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Follwing The Wings In Sweden
by Paul on 09/27/09 at 09:25 AM ET
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from Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press,
In his native land, Henrik Zetterberg is a regular in the gossip pages. There are times a simple trip to a café with his famous fiancée becomes an exercise in stealth. He is that popular….
Zetterberg’s popularity in Sweden began with his dazzling play in the Swedish Elite League and for the Swedish national team—with which he won a medal in four of the five years he played in the World Championships—and grew to astronomical proportions when he began dating Swedish TV personality Emma Andersson. Since the two got engaged in summer 2008, they’ve become the “it” couple of their summertime home on the island of Alnon outside Sundsvall.
“Hank is the king there,” Jonasson said, “and Emma the queen.”
Lidstrom, on the other hand, is more of a national treasure, and an underappreciated one at that. It’s partly because he’s been gone since 1991, and partly because he hasn’t played nearly as much on the national teams as same-generation stars such as forwards Peter Forsberg and Mats Sundin due to the Wings’ regular playoff runs.
Even with six Norris trophies as the NHL’s top defenseman, along with four Stanley Cups, Lidstrom’s stature isn’t fully recognized in Sweden.
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