Background
They grew up in Åre, Jämtland, an area where alpine skiing is the most popular winter activity, but Henrik and Joel chose to play ice hockey over the more popular winter sports.
They grew up in Åre, Jämtland, an area where alpine skiing is the most popular winter activity, but Henrik and Joel chose to play ice hockey over the more popular winter sports.
He serves as the team"s captain. Joel and identical twin brother Henrik, a goalie with the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League, were born to Eva Johansson and Peter Lundqvist. During the winters their kindergarten teachers used the kindergarten"s 9 meters × 3 meters (30 ft × 10 ft) sandpit to freeze an outdoor ice rink where the twins would frequently skate.
Peter worked for a company who sponsored Frölunda, and Henrik and Joel saw many games in Scandinavium and Frölunda became their favourite team
In 1990 Henrik and Joel joined Järpens IF and started playing organized hockey for the first time. Henrik and Joel joined local team Rögle BK, and were both selected for Scania"s regional team in Sverigepucken in 1995.
Henrik was selected to play for Scania in television-pucken in 1996, and in 1997 when Joel was also selected. He was selected by the Dallas Stars in the 2000 National Hockey League Entry Draft (3rd round, 68th overall) and signed a one year entry level two way contract with them in May 2006.
He started his 2006 season in Iowa Stars scoring 38 points in 40 games but was called up and played his first game in Dallas on 3 December 2006.
Lundqvist played 7 games in his first National Hockey League playoff series, scoring two goals, and was assigned back to Iowa when Dallas was eliminated. Lundqvist scored his first career National Hockey League goal against the Calgary Flames on 17 January 2007. His identical twin brother Henrik had a successful rookie season as goaltender for the New York Rangers in the 2005-2006 season, and continues to be one of the league"s best goaltenders.
lieutenant was the first time that a goaltender faced his twin.