Henrik Lundqvist
Henrik Lundqvist
Henrik Lundqvistis a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League. 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...
NationalitySwedish
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth2 March 1982
CityAre, Sweden
CountrySweden
I don't think it's a problem because there are important games coming up.
We've got a game early the next day and we talked about it and it was decided the best thing was getting the rest.
It just feels great to have this finish in the game and show everybody in the hockey world that Sweden is a great team, a great nation. After a couple tough years, we're finally back where we belong.
It's real important games for us, we really have to start winning. Everything's easier when you're winning.
I'm getting close to the game I want to play over here, ... It's not just the smaller rink that's different, it's how they play. In Sweden, a lot of players are good passers, good skaters. They hold on to the puck more. There's a lot more dump and chase over here. They go for the net and shoot. If they find an opening over here, they'll hit it.
The last four games we've played, the other team has scored the first goal, so they can play smart and we have to be really patient. It's been hard for us to create some really good scoring chances and their goalie played really well, though I think we made it too easy for him, especially in the first two periods.
No special suits for game days. I like to keep all my favorites in the mix. I'm always trying to look my best, even when I'm just visiting a city for eight hours and then getting back on a plane again.
It felt good to get a win again because the last loss really bothers me and I think it bothers the whole team. It feels good to be back on the right track.
I think me and Kevin have let in the same amount of goals as we did before the break, but we don't score as many.
We came to the tournament with pretty high expectations. We really wanted to win.
I felt like I could play at their level over there. I felt ready to take the step.
I feel good, but at the same time it feels like I'm taking a chance if I'm going to the world championship. I talked to the medical guys here and it feels like the best thing to do for the future is to work in the gym and just take it easy - not put any stress on it.
We had a good talk today and right now everybody is focused on doing whatever we can do to get a win Saturday. If we get a win, a lot of things can happen.
It was a good play by them. I was also a little bit surprised. I didn't see him.