Henrik Zetterberg
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Zetterberg in 2008
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| Born |
9 October 1980 Njurunda, Sweden |
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| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 88 kg (194 lb; 13 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position | Center/Left Wing | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
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NHL team Former teams |
Detroit Red Wings Timrå Red Eagles EV Zug |
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| National team |
 Sweden
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| NHL Draft | 210th overall, 1999 Detroit Red Wings |
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| Playing career | 1997–present | ||
| Website | Henrikzetterberg.com | ||
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| Representing Sweden
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| Ice hockey | ||
| Winter Olympics | ||
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2006 Turin | |
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2014 Sochi | |
| World Championships | ||
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2006 Latvia | |
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2003 Finland | |
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2001 Germany | |
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2002 Sweden | |
Henrik Zetterberg (born 9 October 1980) is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward and captain of the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Along with winning the Stanley Cup in 2008, Zetterberg won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Most Valuable Player of the 2008 Stanley Cup playoffs. He won gold medals in the 2006 Ice Hockey World Championships and 2006 Winter Olympics, as part of the first team to ever win both tournaments in the same year, also making him a member of the Triple Gold Club.
Zetterberg started his youth league career playing games for the Njurunda Sports Club, as did Fredrik Modin. In 2008, the club renamed their arena—until then known as Njurunda Ishall—to Modin & Zetterberg Hall in their honor.
Zetterberg caught the attention of the Red Wings' Assistant General Manager Jim Nill and Director of European Scouting Håkan Andersson during a tournament in Finland. While Andersson was trying to point out Mattias Weinhandl, Nill could not help noticing "this little Zetterberg guy who always seemed to have the puck."
Zetterberg was selected by the Detroit Red Wings 210th overall in the seventh round of the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. Detroit was under criticism at the time for "mortgaging its future", trading away many of its earlier picks in the 1999 Draft. After playing for Timrå IK of the Swedish Elitserien for the 2000–01 and 2001–02 seasons, Zetterberg signed his entry-level contract on 16 May 2002. Zetterberg came to Detroit to play his rookie season in the NHL in the 2002–03 season.
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