King Henrik played his entire 15-season career with the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League.
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18 Facts About King Henrik
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King Henrik holds the record for most wins by a European-born goaltender in the NHL.
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King Henrik's dominating play during his rookie season resulted in the New York media and Rangers fans giving him the nickname "King Henrik".
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King Henrik was known for his strong positional play, both mental and physical toughness, and his upright torso stance.
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King Henrik has said he and Joel were very competitive growing up, in sports as well as school.
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King Henrik was selected to play for Scania in TV-pucken in 1996, and in 1997, when Joel was selected.
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King Henrik spent the rest of the season in the J20 SuperElit where he played 18 games, leading the league in minutes played by a goaltender.
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King Henrik was named Best Goaltender, Best Player and was selected as the league's MVP by fellow players.
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King Henrik was a finalist for the Vezina Trophy, awarded annually to the NHL's best goaltender, but he was not a finalist for the Calder Memorial Trophy, awarded to the rookie of the year, because of a high quality crop of first-year players.
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King Henrik was named to the NHL All-Rookie Team alongside Sidney Crosby, Alexander Ovechkin, Brad Boyes, Dion Phaneuf and Andrej Meszaros.
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King Henrik became the first Rangers player to earn the Rangers MVP award five consecutive times.
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King Henrik stopped 12 of 16 shots in the shootout as Shane Doan won the competition.
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King Henrik became the first goaltender to face and stop penalty shot in the 57-year history of the NHL All-Star Game.
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King Henrik is the first European-born goaltender to reach the mark, the first in Rangers history to do so, and the quickest in NHL history to do so.
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King Henrik made 43 saves in the game, tying a franchise record for most by a Rangers goaltender in a season opener, the highest amount since Gump Worsley in 1955.
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King Henrik holds the career record for most shutouts in best-on-best hockey, with four.
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King Henrik has worked on this project with former Rangers teammate Sean Avery, who owned his own restaurant in New York City called Warren 77, and some other business partners.
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King Henrik made his debut on 15 October 2021, prior to the Rangers' home opener against the Dallas Stars.
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