Henrik Lundqvist, right, is congratulated by teammate Henrik Sedin after Sweden beat Finland Tuesday during World Cup of Hockey. ( Mark Blinch / THE CANADIAN PRESS )When Henrik Lundqvist carried a Swedish flag around the ice at the 2006 Turin Olympics with a gold medal dangling from his neck, he was a fresh-faced kid days shy of his 24th birthday. A seventh-round pick in 2000, Lundqvist was in his first season in the NHL with the New York Rangers and still relatively unknown outside Sweden. In his first major international event, he led Sweden to victory in the final Olympics for Hall of Famer Mats Sundin. Ten years later, Lundqvist and twin brothers Daniel and Henrik Sedin are the only players from that team playing for Sweden at the World Cup of Hockey.

Source: thestar September 24, 2016 20:48 UTC