The dynamic, exciting twin’s careers ended, and with one of the game’s greatest honors, the younger brother — for a full six minutes — was front and center minus the twin Friday as the celebration for his Hockey Hall of Fame class began. 2022. . Henrik Sedin is recovering from a bout with COVID-19 and was not in attendance, but is expected to participate in the rest of the festivities before Monday’s induction ceremony. “He wanted to make sure he was 100 percent,” Daniel Sedin said. “We’ll spend three, four days together. Most days we’re together.” He then added with a smile about his brother’s brief absence, “Maybe it’s a good thing.” Daniel Sedin, Vancouver Canucks teammate Roberto Luongo, former Ottawa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson and Bernice Carnegie, daughter of builder Herb Carnegie, received Hall of Fame rings on Friday. Finnish women’s national team player Riikka Sallinen, who rounds out this year’s class, was also not present. Twins Sedin and Luongo were elected to the hall in June in their first years of eligibility, while Alfredsson has been waiting since 2017. “You never expect that to happen,” Daniel Sedin said. “And then you get the call.” The trigger for the majority of Henrik’s goals during their 17 seasons with the Canucks on one of hockey’s most feared lines, the winger’s 393 goals rank No. 1 in franchise history. He is second in assists (648), points (1,041) and games played (1,306) with 71 points in 102 playoff appearances, including Vancouver’s run to the Stanley Cup Final in 2011. Daniel Sedin won the Ted Lindsay Award as the league’s MVP as voted by members of the NHL Players’ Association and the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL’s leading scorer in 2010-11. “It’s the ultimate proof as a hockey player that you’ve done something good,” the 42-year-old said of his induction. “Great honour”. The No. 3 pick in the 1999 draft – one spot behind his younger brother – Henrik Sedin holds a large chunk of the Canucks’ record books as the leader in assists (830), points (1,070) and games (1,330). The center won the Hart Trophy as NHL MVP and the Art Ross Trophy in 2009-10. He added 23 goals and 78 points in 105 playoff games. Luongo, who played eight seasons with the Sedins in Vancouver, joked that he would have to wait for Henrik to get to Toronto before pulling out a deck. “He’s the best sponsor,” the 43-year-old joked of his former boss’ poker prowess. Luongo was drafted by the New York Islanders and retired with the Florida Panthers, but his days as a goaltender on the West Coast are what led to his call to the hall. He ranked third in NHL history with 489 wins when he retired and is second behind Martin Brodeur in games played (1,044), shots against (30,924) and saves (28,409). The Montreal native twice won 40 games with Vancouver, including a 47 in 2006-07, and made at least 70 appearances in four straight seasons. Luongo was a three-time Vezina Trophy finalist and finished second to Sidney Crosby in the 2007 Hart voting. The savvy netminder led Canada to Olympic gold in Vancouver in 2010, before supporting Carey Price in Sochi four years later to another podium performance. “You look around and you see all the plaques, you see all the names,” Luongo said. “It’s very special.” Alfredsson had 444 goals, 713 assists and 1,157 points in his 18 NHL seasons, including 17 with the Senators. Added 100 points in 124 playoff games. A sixth-round pick who would eventually become woven into the fabric of Ottawa’s community, Alfredsson won the 1996 Calder Trophy as the NHL’s rookie of the year in 1996. Alfredsson, who holds Ottawa’s franchise record in goals, assists and points, won Olympic gold for Sweden with the Sedins in 2006 and led Ottawa to the 2007 Cup final. Turning 50 next month, Alfredson sat out the first four years of Hall eligibility before the 2021 class was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Surreal,” he said of the experience since learning he would be inducted. “It’s humiliating. It’s been a few months since we’ve known, but now this coming weekend, with family and friends around, it’s really starting to hit you. “It’s a great honor to be among the players who are here in front of us.” An Olympic bronze medalist 20 years apart in 1998 and 2018, Salinen played 16 seasons with her national team. The 49-year-old, who scored 63 times and added 59 assists in 81 games for Finland, added a silver medal at the 2019 world championships and finished third six times. Carnegie, who died in 2012 at age 92, is often called the greatest black hockey player never to play in the NHL. After a long career in the major leagues where he faced racism that prevented him from achieving his ultimate NHL dream, Carnegie founded the Future Aces, one of Canada’s first hockey schools, in 1955. He was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in 2001, the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2014, and was named to the Order of Ontario and the Order of Canada. “This moment is not just about our family because my father influenced millions of young people,” said Bernice Carnegie. “What he put into hockey, what he put into the community, for him to be here now, I feel a sense of peace. “It belongs here.” This report by The Canadian Press was first published on November 11, 2022.
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