Sweden’s Sedin twins among six to enter the Hockey Hall of Fame
The Finnish women’s national team player Riikka Sallinen and the leader for diversity in hockey, Herb Carnegie, also received the 75 percent support needed from a selection committee with 18 members to be inducted into the Hall of Fame in Toronto on 14 November.
The Sedin brothers were selected by the NHL’s Vancouver Canucks with second and third picks in the 1999 NHL draft, Daniel was preceded by Henrik, and they played their entire 17-year NHL career with Vancouver.
Henrik Sedin is Canucks leader of all time in several categories, including 830 assists, 1,070 total points, 1,330 games played and 369 power-play points. Henrik won the Hart Trophy as the NHL’s Nost Valuable Player and the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL’s best goal scorer in the 2009-10 campaign when he produced 29 goals and 83 assists.
He also had 23 goals and 55 assists over 105 playoff games in the Stanley Cup, leading the Canucks to the Stanley Cup final in 2011, where they lost to the Boston Bruins in seven games.
Henrik and Daniel played for the Swedish Winter Olympic gold team in 2006 and Sweden’s World Cup squad in 2013.
“I was proud to play in Vancouver and I am lucky to have received support from so many fantastic teammates and coaches,” said Henrik Sedin.
Daniel Sedin had 393 goals and 648 assists from 2000 to 2018, and was ranked seventh overall in the NHL during that time. His goals rank first in Canuck’s history through the ages. He won the Art Ross Trophy 2010-11 with 41 goals and 63 assists and delivered 25 goals and 46 assists in 102 NHL playoff games.
“I’m really proud of this special recognition,” Daniel said. “My brother and I came to the league together, and going in with him is extra special.”
Goalkeeper Luongo was a teammate of the Sedins with the Canucks in 2006-14 after being taken four by the New York Islanders in the 1997 NHL draft. He spent 19 seasons with the Islanders, Canucks and Florida Panthers before retiring in 2019.
He is fourth in NHL history with 489 wins and second in games played with 1,044, shots with 30,924 and saves with 28,409.
Luongo twice won a gold medal for Canada at the Winter Olympics, as a starter at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics and a backup in 2014. He also backed Canada’s World Cup teams in 2003 and 2004 and won the 2004 Hockey World Cup.
“This is an incredible honor and I am grateful to be elected,” Luongo said. “Being part of such an elite company is beyond my expectations.”
Alfredsson scored 444 goals and 713 assists in 1,246 games over an 18-season NHL career from 1995 to 2014 with the Ottawa Senators and Detroit Red Wings. He helped Sweden to Olympic gold in 2006 and a silver medal in 2014 in Sochi.
Sallinen scored 240 goals with 274 assists in 227 Finnish elite league matches and became the oldest hockey Olympic medalist by helping Finland take bronze at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games.