Daniel and Henrik Sedin enter Hockey Hall of Fame along with six others

• The twin brothers were inducted into the Hall of Fame.
• Henrik won the Hart Trophy for the MVP.
• He scored 23 goals and contributed 55 assists in the 103 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Daniel and Henrik Sedin, along with NHL rivals Roberto Luongo and Daniel Alfredsson, were among the six individuals named to the Hockey Hall of Fame’s class of 2022 on Monday.

Riikka Sallinen, a member of the Finnish women’s national team, and Herb Carnegie, a leader in hockey diversity, received the required 75 percent vote from the 18-member selection committee to be inducted into the Hall of Fame in Toronto on November 14.

The NHL’s Vancouver Canucks selected Daniel Sedin before Henrik Sedin with the second and third overall picks in the 1999 NHL Draft, and they spent their whole 17-year NHL careers with the Canucks.

Henrik Sedin is the franchise leader in various categories, including assists (830), points (1,070), games played (1,330), and power-play points (369).

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Henrik 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 scored 29 goals and dished out 83 assists.

In 105 Stanley Cup playoff games, he contributed 23 goals and 55 assists, guiding the Canucks to the 2011 Stanley Cup Final, where they were defeated by the Boston Bruins in seven games.

Henrik and Daniel were members of the Swedish teams that won the gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics and the 2013 World Championship.

“I had a lot of pride playing in Vancouver and am lucky to have had the support of so many great teammates and coaches,” Henrik Sedin said.

Daniel Sedin ranked seventh in the NHL from 2000 to 2018 with 393 goals and 648 assists, good for seventh overall in the league. His goal total ranks first in Canucks history. In 2010-11, he won the Art Ross Trophy with 41 goals and 63 assists, and he contributed 25 goals and 46 assists in 102 NHL postseason contests.

“I’m really proud of this special recognition,” Daniel said. “My brother and I came into the league together, and to go in with him is extra special.”

After being selected fourth overall by the New York Islanders in the 1997 NHL Draft, goaltender Roberto Luongo played for the Vancouver Canucks from 2006 to 2014. He retired in 2019 after 19 seasons with the Islanders, Canucks, and Florida Panthers.

He is fourth in NHL history with 489 victories and second in games played (1,044), shots faced (30,924), and saves (28,846).

Luongo has won two gold medals for Canada in the Winter Olympics, as the starting goaltender in 2010 and as a backup in 2014. He also captained the Canadian teams that won the 2003 and 2004 world championships and the 2004 World Cup of Hockey.

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“This is an unbelievable honor and I am grateful to be inducted,” Luongo said. “To be included in such elite company is beyond my expectations.”

Alfredsson recorded 444 goals and 713 points in 1,246 games during 18 NHL seasons with the Ottawa Senators and Detroit Red Wings from 1995 to 2014. He contributed to Sweden’s 2006 Olympic gold and 2014 Sochi silver medals.

Sallinen scored 240 goals with 274 assists in 227 games in the Finnish Elite League and became the oldest hockey Olympic medalist after helping Finland win bronze at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games.