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The Sedins, Alfredsson and Luongo, have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
A solemn ceremony for accepting new members took place in Toronto.
They were 4 former NHL players. They are Canadian goalkeeper Roberto Luongo and Swedish forwards Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin and Daniel Alfredsson.
Roberto Luongo is the symbol of not one, but two NHL clubs mentioned by contact soccer picks and personifies the best traditions of the Quebec goalie school, which gave hockey such stars as Georges Vezina, Jacques Plante, Martin Brodeur, Patrick Roy. And these are just four of countless numbers.
Henrik and Daniel Sedin are the ninth pair of brothers to be inducted into the Hall in the player category. They are the first to get here together.
Together with Daniel Alfredsson, they remind us of how international our game is and how Swedish players have done so much to enrich hockey and expand its boundaries at the NHL level, " NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said in his speech.
The Sedin brothers spent all 17 seasons in the NHL with Vancouver.
Henrik captained the Canucks from 2010 to 2018. He scored 1, 070 points (240 goals, 830 assists) in 1, 330 NHL games. In the 2009/10 season, the Swede won the Art Ross Trophy, becoming the most productive player of the regular season (112 points), and the Hart Trophy - the prize for the most valuable player of the regular season.
Daniel has 1, 041 points (393 goals, 648 assists) in 1, 306 NHL games. In the 2010/11 season, he won the Art Ross Trophy, becoming the most productive player of the regular season (104 points), and the Leicester Pearson Award - the prize for the best player of the regular season according to hockey players.
As members of the Swedish national team, the brothers won Olympic gold medals (2006), as well as the World Championships in 2013.
Alfredsson was selected by Ottawa in the sixth round of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft, 133rd overall. In his first NHL season, he won the Calder Trophy as the season`s top rookie with 61 points in 82 games. In total, the Swede scored 1157 points (444+713) in the league in 1246 games.
In 2006, he won the Olympics as a member of the Swedish team.
Luongo spent 18 seasons (1, 045 games) in the NHL, playing for the Islanders, Florida and Vancouver. He ranks 4th in NHL history in wins among goalies (489). He has two Olympic gold medals (2010 and 2014).
In addition, Finnish hockey player Riikka Sallinen was included in the Hall.
The construction category also saw a new member, Jamaican-born former Canadian hockey player Herb Carnegie, who founded Future Aces, one of the first dedicated hockey schools in the country, in the 1950s.
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