Henrik Lundqvist Quotes on Hockey (5 Quotes)

Benny has helped me adjust to a different type of hockey. There are so many small things in the game, and he shows you how to handle all the situations how to keep your body square, how to locate players, how to read passes.

We talked before the season how we wanted other teams to look at us. What do we want our opponent to think about us We want to be a hard-working team that shows up every night and is hard to play, and we try to create our own reputation. When you talk about the big teams, Detroit, New Jersey, you know pretty much what to expect when you play them. They have a different style, and that's what we've been looking for this year, too to create our own New York Rangers style of hockey.

It just feels great to have this finish in the game and show everybody in the hockey world that Sweden is a great team, a great nation. After a couple tough years, we're finally back where we belong.

When you see him lift the Cup you want to be there yourself. You wanna lift that Cup so badly. That's why you're here. If you want to play in the NHL, you want to win that Cup, especially for a club like the Rangers who haven't won that many times and the fans are so into hockey. You really want to win for them that's just a feeling you have. You want to play for the fans.

Of course it's going to be a new experience for me to play in the NHL playoffs. The playoffs back home in Sweden, I played five times I think, and it's best-of-seven there too. It's a different style of hockey but we'll see how it goes.