In mid-December, Henrik Lundqvist said that there will be no game with the Washington Capitals this season due to a heart defect.
Then the ice hockey goalkeeper underwent an operation, which went well.
The Swedish veteran then said that it would take months before he would come to a decision about his career.
Now, however, he has decided - his career is over.
- A new chapter in my history.
I have chosen to end my hockey career, he says at a press conference in Gothenburg.
- We are here in Scandinavium because this is where it started.
I was five years old when I saw my first hockey match here.
That's how it started.
A touched Lundqvist further tells about the time after the operation.
- It has been a tough year.
The text is updated.