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The New York Islanders signed goalie Robin Lehner to a one-year contract on Tuesday. Lehner is a 26-year-old goalie from Gothenburg, Sweden and has played parts of eights seasons in the NHL with the Ottawa Senators (2010-15) and Buffalo Sabres (2015-18).
He's 6'4, 245 lbs., catches left and was drafted in 2009 (R2, P46) by the Senators. Get to know one of the newest New York Islanders in this edition of 7 Facts.


1. HIS STATS

In 219 career games, Lehner has a 72-97-35 record with a 2.82 goals-against average and a .915 save percentage with eight shutouts.
Last season in Buffalo, Lehner was 14-26-9 with a 3.01 GAA and a .908 SV% and three shutouts.


2. HE WON A CALDER CUP:

Lehner backstopped the Binghamton Senators to an American Hockey League championship in 2011. The goalie posted a 14-4-0 record with a 2.10 GAA, .939 SV% and three shutouts en route to winning the playoff MVP award.
One year after winning the Calder Cup, Lehner posted a career-year with Binghamton, leading the AHL in save percentage (.938) and setting career highs in wins (18) and goals-against average (2.12). Lehner made the AHL All-Star Game that season.

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3. HE PLAYED IN THE WORLD JUNIORS:

Lehner represented Sweden in the 2011 World Junior Hockey Championships. The Gothenburg, Sweden native appeared in three games, going 2-0-1. Sweden finished fourth after losing to the United States in the bronze medal game.
Lehner also represented Sweden in the 2009 U-18 World Juniors and won Sweden's U-20 Championship with Frolunda in 2007-08.


4. HE'S PLAYED FOR OTTAWA AND BUFFALO:

Lehner was drafted by the Ottawa Senators in the second round (46th overall) in 2009 and went on to play parts of five seasons in Ottawa, primarily as a backup.
Lehner was traded from Ottawa to Buffalo in 2015 for a first-round pick - the same pick Buffalo acquired from the Islanders in the Thomas Vanek-Matt Moulson trade. Lehner has spent the past three seasons in Buffalo and has started more than 50 games in each of the past two seasons.

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5. HE WAS AN OHL ALL-STAR:

Lehner played one season for the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in 2009-10 after getting drafted by Ottawa in 2009. Lehner was an all-star, posting a 27-13-3 record with the hounds, with a 2.80 GAA and a .918 SV% and five shutouts - the most in the OHL that season.


6. HE BOUGHT DANIEL ALFREDSSON'S HOUSE IN OTTAWA:

According to
NHL Network's Kevin Weekes, former Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson sold his house
to the goaltender after Aldfredsson's departure from Ottawa in 2013.


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7. HIS FATHER IS A GOALIE COACH:

Lehner's father, Michael, has served as a goalie coach in the Swedish Hockey League with Frolunda (2006-08, 2010-11) and in Russia's KHL with CSKA Moscow (2008-09) and Dynamo Moscow (2009-10).
Michael Lehner also served as the goalie coach for Belarus during the 2016 World Championships.
According to the Sault Star
, Michael Lehner was Henrik Lundqvist's goalie coach in Frolunda before Lundqvist joined the New York Rangers. Lehner also trained former NHL forward Kristian Huselius.