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 want to be with the Rangers, that's the main reason I'm here. I know it is hard coming from Europe to come to the NHL right away.
When they shoot form the middle they have so many options, it can hit someone. It's easier when we let them shoot from the sides. There's more time to see the puck easier. We talked about it to pressure harder and pressure at the right times and I think that's the key right now.
Playing for both teams is a dream come true for me. The first dream I had was to play for the national team. But then when I got older, I dreamed of playing in the NHL, too. I'm playing both right now. The Olympics, I'm really excited for that. That's what I've been dreaming about. It's hard to compare which is more fun because both are such huge things in my life.
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.
I usually have a hard time with the fit of off-the-rack suits, thanks to my athletic proportions, but somehow Burberry always fits me perfectly. There's no tailoring really required, which is rare for me.
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 don't think it's a problem because there are important games coming up.
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've got a game early the next day and we talked about it and it was decided the best thing was getting the rest.
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.