Lundqvist spent his entire NHL career with the New York Rangers, retiring in 2021 after 15 seasons — a loyalty to one franchise increasingly rare in modern professional hockey. This coin was issued the year he surpassed Patrick Roy's record for most wins by a European-born goaltender, a milestone that had stood since Roy's retirement in 2003.
Cook Islands has been a prolific issuer of licensed sports commemoratives since the 2000s, producing these rounds largely for the collector market rather than any domestic circulation purpose.
Lundqvist spent his entire NHL career with the New York Rangers, retiring in 2021 after 15 seasons — a loyalty to one franchise increasingly rare in modern professional hockey. This coin was issued the year he surpassed Patrick Roy's record for most wins by a European-born goaltender, a milestone that had stood since Roy's retirement in 2003.
Cook Islands has been a prolific issuer of licensed sports commemoratives since the 2000s, producing these rounds largely for the collector market rather than any domestic circulation purpose.