page_title: Robin Lehner
section_title: Playing style
hierarchical_section_title: Robin Lehner / Playing style
caption_attribution_description: Robin Lehner and Bracken Kearns, 2013 AHL All-Star Skills Competition
context_page_description: Robin Lehner is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League. He has previously also played in the NHL with the Ottawa Senators, Buffalo Sabres, New York Islanders, and Chicago Blackhawks.
  Lehner was selected in the second round of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft by the Senators. He was the recipient of the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as MVP of the 2011 Calder Cup playoffs with the champion Binghamton Senators, Ottawa's American Hockey League affiliate. In 2019, he won the NHL's William M. Jennings Trophy for fewest goals allowed, and Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy for perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to the sport of hockey, while also being named a finalist for the Vezina Trophy as the league's most outstanding goaltender.
context_section_description: Lehner is a Butterfly style goalie who uses his large frame to his advantage. Despite his size, he remains quite mobile with good lateral movement.  Following the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, Senators' scouting staff described Lehner's style as very competitive with good technique and a willingness to aggressively challenge shooters. Sweden head coach Stephan Lundh described him as a "steady, calm person. He's very determined".
  Robin's father Michael has helped coach New York Rangers' goaltender Henrik Lundqvist, and has had a big influence on both goaltenders' playing styles. His father never played goaltender, so he would often use his son as a "guinea pig" for Lundqvist. Michael Lehner has done various forms of martial arts at an elite level and took his knowledge of movement over to goaltending.  Michael Lehner spent four seasons as the goaltending coach for Frölunda HC, Lundqvist's and Robin Lehner's former team.
caption: Lehner is a butterfly style goalie, a style where the goalie typically drops to their knees to block a shot.
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