Henrik Lundqvist is a guest on Jimmy Fallon
Updated on 08.03 | Published on 08.01
New York. Henrik Lundqvist may have retired, but the New York spotlight is still on the old king at Madison Square Garden.
Last night he was a guest again on Jimmy Fallon’s “Tonight Show” on NBC-
“It will be a big moment for me and my family when I’m inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame next month,” he said, then sprayed the famous talk show host with his new perfume.
It was and will remain a special place for Henrik Lundqvist in his hometown of New York.
Not only was he a popular goalie for the Rangers at Madison Square Garden, he became a much bigger star than a relatively moderately popular hockey player would warrant, and three years after his last game he is still viewed as one of the big names in the cosmopolitan city.
As such, he was literally parading on the big TV show couches, and last night it was that time again. Henke was a guest on Jimmy Fallon’s classic “The Tonight Show” on NBC.
“I should send you into space.”
He came out wearing an old-fashioned goalie mask — it was Friday the 13th, after all… — and then had a chat with Fallon about life as a retired hockey player, his role as an expert commentator for MSG and TNT, and about the upcoming Hockey Hall of Fame ceremony in Toronto.
– The last time I was here, it was for a shirt raiser in the park. Now that’s because I’ve been inducted into the Hall of Fame. I got a little excited when I thought about what would happen next… Did I land on the moon next, the 41-year-old star joked.
“Sure, we should send you into space,” Fallon replied cheerfully.
The guys also talked about when they met up a while ago at Harry Styles’ concert in the park.
– It was a great show. It felt like we were watching Elvis and I applauded so hard. “But my daughters looked at me and said: ‘Dad, we don’t clap, we scream,'” Henrik said.
“I am very grateful and proud”
Who also brought two bottles of the perfume line he’d just helped develop — and was kind enough to spray the famous talk show host.
The Hockey Hall of Fame ceremony is held in Toronto on the second weekend in November, and Henrik Lundqvist will then become the eighth Swede – after Boreh Salming, Mats Sundin, Peter Forsberg, Niklas Lidstrom, Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin and Daniel Alfredsson – to join the Hockey Hall of Fame ceremony in Toronto. The party. Elected exclusively for the company.
-I am very grateful and proud to have joined. The players in the Hall of Fame are my role models, and they are the people I look up to. He confirmed last night that it will be a big moment for me and my family.