Henrik Zetterberg

Swedish professional hockey player Henrik Zetterberg currently plays for the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League.

Zetterberg was originally drafted 210th overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1999 NHL Draft. He continued to play in his native Sweden for several years, including in the Olympics in 2002, before coming to the United States.http://redwings.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8468083&view=bio

He made his NHL debut with the Wings during the 2002-03 regular season, playing 79 games and scoring 22 goals and 22 assists. He was selected for the NHL All-Rookie Game and was selected as the Rookie of the Year by The Sporting News. Zetterberg returned to Sweden during the 2004-05 NHL Lockout and also represented his country in the 2006 Winter Olympics, winning the Gold Medal. In 2007, he was selected for his first NHL All-Star Game. He was nominated for the 2008 Selke Trophy for the top defensive forward in the league, but ultimately lost to fellow Red Wing Pavel Datsyuk. Zetterberg and Datsyuk went on to lead the Red Wings to the Stanley Cup Championship that season and a return to the Stanley Cup Finals in 2009.http://redwings.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8468083&view=bio

Zetterberg has also been a key member of Team Sweden in the Winter Olympics, winning the gold medal with the team in 2006 and participating with the team in 2002 and 2010.http://redwings.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8468083&view=bio

Off the ice, Zetterberg is engaged to model Emma Andersson. He splits his time between Detroit and Sweden, enjoying wakeboarding and boating during the off-season.http://redwings.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8468083&view=bio

On January 28, 2009, the Red Wings announced that they had agreed to a 12-year contract with Zetterberg worth a reported $72 million. This is the longest contract in franchise history and keeps the star winger with the Red Wings through the rest of his NHL career.http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=nhl/news/newstest.aspx?id=4207328

He went on to see a successful 2009-10 season which included 23 goals and 47 assists in 74 games during the regular season. Zetterberg led the team in shots and tied with Pavel Datsyuk for total points on the team at 70.http://redwings.nhl.com/club/stats.htm?gameType=2&season=20092010