VANCOUVER – Roberto Luongo, Daniel Sedin and Henrik Sedin were honored for their recent induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame during a ceremony before the Vancouver Canucks played the Florida Panthers at Rogers Arena on Thursday.
The trio was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Nov. 14.
Luongo and the Sedin twins were welcomed by fans in a red-carpet entrance to the arena, and Canucks skaters wore jerseys of the three inductees during pre-game warm up before a nine-minute ceremony prior to puck drop.
After walking out to familiar chants of “Louuuu,” Loungo was the only player to speak, saying it was his first chance to address the fans since he was traded to Florida in 2014.
“On a personal note, I really wanted to thank you guys for pushing me to be a better goaltender, pushing me to be a better person every single night,” said Luongo, who played parts of eight of his 19 NHL seasons in Vancouver.
Daniel and Henrik Sedin’s numbers were retired by the Canucks on Feb. 12, 2020, and the team announced Wednesday that Luongo will be inducted into the club’s Ring of Honor next season, becoming the eighth player to have his likeness, name and number mounted on the top level above the ice inside Rogers Arena. It sparked debate about whether Luongo’s No. 1 should also be retired.
“I know there’s a lot of debate about the Ring of Honor or the flag, but that stuff doesn’t matter to me,” Luongo said. “What matters to me is moments like tonight and sharing them with you guys, so thank you very much.”
Luongo holds Canucks records for wins (252) and shutouts (38), and helped the team win the Presidents’ Trophy in 2011 and 2012, as well as the Stanley Cup Final in 2011 before losing in seven games to the Boston Bruins.
Henrik is the Canucks’ all-time leader in assists (830), points (1,070), games played (1,330), and power play points (369). He won the Hart Trophy as the NHL’s most valuable player and the Art Ross Trophy as the League’s leading scorer in 2009-10, when he had 112 points (29 goals, 83 assists) in 82 games.
Daniel had 1,041 points, including a team record 393 goals, and is second behind his brother in assists (648), points, games played (1,306) and power-play points (367). He won the Art Ross Trophy and the Ted Lindsay Award (given annually to the most outstanding player in the NHL as voted by members of the NHL Players’ Association) in 2010-11, when he had 104 points (41 goals, 63 assists). .
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