Henrik Lundqvist is Sweden's goalkeeper forhockey. At the club level, he defends the colors of the NHL New York Rangers. Henrik was born on March 2, 1982 in Sweden. In the big hockey, King Henrik has been performing since 2000, when he was drafted by the "Rangers". The highest paid NHL goalkeeper is Henrik Lundqvist. In 2013, he signed an agreement worth $ 50 million, which ends in 2020. The
Carier start
"New York Rangers" had a peak in the seventh roundlottery NHL draft pick in 2000. The club from the Big Apple chose Henrik under the peak of 205. His twin brother Yoel was chosen by the Texas "Dallas" much earlier - under the general peak of 68.
After the draft Henrik continued to speak in theSwedish hockey league, and in 2004, according to experts, he became the sixth most promising European hockey player. A year later, the goalkeeper was recognized as the MVP of the Swedish championship, setting five league records.
The debut in the National Hockey League took place in late autumn 2005. Injury received the main goalkeeper of the "Rangers" Kevin Weeks, and his place at the gate was taken by Henrik Lundqvist.
National Hockey League
Since his debut for the "New York Rangers"Lundquist did not change a single club. Moreover, Henrik immediately became the team's main goalkeeper, replacing the injured Wicks in the goal frame. In the first season in the NHL Hank spent 53 games in the frame of the gate, "Rangers". The team was able to win in 30 fights, which helped her to enter the Stanley Cup-offs. In the regular season, Henrik Lundqvist played two matches, not missing a single puck. In the playoffs, he missed every match.
In the next three seasons, the team's resultshave improved. The percentage of Henkrik's pucks was kept at an average of 91.5%. But the team could not even reach the Eastern Conference final. Twice, "New York" was stopped at the quarterfinals and once in the ½ tournament.
Failures in the playoffs of the Stanley Cup
Only once did the team of Henrik Lundquist fail tothe results of the regular championship to go to the playoff round. It happened in the 2009-2010 season. Even 35 victorious matches did not allow the club to get into the TOP-8 of the Eastern Conference.
Despite the fact that over the past 13 years, "New YorkRangers "only once did not get into the playoffs, this period can not be called successful. Every time a team took part in games through the game, they could not stay there.
In 2012 and in 2013, Henrik Lundquist with hisa great game "on the ribbon" drove the team to the decisive matches in the conference, but the battle for the NHL final both times ended in failure. Only the third time, the Rangers were able to win the Eastern Conference, but in the final they were unable to get the cup.
Reliable game "King Henrik" framed gateallowed his club to win their division twice. Both times, the team was able to win more than 50 wins in 82 games of the NHL regular season. For the first time it happened in the season 2011-2012. Henrik Lundqvist played 62 games, and the percentage of shots hit was 93. This was the highest figure in his NHL career. The second time, "New York" won the division in 2015, scoring 53 wins.
National team
During his career in the national team of Sweden Lundquist smogwin two Olympic medals. The first was golden. In the finals of the Turin Olympics, the Swedes beat the Finnish team with a score of 3-2. The second Olympic medal was earned in 2014 at the Olympics in Sochi. Then the team Lundqvist lost in the finals of the Canadian team. Henrik got into the symbolic team of the Olympics 2014, despite the crushing defeat in the final tournament.
In 2003 and 2004, the Swedish teamstopped a step away from winning gold medals at the World Championships. In 2004, Henrik got into the symbolic team at the World Championships in the Czech Republic. He was able to win his first and only world gold at the 2017 World Cup. In the final match, Lundquist won a series of shootouts from his opponent with the Canadian team.
