Henrik Sedin
Henrik Sedin
Henrik Lars Sedinis a Swedish professional ice hockey centre who currently serves as captain of the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League. His identical twin brother Daniel also plays for the Canucks. Having played together throughout their careers, the pair are known for their effectiveness playing off one another. Henrik, a skilled passer, is known as the playmaker, while Daniel is known as the goalscorer. On 15 February 2013, Henrik Sedin became the all-time leading scorer for the Vancouver...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth26 September 1980
CityOrnskoldsvik, Sweden
It's our national sport, so this is the greatest.
I tried to get it between his legs but he read it. I was lucky because he lost the puck when it bounced by him. The first chance I didn't really get a shot away but I got a rebound and scored (on my) backhand.
You could feel it on the bench. The team was so much more relaxed.
Other countries don't see us as a world contender. But back home, every tournament we play we're supposed to win. After the last Olympics and what happened against Belarus, you could feel in the locker room before the Switzerland game that if we lost we couldn't fly home this summer.
I know if we want to take the next step we want to play more for sure -- 19 or 20 minutes, for sure.
There's a lot of pressure on us. Back home, the media thinks every time we play in a tournament, we're supposed to win.
We talked about it before the game, to get a good start. They didn't play their best and we got a couple good bounces in the beginning there. We kept it going for the first 20 minutes so it was good.
We didn't really get any power-play goals where we set up the puck and worked it the way we wanted. Still it was good to get five goals.