Henrik on the cover of Cafe Magazine

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"We followed with monthly cover boy at home in New York and questioned him about everything from an Olympic flop to lyxvanorna that comes from earning one million a week."

Henrik is on the cover of the April 2010 issue of a Swedish magazine called Cafe. I can't seem to find the article online, so I would really appreciate it if any readers from Sweden can send me the article somehow, if not, I will try to make my way to Universal News here in NYC and see if they have a copy.

UPDATE: Today I went to Universal News and it seems that the only international magazines they sell are Italian, Spanish, French and German. If anyone knows where I can locate a Swedish magazine in NYC, please let me know. Thanks.

Post-game notes: Lundqvist Ties Richter in Shutouts

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Henrik Lundqvist turned aside all 30 shots he faced to register his fourth shutout of the season, and improve to 32-26-9 overall with a 17-10-3 mark on the road this season. It was the 24th career shutout for Lundqvist, moving him into a tie with Mike Richter, Lorne Worsley and Chuck Rayner for fourth on the Rangers all-time shutouts list. Lundqvist has now posted a record of 4-0-1 in the last five games, registering a 1.76 goals against average with a .942 save percentage and two shutouts over the span.

Lundqvist on the Shutout

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The Rangers, who scored four goals in the first period on Friday and received a spotless 30-save performance from goaltender Henrik Lundqvist, are also only two points back of the seventh-place Boston Bruins and four behind sixth-place Montreal.

“I think we played a simple road game,” Lundqvist said. “But now it’s very important that we just stay focused on what we have to do and not the end result of having to make the playoffs. We have to keep breaking it down to every game, every period, every shift.”

Lundqvist was forced to earn his keep later in the period, however. When the Lightning finally produced sustained pressure in the Rangers’ end, Lundqvist was there to keep the home team off of the scoreboard.

At 12:35 of the second Lundqvist stoned Brandon Bochenski from point-blank range and then followed with a sensational glove save on Mattias Ohlund’s rebound try. Following the ensuing faceoff, Lundqvist stuffed Nate Thompson who was alone in front.

Later in the second period, Lundqvist denied Martin St. Louis on a 2-on-1 shorthanded rush with Vincent Lecavalier.

The shutout was Lundqvist’s fourth of the season and 24th of his NHL career.

http://rangers.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2009021159&navid=DL|NYR|home

Lundqvist records fourth shutout as Rangers roll Lightning

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TAMPA, Fla. -- Brandon Prust started New York's four-goal first period, and Henrik Lundqvist stopped 29 shots for his fourth shutout of the season as the Rangers routed the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-0 on Friday night.

The Rangers moved ahead of Atlanta and into ninth place in the Eastern Conference, two points behind Philadelphia and Boston at the postseason cutoff. New York has five games remaining, the same amount as Boston and one more than Philadelphia.

Prust scored 3:09 in, Marc Staal doubled the lead 25 seconds later, Vinny Prospal added a goal, and Brandon Dubinsky pushed the lead to 4-0 with a power-play tally before 15 minutes had elapsed. Aaron Voros finished the scoring late in the third period.

The Rangers have gone 4-0-1 in their past five to get back into the thick of the playoff race.

Prust started the onslaught with his third goal of the season, beating goalie Mike Smith between the pads. Staal made it 2-0 with his seventh, scoring at 3:34.

Prospal added his 19th goal when his pass through the crease deflected in off the skate of Lightning defenseman Vladimir Mihalik. The Rangers benefited from another fortunate bounce when Dubinsky's shot deflected through Smith and caromed in off Kurtis Foster's skate.

Smith, who made just three saves on seven shots, was replaced at the start of the second period by Antero Niittymaki.

The Lightning had chances to cut into their deficit when they had a long 5-on-3 advantage early in the second. However, the Rangers limited Tampa Bay to just one shot and killed off the penalties to Jody Shelley (holding) and Dubinsky (delay of game). The Lightning were 0-for-4 overall on power plays.

Niittymaki made 14 saves in his two periods of action.

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John Tortorella on Henrik Lundqvist: "We're going to get in because of him"

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"He's the least of our worries," said Tortorella."He was (ticked). I just love his fire, I love his fire. I wish - ... "He took it out on some equipment along the way after that game, and on a number of things in the locker room, which I love. I have no worries about him; he is such a competitor."

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Henrik Enjoying Day Off in Tampa

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Perhaps the Rangers are feeling loose after yesterdays crucial win over the Islanders; instead of just relaxing at their hotel during todays off day in Tampa, Henrik and his teammates, Sean Avery, Aaron Voros and Marian Gaborik decided to spend their day off by taking a relaxing boat ride. The above photo shows the teammates in a van on the way to the boat, and is courtesy of Aaron Voros' Twitter account. Nice shades, Henrik.

Rangers Defeat Islanders, Still in Playoff Hunt; Lundqvist in Better Mood

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• Henrik Lundqvist made 25 saves in net to improve to 31-26-9 overall, including a 16-10-3 mark on the road this season. He has now posted a record of 3-0-1 in the last four games, registering a 2.20 goals against average with a .928 save percentage and one shutout over the span.

Rare Lapse by Lundqvist Costs Rangers

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TORONTO — Henrik Lundqvist has saved the Rangers countless times in his five years in the N.H.L., never more often than this season.

But a soft goal he allowed late in the third period of what turned out to be a 3-2 overtime loss here Saturday night cost them a critical point in their desperate chase for the last playoff position in the Eastern Conference.

“Terrible goal,” said Lundqvist, disconsolate and swearing in disgust, which was extremely unusual for him.

Tomas Kaberle’s shot from the corner along the goal line with 3 minutes 35 seconds to play sneaked in past Lundqvist’s left skate, which Lundqvist had not kept flush against the goal post, and sent what would have been the Rangers’ third straight victory to overtime instead.

“I timed it bad, tried to kick it to the side, and it took a roll and hit my skate and went in,” said Lundqvist, who made a number of sparkling stops among his 29 saves.

Nikolai Kulemin compounded Lundqvist’s agony with a wraparound goal in overtime that left the Rangers with 1 point instead of 2, damaging their chances of reaching the postseason.

The 10th-place Rangers are 4 points out of the eighth and final playoff position, which is occupied by Philadelphia and Boston, two teams tied for seventh. The Flyers lost on Saturday afternoon, but the Bruins won, and Boston has a game in hand. The Rangers have a more realistic chance of overtaking the Flyers. Both teams have seven games to play, including the final two head to head.

The Atlanta Thrashers, in ninth, won on Saturday night and are 2 points out of eighth.

Rangers Coach John Tortorella lamented the chances his team had to put away the game, saying, “You don’t get that third goal, it just leaves that door opened for what happened.” Instead, the Leafs rallied from a 2-0 deficit for their ninth victory in 12 games.

The Rangers have lost only 61 man-games to injury this season, the lowest total in the league. Nevertheless, injuries played a role in Saturday’s game.

Sean Avery limped off favoring his left leg with about seven minutes left in the second period after being pinned to the boards by Leafs defenseman Luke Schenn. He did not return and said he would not know the extent of the injury until Sunday.

“He was probably playing his best hockey of the year,” Tortorella said of Avery. “It hurts the club. He was really focused in there the last couple of weeks.”

The Rangers were already without Ryan Callahan, whose 19 goals make him the Rangers’ No. 2 goal-scorer behind Marian Gaborik. Callahan aggravated a left leg injury during the Rangers’ last-minute 4-3 shootout victory over the Devils on Thursday.

A forward called up from Hartford, P. A. Parenteau, opened the scoring Saturday at 10:25 of the first period when he whipped himself around 270 degrees in the high slot and beat goalie Jonas Gustavsson under the right pad.

Brandon Dubinsky made the score 2-0 with 11 seconds left in the period when Gustavsson, caught on his knees, could not react quickly enough to Dubinsky’s wraparound and got tangled with defenseman Dion Phaneuf.

Gustavsson, who extended his personal winning streak to seven with a 36-save performance, was happy to play against Lundqvist, his Olympic teammate with Sweden and a personal idol.

“Every goalie back there has wanted to be the next Lundqvist,” Gustavsson said.

Thursday’s win over the Devils made Lundqvist the first goalie to be credited with 30 victories in each of his first five N.H.L. seasons, and the first Rangers goalie to record five straight 30-win seasons. None of that mattered to him after Kaberle’s goal.

“For all the chances they had, for them to tie it on a shot like that. ... ” Lundqvist said. “I’m happy the way I played the whole game except for that mistake. It cost us.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/sports/hockey/28rangers.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Henrik Lundqvist "Not a curser"

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Meanwhile, while some players were trying to look at the positive of gaining at least one point out of the game (which, to me, at least, sounds ridiculous given the Rangers were up 1 with under four minutes to play and had taken a 2-0 lead after one period), goalie Henrik Lundqvist made the strongest case for not being happy with the one point. Understand, Henrik Lundqvist is not a curser. I’ve never heard him curse during a television interview. In fact, as I think back, I can’t recall him cursing in the relaxed setting of the dressing room after practices. And, trust me, there’s a lot of cursing going on at times.

But asked about Tomas Kaberle’s tying goal at 16:25 of the third period, Lundqvist said, “I let in a [bleeping] terrible goal. “I’m [bleeping] [ticked].”

Lundqvist said the problem was he mistimed his kick on the sharp angle shot. As to Nikolai Kulemin’s winner 39 seconds into overtime, here was John Tortorella’s explanation.


http://blogs.northjersey.com/blogs/rangerrants/comments/maple_leafs_3_rangers_2_ot_postgame_wrapup/

Lundqvist's blue streak only sign of tension in Rangers' dressing room

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The New York Rangers are a desperate hockey team. Maybe.

John Tortorella's Blueshirts lost 3-2 to the Toronto Maple Leafs in overtime on Saturday night, a glancing blow to their playoff hopes as they trail the Philadelphia Flyers for the eighth and final spot in the Eastern Conference.

After the game, however, the Rangers and their coach were fairly calm about the result — minus a brief yet oddly subdued outburst from goalie Henrik Lundqvist.

"I played pretty good," he said. "Unfortunately, I let in a f---ing terrible goal and they tied the game late. I'm really f---ing pissed right now."

The goal he referred to belonged to Leafs defenceman Tomas Kaberle, and it tied the game with just more than three minutes left, setting the stage for Nikolai Kulemin's game-winner.

Kaberle's goal came on a freak shot from behind the Rangers goal line that wound up in the net.

"I timed it badly," Lundqvist said. "Tried to kick it to the side. Kicked it too early, and it hit my skate and went in. For all the chances they had, they score on a shot like that — it's unfortunate, but that's the way it is. At least we got a point. But it's really frustrating."

Ah, yes, the extra point. Last week, when the Montreal Canadiens lost to Toronto in a shootout, they too were happy to take home the single point. Coupled with Philadelphia's loss to Pittsburgh earlier in the day, the Rangers are now four points back of the Flyers (80 to 76) with seven games remaining. (Of course, Atlanta is sandwiched between the two at 78 points, but their schedule is a nightmare.)

"I think you just have to look at the positives," captain Chris Drury said. "We got five out of six [points] on the week. Certainly six out of six would be better, but you can't change it now. Just have to get ready for the Islanders."



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