Henrik and Joel Lundqvist Swedish Interview (2009)

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Our favorite hockey brethren on the country model, fashion interest, New York, twin differences and who really is the best at flirting.
The article is written by Helen Skoog.

Henrik and Joel Lundqvist is not perhaps the world's nicest hockey brethren, they named the twins are doing now debut as models - the Brothers last campaign. And with a brother in New York and the other on Swedish soil we took the chance to talk with Lundqvist Fonts when, for once, was in the same place.

What was it like to model?
Joel: - It was really fun!
Henry: - It is the first time we do something great together. I've done quite a few metal connections in recent years for various magazines. It is a bit different when it's a campaign, you look at the details of the images and it takes a little longer, but it was great fun.

What is your dress style private?
Joel: - In the very matches, and dinners, which likes to dress up both with the suit, but Henry is a link to more everyday. I'm a bit more casual, more sporty.
Henry: - If I look at my dress so I think I have matured. There are more classic now, more stylish. When I was young it was more sweeping.
Joel - "I've been running the balanced way all the time.
Henry: - But as people we're ... I'm a bit more forward, it happens more. Joel has always been ...
Joel: - A little safer, a bit safer.
(Both laugh).
Henry: - Let's try to be serious here.
Joel - "I was serious!

Who is most interested in fashion then?
Joel: - You have been more in focus, with fashion magazines and the entire piece. So you are more aware of what you wear. Since I also like to dress me up and have nice clothes, but you run the more link to daily life. This gives people the impression that you exert yourself more.
Henry: - When I'm going to go to a workout, they can expect me to somewhere else, because I will always be in the shirt. Even if the clock is nine in the morning. But I feel so.

What do you part as individuals?
Henry: - What we are doing've shaped us. I'm the goalie, I go my own way all the time. I am perhaps more selfish, too. You are more a team player.
Joel - I'm more attentive, haha.
Henry: - And better at keeping time. I'm bad at it. I'm probably more preoccupied, too.
What do you do together when they see you?
Henry: - When both were in the U.S. we used to be the day before the game and eat dinner. In the summer we are out at sea or ... Now, he's got family, so he has had other priorities. I can call and ask if we are going to play tennis or play music or do anything, but it is quite difficult.
Joel: - One should respect one day in advance, so that I can plan.
Henry: - One day! Sometimes you get book almost a week in advance. No, but we have different lives now. So it is. And different priority bits.
You are now decreed, but who was best at flirting girls when you were younger?
Joel - So Henry may like to believe that he was the best. I hit the timid style, in the background.
Henry: - When we were little, I think that many girls felt we were sweet, we had fun the hockey guys. When we were between 1o and 14, then it was much hockey. Then began the interest in girls to come. Then of course I would think I was more forward than you were, but perhaps I was not?
Do you have the same taste in the case of women?
Joel - "I met my wife when I was 18 years. I knew early what I wanted in a woman. A sports girl, active, cheerful and open, but humble. And I found her.
Henry: - I watch a lot of charisma, there must be a smart girl, tolig. We have to have fun together, it is incredibly important.
You have many fans. What is it konstigste someone has done?
Joel: - There was someone in Dallas who had baked muffins ... We were three Swedes on the team and she said: "Oh, you are so goa. Here you muffins. When we came around a corner went in the trash. Maybe it was the pills in them or something. No, but there are always fans who really go for it, but we should respect it. it is what we live by.
Henry, you who live in New York, are you recognized on the town?
Henry: - Sometimes, especially of those living and working in New York, following Rangers. Since it is so much tourists in town. It's nice when you live with the craziness around Madison Square Garden, with appearances by the very fans and the media, and so takes a taxi, two streets away and they do not even know that there has been a match. On balance, I like that one can relax completely and live a fairly normal life.

Normal life? I've heard about your luxury roof terrace ...
Henry: - Is it not all live? Haha. No, but when I say normal, it's because I can relax. When I am in Sweden I feel observed in a different way.
Tell us about your apartment!
Henry: - Now it's like a knockout, we wanted to do on and clean out everything. it will be good. We have a beautiful terrace, which we do in order. It feels nice to be able to go out and get ... Fresh air, I'd say, but it's pretty high up, so that's pretty fresh air. It's a special noise in New York, but I like it. When I get home it is so quiet that I hear myself think. When everything is ready, the terrace will be a favorite spot, for sure.

You travel a lot, practicing and playing matches. How to keep a relationship alive with the life?
Joel: - During the season it becomes stressful. When you are living different lives. Many think it's glamorous to be spelarfru, but when you are together with an elite athlete, it is mycekt boxing training and travel. The case that they are strong mentally. Many believe that it is just to go shopping all the time, but so much fun, it is not in the long run. You have to find something of interest.
Henry: - The important thing is to have quality time together. One can be seen every day and it's just like that, but you have quality time when they see you, then it's no problem.

What do you do?
Henry: - Try to turn off the cell phone! Well, I have better myself. Then we order food home. When you travel as much as we do, this is the best you can do sometimes to just stay home and relax. Check out a movie or go to the movies. that we usually do ...

Henrik Lundqvist's Warmup Ritual

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Henrik Lundqvist spectacular save on Mike Mottau 2/6/2010

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Rangers' Lundqvist brilliant in win over Devils

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Sunday, February 7, 2010
BY ANDREW GROSS

NEW YORK — There were no late miracles for the Devils this time. Henrik Lundqvist saw to that.

Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist (30) stops a shot on the goal from Devils' Ilya Kovalchuk during the first period of Saturday nights game.
“It’s frustrating we couldn’t get another one by him,” Devils left wing Zach Parise said. “You’re not going to have too many games like that when you have that many shots and chances and only one goes in. It seems like Lundqvist saves his best for us.”

That’s certainly true lately. Lundqvist, brilliant with his glove all game, stopped 41 shots – 19 in the third period - as the Rangers scored three times in a span of 2:39 in the second period for a 3-1 win Saturday night at Madison Square Garden.

It marked Lundqvist’s first win in his last seven starts, and he has stopped 86 of the last 87 shots he’s faced against the Devils, including a 1-0 shootout loss on Jan. 12.

The Rangers (26-26-7), who got a goal and an assist from Ryan Callahan and another power-play goal after going 4-for-6 with the man advantage in Thursday’s 6-5 loss to the Capitals, won for just the second time in nine games.

“I’ve been working hard, sometimes almost too hard to get back and help the team to win,” Lundqvist said. “It’s a big relief to get a win. I’m happy with the way I played and I’m really happy with the way the team played.”

The Devils (36-19-2), who had Patrik Elias back after his 10-game absence because of a concussion and on a line with newly acquired sniper Ilya Kovalchuk, had scored three goals in the final 3:04 to beat the Maple Leafs, 4-3, Friday.

They got one-third of the way there Saturday as Dainius Zubrus ended Lundqvist’s bid for a fifth career shutout against the Devils at 11:11 of the third period, getting free in the slot and taking a pass from Elias.

“I think it balances their lines out,” Rangers defenseman Marc Staal said, referring to the addition of Kovalchuk and Elias. “You’ve got the Parise-[Travis] Zajac-[Jamie] Langenbrunner line and now you’ve got a 1-2 punch so now you’re thinking about that when you’re defending.”

But Lundqvist, 17-6-5 in his career against the Devils, turned aside all of Kovalchuk’s game-high eight shots and also snatched Mike Mottau’s rebound attempt at 7:04 of the third period despite initially not seeing where the puck went.

“I think we had great chances,” Devils coach Jacques Lemaire said. “Their goalie was great.”

Kovalchuk’s night ended when he scrapped with Devils’ nemesis Sean Avery at 17:44 of the third period with both receiving four minutes for roughing.

Lundqvist was sharp from the start, his best first-period stop coming at 18:58 when he gloved Rob Niedermayer’s shot from the slot off a short-handed two-on-one with Jay Pandolfo against Olli Jokinen.

He also gloved Mottau’s shot from the slot at 9:36 and alertly smothered Kovalchuk’s redirection attempt of Elias’ pass at 1:33.

Marian Gaborik started the Rangers’ second-period blitz at 7:20 on the Rangers’ first shot of the period when he tapped in Callahan’s pass to the post for a power-play goal. It ended a pinpoint passing sequence, with Michael Del Zotto finding Callahan in the right faceoff circle.

“It’s big when you know Hank is on his game,” Callahan said. “We’re going to have a great chance to win if we get one goal, maybe even two.”

Callahan made it 2-0 at 8:16 with an unassisted goal after Mottau failed to clear the puck from the Devils’ crease with his backhander. Chris Drury, who had gone eight games without a goal, completed the barrage at 9:59 off Matt Gilroy’s pass with Brandon Prust getting his first assist with the Rangers since being acquired along with Jokinen on Tuesday.


http://www.northjersey.com/sports/pro_sports/hockey/020710_Rangers_Lundqvist_brilliant_in_win_over_Devils.html

Lundqvist rallies Rangers to stop skid

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By LARRY BROOKS

It was a night on which all the King's men played well, but let's face it, far more often that not the Rangers are Humpty Dumptys unless the King himself is at the top of his game.
And that, friends, is just where Henrik Lundqvist was last night in outplaying Martin Brodeur, his rival from across the river, and backstopping the Blueshirts to a 3-1 Garden victory over the Devils just 48 hours after yielding six goals to the Capitals.
"I usually go over every tape, but there are some games you just have to let go because it's hard to find the answers," Lundqvist said after breaking a personal 0-6 streak in gaining his first victory since Jan. 19. "That type of game [against Washington] where that are that many mistakes, you just move on.
"[The losing streak] was weighing on me a little bit. I had been working hard but maybe too hard. It's a relief for me to get this win. . . . I'm very happy with the way I played and the team played."
The Rangers were resolute in gaining just their second victory (2-7) in nine games, taking care of all the details they had let slide in blowing a 5-3 lead on the way to a 6-5 defeat on Thursday against Washington. They were strong on the puck and, except for some power play confusion, kept odd-man rushes to a minimum. They also stopped the parade to the penalty box.
"With all due respect to Washington, we gave that game away by taking penalties," said Vinny Prospal. "It was a very painful loss. We were committed to not letting that happen again."
Rangers coach John Tortorella matched all night by sending distinct five-man units out against the Devils' top two units. The strategy was as much a winner as Lundqvist, who stopped 22 shots through the first 40 minutes before facing a 20-shot assault in the third, when he surrendered his shutout at 11:11.
The Erik Christensen-Marian Gaborik-Prospal unit played with the Marc Staal-Michal Rozsival defense pair against the Devils' Travis Zajac-Zach Parise-Jamie Langenbrunner line. The Olli Jokinen-Ryan Callahan-Brandon Dubinsky line played with the Michael Del Zotto-Dan Girardi pair against the Dainius Zubrus-Ilya Kovalchuk-Patrik Elias front line.
"It was kind of a surprise for me because I didn't play against Kovalchuk in the two games against Atlanta," said Del Zotto. "It's a lot of fun and a big challenge to play against a great players like he is.
"I just concentrated on not getting caught. I thought we did a really good job as a unit."
The penalty-kill was outstanding, especially through a stretch of 3:44 with the match scoreless early in the second that set the stage for a three-strike explosion within 2:39 soon after.
The scoreless tie was snapped on Gaborik's PP slam-dunk at the left porch at 7:20 to complete a brilliant passing play during which all five attackers moved the puck in the offensive zone before The Great Gabby got his 35th by converting Callahan's nifty backdoor feed.
It became 2-0 at 8:16 on Callahan's 35-foot drive that found net following a Devils' defensive zone turnover and then 3-0 at 9:59 when Chris Drury's wrist shot caught Brodeur moving in the wrong direction.
The Rangers, of course, have been moving in the wrong direction. But not last night, not on a night where all The King's Men were led by the King himself.


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Lundqvist dominates Devils; Rangers roll to 3-1 win

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By Jim Cerny, newyorkrangers.com

Henrik Lundqvist turned in a phenomenal 41-save performance, leading the Rangers to an extremely important 3-1 victory over the Devils on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden.

Lundqvist stopped the first 32 shots he faced until losing his shutout bid on a Dainius Zubrus goal with 8:49 to play in the third period. Though pelted with 20 shots in the final period, Lundqvist refused to surrender more than the one goal.

“It’s a relief to get a win and play a solid game,” said Lundqvist, who had not earned a victory since an 8-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Jan. 19. “It had been on my mind a little bit. I was working hard, but maybe too hard.”

Lundqvist and his teammates did a terrific job in holding New Jersey’s new star player, Ilya Kovalchuk, off the scoresheet; and the Blueshirts also did an excellent job of rattling Devils’ goalie Martin Brodeur during a wild sequence midway through the second period, changing the entire complexion of the game.

Ryan Callahan had a goal and an assist for the Rangers, who now have 59 points on the season and are tied with Philadelphia for eighth place in the Eastern Conference.

“Cally, let alone the goal and the assist, did all of the little things,” said Rangers head coach John Tortorella. “He added some important minutes to us.”

After 27 minutes of hockey had been played, the Rangers and Devils were locked in a scoreless struggle. In fact, the Rangers had managed just seven shots on goal to that point.

But in a span of 2:39, the Rangers exploded for three goals on four shots against Brodeur, electrifying the capacity crowd at MSG.

“It was big for us to score those goals that quickly,” said Lundqvist. “It changed the game.”

After killing off a pair of power plays early in the second period -- including 17 seconds worth of a two-man disadvantage -- the Rangers received a power play of their own when Rob Niedermeyer was penalized for hooking at 6:17. The Rangers made the Devils pay when Marian Gaborik netted his 35th goal of the season shortly thereafter.


Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist acknowledges the cheers from The Garden Faithful after being named the game's No. 1 star on Saturday night.
Gaborik finished a pretty passing sequence that began with Michael Del Zotto slipping a feed to Callahan in the slot. As the Devils collapsed towards Callahan, he found Gaborik alone to the side of the net for an easy tap-in power play goal at the 7:20 mark of the second to give the Rangers a 1-0 lead.

“It gives us confidence, especially to score against a great goalie like Brodeur,” said Gaborik, who has scored six goals in the last five games. “And definitely it’s better to play with the lead.”

The Rangers struck again 56 seconds later when Callahan floated a shot past a stunned Brodeur after stealing the puck inside the Devils’ blueline. Moments before actually scoring his 15th goal, Callahan nearly banked a shot off Brodeur’s stick and into the net.

“We were cycling the puck pretty well all game, and that shift we did the same,” said Callahan. “We got a turnover in the slot, and I tried to go upstairs with it. It was a really good second period for us.”

The Garden Faithful erupted in the sing-song “Mar-ty! Mar-ty!” chants as the Devils’ goalie hunched over in his crease and hung his head following Callahan’s score.

Not finished with their quick onslaught, the Rangers upped their lead to 3-0 at 9:59 as Chris Drury scored his ninth goal of the season. Rangers’ newcomer Brandon Prust led the rush into the Devils’ zone on left wing, and made a neat drop pass to Matt Gilroy. The rookie defenseman found Drury in the middle, and the Rangers’ captain snapped a shot past Brodeur, their third goal on four shots against the future Hall of Famer.

Prust earned his first point as a Ranger on the play on a night that he quickly became indoctrinated into the Rangers-Devils rivalry. The pugnacious Prust dropped the gloves twice in the first period with New Jersey’s hulking Andrew Peters, who stands five inches taller and weighs 45 pounds more than the 5-foot-11, 195-pound Prust. The assist on Drury’s goal was like the cherry on top of the sundae for the 25-year-old forward.

The beneficiary of the three quick goals was Lundqvist, who was absolutely sensational in goal for the Rangers. One game after allowing six goals in a 6-5 loss to the Washington Capitals, Lundqvist was sharp and focused right from the first drop of the puck on Saturday.

“Henrik was great today,” said Gaborik. “He was the difference.”

Particularly impressive were the saves Lundqvist made with his gloved hand through the contest. Clearly the Devils game plan was to challenge Lundqvist’s glove because they repeatedly tried to bet him to that side.

Time and again Lundqvist made not just solid, but extraordinary, glove saves against the Devils. It all began with a quick glove that snatched Kovalchuk’s wide-open redirection just 1:33 into the contest. It continued in the first period with a snatch of Vladimir Zharkov’s quick wrist shot at the 15-minute mark, and culminated with an incredibly important glove save to deny Rob Niedermeyer off a 2-on-1 shorthanded rush with one minute to go in the opening period.

Lundqvist continued his stellar play in the second, beginning the period by dropping into the slits and throwing up his glove to thwart Jamie Langenbrunner’s power play blast at 2:30. And perhaps his most spectacular save came at 9:23 of the second when Patrick Elias had raised his stick in celebration, but had to put it back down when he realized that Lundqvist, on his knees, had robbed him with the glove.

Chants of “Hen-rik! Hen-rik!” filled The Garden all night long, and rose to a thunderous level 7:05 into the third when he burst across the crease from right-to-left and stoned a wide-open Mike Mottau with, what else, his gloved hand.

His performance in the third period was just plain sensational as the Devils pressed hard, looking for a late rally similar to the one they had in a 4-3 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs only 24 hours prior to this contest.

“He’s one of the best competitors I’ve ever seen,” Tortorella said of Lundqvist. “It was a big game for him, and had to be big for his self-confidence.”

The Rangers now get a brief respite from the hectic schedule. They do not play again until Wednesday night when they will host the Nashville Predators at MSG.


http://rangers.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2009020861

Henrik Lundqvist featured Olympic athlete on NYTimes.com (2010)

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Henrik Lundqvist - Sweden


About Henrik Lundqvist

Henrik Lundqvist burst onto the hockey scene as an National Hockey League rookie in 2005-6, grabbing the job as the starting goaltender for the New York Rangers and backstopping Sweden to a gold medal in the 2006 Olympics in Turin, Italy.

It was a whirlwind start for Lundqvist, 27, who went on to be a finalist for the Vezina Trophy as the N.H.L.’s top goaltender after each of his first three seasons and has become a full-fledged star in New York as well as in Sweden. Fans call him King Henrik, and he is frequently serenaded in Madison Square Garden with a charming chant of “Hen-reek, Hen-reek.” In 2008, the Rangers signed him to a six-year, $41.25 million contract.

“Players in front of him know if there’s a breakdown, he’s our last line of defense and he’s always there for us,’’ said defenseman Paul Mara, a Rangers teammate from 2007 to 2009. “He’s done it so many times. It helps you be confident just having him back there.”

Lundqvist, who grew up in Are, Sweden, was largely unknown in North America when the Rangers selected him in the seventh round of the 2000 draft. His identical twin brother, Joel, a forward who ended up playing three seasons in the N.H.L. before returning to Sweden, was chosen by Dallas in the third round of that draft. Henrik Lundqvist joined the Rangers in 2005, expecting to be a backup to starter Kevin Weekes.

When Weekes struggled, Lundqvist grabbed his opportunity. He was a sensation, winning 30 of his 53 games that season, and got another boost with his performance in the Olympics.

“It’s been amazing,” Lundqvist said during the 2006 Games. “All my dreams are coming true at once. But looking back, I think the key to this was going to New York and getting a really good start.”

Lundqvist’s strengths are his quickness and athleticism, as well as his excellent positioning. He plays deep in his crease, relying on his quick reflexes to react to shots.

“I think the recovery save is his best,” said Benoit Allaire, the Rangers’ goalie coach. “He’s one of the fastest guys around the league to recover, to go across on his knees. You think he won’t be there, but he will get there.”

Lundqvist is quick to heap praise on Allaire, one of the early teachers of the butterfly style, for his success.

Lundqvist’s biggest fans have been his Rangers teammates.

“I think the biggest thing about him is his competitiveness — not just wanting to win, but he stays with the puck even when it appears he may be beaten or completely out of the play,” said Matt Cullen, a Rangers center in 2006-7. “He battles so hard to get back in position. I think that’s probably his best attribute.”


http://2010games.nytimes.com/athletes/henrik-lundqvist-swe.html

Henkes three best-New York tips

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Best sightseeing: Want to see Manhattan from the top, but avoid the long queues at the Empire State Building? Go to the top of Rockefeller Center. Great view and a much smaller queue!

Best meal: At Houston (I hope they are still called so, they may have been renamed) at 27th Street and Park Avenue served the world's best Barbecue pork ribs. Incredibly good!

Best Club 1 Oak is always a safe bet.

Henrik Lundqvist, 27, has put New York on his feet.
Southland have met the Swedish ice hockey goalie who dresses like the superstar he is.
Swedish hockey and fashion sensibility is hardly two expressions we associate with each other.
Certainly, the Börje Salming managed to create himself a decent name in the underwear industry, but over the years, it is well, rather big trend scurrilous as the legendary
hockeyfrillan, monstrous playoff beard "Foppatofflan" which in one way or another can be traced back to the hockey rink.
We can therefore conclude that good Henrik Lundqvist is a man who goes his own way.
Far from hockeyfrillan
The Swedish super goalkeeper moved in 2005 to U.S. and New York to play in the NHL team New York Rangers and quickly became one of the most popular players among the discerning audience in Madison Square Garden. Fans call him "King Henry", he ranked as one of the league's absolute best burväktare and thanks to him, the Manhattan hockey crowd again began to dream of a Stanley Cup title - the first since 1994.
Rangers face
But it's not just on the ice as Henrik Lundqvist made success in New York. Besides, he has become one of the Rangers big face and a note of that. New York Post's lifestyle magazine has named him "the sexiest man on the ice," he appear in major television shows and he was seen constantly mingle on the red carpet
among New York's other super celebrities.
And he is always spotless clothes, something as groundbreaking as a hockey star with a cruel fashion eye.
Southland took a snack with Henrik Lundqvist on what it takes to become the world's sexiest Ismannen.

How do you dress up in winter?
- Since we are using a suit very much in team electoral events it becomes dark suits and coats a bit different. Fairly well-dressed, in other words, I like it better that way.

How would you describe your style?
- Well-dressed with a little attitude!

You have been chosen as Sweden's best-dressed man, put the pressure on you?
- No, I do not think. But it's pretty nice to live in New York - this feels like all the styles right, I like that!

Where you shop in New York?
- I like Soho. Otherwise, the department store Saks Fifth Avenue.

Do you have a style model?
- Well, it could well be James Bond, maybe ... haha.

What is your favorite clothes in the closet?
- A tuxedo jacket from D & G - it fits like a glove.

What was your last purchase?
- Two Armani ties.

What is your best and worst buy ever?
- The best thing is clear: a coat from Dolce & Gabbana. As far as bad buy, there are unfortunately a lot of choice ...

http://www.aftonbladet.se/sofismode/man/article6268839.ab

Henrik Lundqvist's best New York-tips

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Recently appointed to the sports world's third best-dressed man - and New York right now most famous Swedish.
Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist has understood its own favvisar in Manhattan. Here you can get a glimpse of the star:

Clothing: Operations in Soho.
- They do not have so much stuff and not have as much range, but what is is cool. I think I bought three or four coats from there.
20 Mercer St. (Soho) 50 Ninth Avenue (Meatpacking)
www.operationsny.com

Apparel: Lounge Saks.
Uberhip shop in Soho with brands such as Puma and Kangol. Lounge is often the first new design from Europe. Downstairs is a real skohimmel.
593 Broadway (between Houston and Prince) / 611 Fifth Avenue (at 48th Street)

Restaurants: Houston's restaurant.
Kedjerestaurang fleet of Park Avenue. This goes for Henke revbenspjällens sake.
- It serves the world's best Barbecue pork ribs.
378 Park Avenue South

Bar: The Rose Bar.
Luxury boat for exclusive Gramercy Park, with a stilmix of French and Asian. The guests are celebrities who want to keep a low profile, people who own multi-million dollar apartments and businessmen. Frequented by Henke in the company of the other Rangers-stars.
- We go there when we want a nice evening and just sit and talk.
2 Lexington Avenue (at 21st Street)

http://www.aftonbladet.se/resa/article6512047.ab

Lundqvist Faces Off With Twin (N.Y Post article, 2006)

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DALLAS - There had been 49,575 games between the time the NHL opened for business on Dec. 19, 1917 and the conclusion of Wednesday night's contests.
And while two sets of twin brothers - Rich and Ron Sutter; Petr and Patrik Sundstrom - had played against each other 35 times, not once had twins faced other where one brother was a skater and the other was a goaltender.
Not until last night, that is.
Because when the Stars promoted center Joel Lundqvist from their AHL Iowa team late Wednesday, that set up a showdown here last night against Rangers' netminder Henrik Lundqvist, his identical twin.

"Joel sent me a text on my phone Wednesday saying that Dallas had this new great scorer and I'd be better be ready," Henrik said following yesterday's morning skate. "It was funny; I knew what he meant."
The Lundqvist Twins - Henrik is the older by 40 minutes - had been teammates throughout their Swedish careers until Henrik made the leap last season to the NHL. Joel followed this year. He'd played four games with the Stars when previously recalled from Iowa, where he had 22 points (8-14) in 25 games.
"We lived together for 20 years. I know how he feels a lot of the time, but it's not as if when he gets hurt, I can feel pain," Joel said. "We of course were very much alike when we were growing up, and it was almost like we were one person growing up as kids, but were developed our own personalities when we were 16 or 17 years old."
The twins' parents, Petr and Eva, were not here last night. In fact, they were in New York, having just arrived from Sweden for the holiday. Henrik said the plan is for them to spend one week with him and then one week with Joel.
"Yes, they have a trip booked to Iowa after New York," Joel said, laughing.
Henrik was back in nets after sitting the last two in favor of Kevin Weekes. That seemed to have energized him as much as the opportunity to be part of NHL history.
"I've been on the bench for two games, so it's exciting for me to be back," Henrik said. "Facing my twin feels a little bit strange, I can tell you that."
Joel said that his twin's success in the NHL hasn't taken him by surprise. "I'm not surprised at how good, but it's been amazing how big he is," said Joel.
"That's been a surprise." Neither twin was prepared to say whether either would be surprised if Lundqvist came in against Lundqvist on a penalty shot or a shootout, where Henrik was a perfect 22-for-22.
"I don't tell everyone his weaknesses, but I know," Joel said good-naturedly. "If I get a breakaway, I know what to do." Said Henrik: "We practiced against each other all the time, so I know where he's going even if it doesn't help me all the time."


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