Henrik Sedin

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Position	Centre
Shoots	Left
Nickname	Hank Dancing Twins
Height Weight	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg)
NHL Team	Vancouver Canucks
Nationality	Sweden
Born	September 26, 1980, Örnsköldsvik, SWE
NHL Draft	3rd overall, 1999 Vancouver Canucks
Pro Career	2000 – present

Men's Ice hockey
Olympic medal record
Gold	2006 Turin	Ice hockey

Henrik Sedin (Born September 26, 1980 in Örnsköldsvik) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player for the National Hockey League's Vancouver Canucks. His identical twin brother Daniel Sedin also plays for the Canucks.

1 Playing career
2 Personal life
3 Awards
4 Career statistics
5 International play
6 External links
7 See also

[edit] Playing career

Vancouver's 2nd choice, 3rd overall, in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft.

Henrik and his brother Daniel spent the 2005-06 season on a line with Anson Carter, sometimes known colloquially as the 'Brothers Line'. With the loss of Anson Carter to the Columbus Blue Jackets by way of free agency, Henrik began the 2006-2007 season on a line with his brother Daniel and Markus Näslund, dubbed "The Ikea Line", since all three players are from Sweden. Occasionally, it would also be dubbed as the "O-Line", as they all are from Örnsköldsvik. However, the line was short-lived due to scoring woes, and Naslund was replaced by Taylor Pyatt. In the 2003-2004 season they were joined by Jason King (This was known as the Mattress Line - Two twins and a king). This combination had some early success but the scoring dropped off and he was soon replaced by a number of other players.

Henrik has recently broken the franchise record for assists in season, previously held by Andre Boudrias at the 1974-75 NHL season.

[edit] Personal life

The Sedins have 2 older brothers and 5 younger sisters. Both twins have spouses and children, and Henrik married his girlfriend Johanna on the summer of 2006.[1] They live with their son Walter (who was born on February 28 2007).

[edit] Awards

Olympic Gold medal, men's ice hockey, Turin 2006

[edit] Career statistics

			Regular Season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1996-97	MoDo Hockey	Sweden Jr.	26	14	22	36	16	-	-	-	-	-
1997-98	MoDo Hockey	Sweden Jr.	8	4	7	11	6	-	-	-	-	-
1997-98	MoDo Hockey	Elit	39	1	4	5	8	7	0	0	0	0
1998-99	MoDo Hockey	Elit	49	12	22	34	32	13	2	8	10	6
1999-00	MoDo Hockey	Elit	50	9	38	47	22	13	5	9	14	2
2000-01	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	82	9	20	29	38	4	0	4	4	0
2001-02	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	82	16	20	36	36	6	3	0	3	0
2002-03	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	78	8	31	39	38	14	3	2	5	8
2003-04	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	76	11	31	42	32	7	2	2	4	2
2004-05	MoDo Hockey	SEL	44	14	22	36	50	6	1	3	4	6
2005-06	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	82	18	57	75	56	-	-	-	-	-
SEL Totals			182	36	86	122	112	39	8	20	28	14
NHL Totals			400	62	159	221	200	31	8	8	16	10

Stats as of April 24, 2006.

[edit] International play

Henrik played with the Swedish national team in the 2005 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, and with the Swedish Olympic team in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, with his twin brother, Daniel Sedin.

International statistics

Year	Team	Comp	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1999	Sweden	Juniors	6	3	6	9	12
2000	Sweden	Juniors	7	4	9	13	0
2000	Sweden	Worlds	7	2	3	5	6
2001	Sweden	Worlds	9	1	0	1	0
2005	Sweden	Worlds	9	2	4	6	7
2006	Sweden	Olympics	8	3	1	4	2
Junior Int'l Totals			13	7	15	22	12
Senior Int'l Totals			33	8	8	16	15