			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999/00	Västra Frölunda HC	J20 SuperElit		30th				1726	73	0	2.43			6th	5	1	360	12	0	2.00
2000/01	Västra Frölunda HC	J20 SuperElit		19th				1140	50	2	2.63			2	2	0	120	5	0	2.50
2000/01	Västra Frölunda HC	Elitserien		4th				191	11	0	3.46	88.2		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000/01	IF Mölndal Hockey	Allsvenskan		9				420	30th	0	4.28			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2001/02	Västra Frölunda HC	Elitserien		20th				1153	52	2	2.71	89.9		8th	8th		489	18th	2	2.21	93.1
2001/02	Västra Frölunda HC	J20 SuperElit		1				60	4th	0	4.00			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	Västra Frölunda HC	Elitserien		28				1651	40	6th	1.45	94.8		12			740	26th	2	2.11	92.2
2003/04	Västra Frölunda HC	Elitserien		48				2898	105	7th	2.17	92.7		10			610	20th	0	1.97	93.6
2004/05	Frölunda HC	Elitserien		44	33	8th	3	2642	79	6th	1.79	93.5		14th	12	2	854	15th	6th	1.05	96.2
2005/06	New York Rangers	NHL		53	30th	12	9	3111	116	2	2.24	92.2		3	0	3	177	13	0	4.41	83.5
2006/07	New York Rangers	NHL		70	37	22nd	8th	4108	160	5	2.34	91.7		10	6th	4th	637	22nd	1	2.07	92.4
2007/08	New York Rangers	NHL		72	37	24	10	4304	160	10	2.23	91.2		10	5	5	608	26th	1	2.57	90.9
2008/09	New York Rangers	NHL		70	38	25th	7th	4152	168	3	2.43	91.6		7th	3	4th	380	19th	1	3.00	90.8
2009/10	New York Rangers	NHL		73	35	27	10	4204	167	4th	2.38	92.1		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	New York Rangers	NHL		68	36	27	5	4007	152	11	2.28	92.3		5	1	4th	345	13	0	2.26	91.7
2011/12	New York Rangers	NHL		62	39	18th	5	3754	123	8th	1.97	93.0		20th	10	10	1251	38	3	1.82	93.1
2012/13	New York Rangers	NHL		43	24	16	3	2575	88	2	2.05	92.6		12	5	7th	756	27	2	2.14	93.4
2013/14	New York Rangers	NHL		63	33	24	5	3655	144	5	2.36	92.0		25th	13	11	1516	54	1	2.14	92.7
2014/15	New York Rangers	NHL		46	30th	13	3	2743	103	3	2.25	92.2		19th	11	8th	1166	41	0	2.11	92.8
2015/16	New York Rangers	NHL		65	35	21st	7th	3772	156	4th	2.48	92.0		5	1	3	205	15th	0	4.39	86.7
2016/17	New York Rangers	NHL		57	31	20th	4th	3241	148	2	2.74	91.0		12	6th	6th	775	29	1	2.25	92.7
2017/18	New York Rangers	NHL		63	26th	26th	7th	3503	174	2	2.98	91.5		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	New York Rangers	NHL		52	18th	23	10	3089	158	0	3.07	90.7		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019/20	New York Rangers	NHL		30th	10	12	3	1597	84	1	3.16	90.5		2	0	2	120	7th	0	3.53	90.1
J20 SuperElit overall				85				5026	222	2	2.62			8th	7th	1	480	17th	0	2.13
Elitserien total				144				8535	287	21st	2.01	92.9		44			2691	79	10	1.76	93.9
NHL overall				887	459	310	96	51817	2101	64	2.43	91.8		130	61	67	7936	304	10	2.30	92.1

International

Represented Sweden at:

U18 Junior World Championship 2000 U20 World Junior Championship 2001 U20 Junior World Championship 2002 World Championship 2003 World Championship 2004 World Cup of Hockey 2004 World Championship 2005

2006 Winter Olympics World Championship 2008 2010 Winter Olympics 2014 Winter Olympics World Cup of Hockey 2016 World Championship 2017 World Championship 2019

year	team	event	result		Sp	S.	N	OTN	Min	GT	SO	GTS	Sv%
2000	Sweden	U18 World Cup			4th	3	1	0	240	9	0	2.25	93.9
2001	Sweden	U20 World Cup	4th Place		7th	3	4th	0	419	13	0	1.86	92.8
2002	Sweden	U20 World Cup	6th place		7th	3	2	2	419	15th	1	2.15	90.6
2003	Sweden	WM			Without any effort
2004	Sweden	WM			8th	5	1	2	476	13	1	1.64	92.5
2004	Sweden	World cup	5th place		Without any effort
2005	Sweden	WM	4th Place		9	6th	3	0	510	20th	1	2.35	89.4
2006	Sweden	Olympia			6th	5	1	0	360	14th	0	2.33	90.7
2008	Sweden	WM	4th Place		5	3	2	0	283	14th	0	2.97	91.1
2010	Sweden	Olympia	5th place		3	2	1	0	179	4th	2	1.34	92.7
2014	Sweden	Olympia			6th	5	1	0	360	9	2	1.50	94.3
2016	Sweden	World cup	3rd place		3	1	2	0	187	7th	1	2.25	94.0
2017	Sweden	WM			5	4th	0	0	320	7th	0	1.31	94.6
2019	Sweden	WM	5th place		6th	4th	2	0	359	17th	1	2.84	88.7
Juniors overall					18th	9	7th	2	1078	37	1	2.06	92.2
Men overall					51	35	13	2	3034	105	8th	2.07	91.7

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; ¹  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

Personal

Lundqvist is married and has two daughters. Together with his former teammate Sean Avery and other partners, he owns a restaurant in the New York borough of Tribeca .

Since 2009 Lundqvist has been involved in the charitable Garden of Dreams Foundation , which, in cooperation with Madison Square Garden and its tenants , initiates various projects and charity events for children with disabilities . As a result, the Swede has been selling various items of clothing under the name Crown Collection since 2012 , the proceeds of which flow proportionally into the foundation. In 2014, he and his wife Therese founded the Henrik Lundqvist Foundation , which is committed to education and health for disadvantaged children and adults and works with regional foundations and charities. Lundqvist is also an athlete ambassador for the development aid organization Right to Play . Due to his diverse social commitment, the goalkeeper was nominated for the NHL Foundation Player Award in May 2015 , but could not prevail against Brent Burns from the San Jose Sharks .

Lundqvist is also known to the US public for his affinity for fashion, as a result of which he has been working as an advertising character and model with the Swedish fashion brand Bread & Boxers since January 2014 .

Web links

Commons : Henrik Lundqvist  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Player biography on the New York Rangers website
• Henrik Lundqvist at hockeygoalies.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ NYDailyNews.com Despite Henrik Lundqvist's struggles, Cam Talbot a last resort for Rangers
2. ↑ washingtonpost.com It's (very) early, but Henrik Lundqvist might have made the save of the year for the Rangers
3. ↑ hockeysfuture.com Rangers 2005-06 rookie review
4. ^ Washingtonpost.com Rangers, Lundqvist Agree to 1-Year Deal
5. ↑ tsn.ca Lundqvist inks 6-year deal with Rangers ( Memento from February 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ nytimes.com Lundqvist Wins Vezina Trophy
7. ↑ espn.go.com Henrik Lundqvist stays with Rangers
8. ↑ nytimes.com Henrik Lundqvist's Return to Rangers Is Ruined by Bruins
9. ↑ cbssports.com Henrik Lundqvist couldn't do it all for the Rangers
10. ↑ nydailynews.com Henrik Lundqvist skips Rangers practice as wife gives birth to baby girl
11. ↑ foodrepublic.com Henrik Lundqvist: Rising Restaurant Mogul
12. ↑ nhl.com Lundqvist launches 'Crown Collection'
13. ↑ hlundqvistfoundation.com Henrik Lundqvist Foundation - Our Mission
14. ↑ nhl.com NHL Foundation finalists: Burns, Giordano, Lundqvist
15. ↑ usatoday.com NHL's list of best dressed? It's short and Swedes
16. ↑ sportsbuisnessdaily.com Henrik Lundqvist Partners With Swedish Underwear Brand Bread & Boxers