Henrik Lundqvist
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Lundqvist in October 2014.
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2 March 1982 Åre, Sweden |
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| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb; 13 st 5 lb) | ||
| Position | Goaltender | ||
| Catches | Left | ||
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NHL team Former teams |
New York Rangers Frölunda HC (SHL) |
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| National team |
 Sweden
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| NHL Draft | 205th overall, 2000 New York Rangers |
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| Playing career | 2001–present | ||
| Website | hlundqvist30.com | ||
 Lundqvist playing for the Swedish Hockey team at the Olympics. |
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| Representing Sweden
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| Men's ice hockey | ||
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2006 Turin | Ice hockey |
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2014 Sochi | Ice hockey |
| World Championships | ||
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2003 Helsinki | Ice hockey |
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2004 Prague | Ice hockey |
| Men's inline hockey | ||
| World Championships | ||
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2002 Nuremberg | Inline hockey |
| Swedish Championships | ||
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2003 | Ice hockey |
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2005 | Ice hockey |
Henrik Lundqvist (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈhɛnrɪk ˈlɵndkvɪst]; born 2 March 1982) is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender for 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 ten 30 win seasons in his first 11 seasons. His dominating play during his rookie season resulted in the New York media and Rangers fans giving him the nickname "King Henrik". 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 three consecutive seasons; 2003, 2004, and 2005. In 2005, he also won two of the most prestigious awards in Swedish ice hockey, the Golden Puck and the Golden Helmet.
Lundqvist is considered a butterfly style goalie, though unorthodox because of the aggressive way he performs the butterfly. He is best known for his sensational quickness, athleticism, strong positional play, and style.
Henrik Lundqvist grew up with his identical twin 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 winter sports. During the winters, their kindergarten teachers used the kindergarten's 9 meters × 3 meters (30 ft × 10 ft) sandpit to freeze an outdoor ice rink where the twins would frequently skate. Their interest in hockey grew even stronger when their father Peter took the twins to see Västra Frölunda HC play in Scandinavium, Gothenburg. Henrik has said that he and Joel were very competitive growing up, in sports as well as school. Peter worked for a company who sponsored Frölunda, and Henrik and Joel saw many games in Scandinavium, where Frölunda became their favorite team. 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's 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 TV-pucken in 1996, and in 1997, when Joel was also selected. During the 1997–98 season, Henrik and Joel were extensively scouted by Frölunda, and while playing for Rögle in the 1998 Scandinavium Cup in Gothenburg, Frölunda's junior team manager and under-16 coach Janne Karlsson contacted their father, who told Henrik and Joel about Frölunda's interest in them while driving home to Båstad.
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