News
Larsson named Elitserien Rookie of the year
Djurgården’s goalkeeper Daniel Larsson wins prestigious Swedish award.
Daniel Larsson played 46 of the 55 regular season games for Djurgården of Stockholm. During those games he allowed an average of 2.29 goals per game and saved 1209 out of 1313 shots for a percentage of .921.
This performance won the 22-years old netminder the Swedish Rookie of the year award.
The other players nominated for the Rookie award were Jhonas Enroth (Södertälje), Fabian Brunnström (Färjestad) and Linus Klasen (Södertälje).
Larsson also won Honken Trophy this season. Honken Trophy is an award named by the 1969 World Championship best goalie Leif “Honken” Holmqvist given to the best Swedish goalkeeper of Elitserien.
Swedish Rookie of the year winners
| 1990 | Patrik Carnbäck | Frölunda |
| 1991 | Tommy Söderström | Djurgården |
| 1992 | Michael Nylander | AIK |
| 1993 | Kenny Jönsson | Rögle |
| 1994 | Mats Lindgren | Färjestad |
| 1995 | Per Eklund | Djurgården |
| 1996 | Jan Mertzig | Luleå |
| 1997 | Niklas Sjökvist | Färjestad |
| 1998 | Pelle Prestberg | Färjestad |
| 1999 | David Ytfeldt | Leksand |
| 2000 | Mikael Tellqvist | Djurgården |
| 2001 | Henrik Zetterberg | Timrå |
| 2002 | Rolf Wanhainen | Södertälje |
| 2003 | Tobias Enström | Modo |
| 2004 | Loui Eriksson | Frölunda |
| 2005 | Oscar Steen | Färjestad |
| 2006 | Nicklas Bäckström | Brynäs |
| 2007 | Patric Hörnqvist | Djurgården |
| 2008 | Daniel Larsson | Djurgården |
Honken Trophy winners
| 2002 | Stefan Liv | HV 71 |
| 2003 | Henrik Lundqvist | Frölunda |
| 2004 | Henrik Lundqvist | Frölunda |
| 2005 | Henrik Lundqvist | Frölunda |
| 2006 | Johan Holmqvist | Brynäs |
| 2007 | Erik Ersberg | HV 71 |
| 2008 | Daniel Larsson | Djurgården |
Story added on 26th March 2008 at 17:35 GMT
Story submitted by: Henrik Lundqvist, last edited by Davide Tuniz.
Advertisement
