Henrik Lundqvist biography
Henrik Lundqvist 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 30 wins in each of his first seven seasons. His dominating play during his rookie season resulted in the New York media and Rangers fans giving him the nickname, King Henrik.
Henrik Lundqvist age/early life
He was born in Are, Sweden on March 2, 1982, his birth sign is Pisces. He is currently 37 years old. He grew up with his identical twin brother Joel, together with his brother, they chose to play ice hockey over the more popular winter games. With his twin brother, Their interest in hockey grew even stronger when their father Peter took him and his brother to hockey club in Scandinavium, Gothenburg.
Henrik Lundqvist Nationality
He is a Swedish citizen by birth.
Henrik Lundqvist Education
Concerning his education progress, he always did well in school. He was always a competitive student together with his brother. Mostly he liked ice skating.
Henrik Lundqvist Family
He is the son of Eva Johansson and Peter Lundqvist, has an identical twin, Joel, who played 134 NHL games as a forward for the Dallas Stars. It was his brother who volunteered him to play goalie in a youth league in their hometown of Are, Sweden. He is a few minutes older than his brother. Also, a sister.
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Henrik Lundqvist Marriage
He is a married man. His wife Theresa Anderson. The couple bumped into each other in 1998 while he was playing hockey for Frolunda, they dated for 12 years before taking their relationship to the next level by getting engaged in 2010 and then finally walking down the aisle in August 2011. They are proud parents to two daughters – Charlise and Juli. They welcomed their first daughter, Charlise Lundqvist on July 10, 2012, and their second daughter Juli, on March 20, 2015.
Henrik Lundqvist Career
He is mostly known for his sensational quickness, strong positional play, concentration tracking pucks, athleticism, upright torso stance as well as style. At the beginning of Henrik’s rookie season in 2005-06, he made his NFL debut on 8th October 2005 against the New Jersey Devils.
On 8th January 2009, he was selected to play in a 2009 NHL All-Star Game held in Montreal. The same year on 24th January, he made his first All-star appearance in an Elimination Shootout. Later, on 4th December 2013, Henrik signed a 7 years, $59.5 million contract extension with the Rangers. It made him the highest-paid goaltender in NHL with the average annual cap hit of $8.5 million.
In 2014, he recorded his 302nd win to become the most winning goaltender in the history of the Rangers, passing Mike Richter. A week later, he recorded his 50th regular season shutout to become the Rangers’ shutout leader, surpassing Hall of Fame goalie Eddie Giacomin. Henrik is known as one that always stays in the mouth of the goal in the ice, he has a very strong outgoing life outside the ice. He co-owns a restaurant, Tiny’s, in the Tribeca neighborhood of New York City.
Henrik also got a heart for the people. In May 2018, just some days after one of the Rangers’ fans an 11-year-old O’Callaghan Brendan, suffered serious injuries in a New Jersey school bus crash that claimed the lives of two others, He and his teammates reached out to the youngster and his family with a package from the NHL team. The package included one of his hockey sticks autographed by himself, together with a card that showed their best wishes for him.
Henrik Lundqvist Net worth
He has a net worth of $35 million.
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