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Also known as Henrik Lars Sedin

Swedish ice hockey player

Key facts

Born
( 1980-09-26 ) 26 September 1980 (age 45) , Örnsköldsvik , Sweden
Height
6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight
183 lb (83 kg; 13 st 1 lb)
Position
Centre
Shot
Left
Played for
Modo Hockey , Vancouver Canucks
National team
Sweden
Nhl draft
3rd overall, 1999 , Vancouver Canucks
Playing career
1997 – 2018

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Henrik
Gender
male
Citizenship
Sweden
Place of birth
Örnsköldsvik
Languages spoken
Swedish
Participant in
2010 Winter Olympics
Member of team
Vancouver Canucks
Position played
centre
Mass
86
Image
Blackhawks vs Canucks 102010 - Henrik Sedin crop.jpg
Height
188
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Commons category
Henrik Sedin
date of birth
1980-09-26
number of matches played/races/starts
1330
total goals in career
240
total shots in career
1856
penalty minutes in career
680
career plus-minus rating
165
total points in career
1070
total assists in career
830
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Encyclopedic overview

Henrik Lars Sedin (born 26 September 1980) is a Swedish ice hockey executive and former centre who played his entire 17-season National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Vancouver Canucks from 2000 to 2018. He additionally served as the Canucks' captain from 2010 until his retirement. He and Daniel both currently serve as President of Hockey Operations for the Canucks. Born and raised in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden, Sedin and his identical twin brother Daniel played together throughout their careers; the pair were renowned for their effectiveness as a tandem. Henrik, a skilled passer, was known as a playmaker (150+ more career NHL assists than Daniel) while Daniel was known as a goal-scorer (150+ more career NHL goals than Henrik). Sedin tallied 240 goals and 830 assists, for 1,070 points, in 1,330 NHL games, ranking him as the Canucks' all-time leading points scorer.

Sedin began his career in the Swedish Hockey League with Modo Hockey in 1997 and was co-recipient, with brother Daniel, of the 1999 Guldpucken as Swedish player of the year. Selected third overall—one pick after brother Daniel—by the Canucks in the 1999 NHL entry draft, Sedin spent his entire NHL career in Vancouver. After four seasons with the club, he became the Canucks' top-scoring centre in 2005–06. He has since won three Cyrus H. McLean Trophies as the team's leading point-scorer (from 2007–08 to 2009–10) and one Cyclone Taylor Award as the team's most valuable player (2010). In 2009–10, he won the Hart Memorial Trophy as well as the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player and leading point-scorer, respectively. He was also named to the NHL first All-Star team that year and again in 2010–11, a season that included an appearance in the Stanley Cup Final, where Vancouver lost to the Boston Bruins in seven games. That summer, Henrik and Daniel were named co-recipients of the Victoria Scholarship as Swedish athletes of the year. Alongside his brother, Henrik was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2022.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Henrik Sedin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.