Johan Holmqvist

Johan Holmqvist
Born (1978-05-24) May 24, 1978
Tolfta, SWE
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
SEL team
Former teams		 Brynäs IF
Frölunda HC
Dallas Stars
Tampa Bay Lightning
New York Rangers
National team  Sweden
NHL Draft 175th overall, 1997
New York Rangers
Playing career 2001–present

Johan Erik Daniel "Honken" Holmqvist (born May 24, 1978) is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender, currently playing for Brynäs IF in Elitserien.

Career

He started his career in the Elitserien team Brynäs IF. He played for their senior team from 1996 to 2000, winning a Swedish championship in 1999. He then signed with the New York Rangers, who had drafted Holmqvist in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft (7th round/175 pick overall). Holmqvist played three NHL games for the Rangers between 2000 and 2003. Most of his time was spent with the Rangers' farm team Hartford Wolf Pack of the AHL. On March 11, 2003, Holmqvist was traded to Minnesota Wild for Lawrence Nycholat. Holmqvist played the rest of the season with the Wild's farm team, the Houston Aeros of the AHL, and won the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as MVP of the Calder Cup Playoffs as Houston won the league championship. The following season, 2003/04, he played with the Aeros. At the end of the season, he decided to move back to Sweden where signed with his former club, Brynäs IF. He played with them for two seasons and then, on June 1, 2006, he signed with the Tampa Bay Lightning, a NHL club. He played with them for almost two years, putting up mixed numbers. He was traded at the 2008 trade deadline to the Dallas Stars along with Brad Richards for a number of players, including Mike Smith and Jeff Halpern. On July 23, 2008, he signed a contract with the Swedish club Frölunda HC.

International play
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Men's ice hockey
World Championships
2006 Riga Ice Hockey
2009 Bern/Kloten Ice Hockey

Holmqvist has represented Sweden in two World Championships, 2005 and 2006. He was Sweden's starting goaltender in 2006 and lead Sweden to their first gold medal in a World Championship since 1998, for which he was selected as the tournament's best goaltender.[1]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP W L OT SO G A Pts GAA SV% GP W L OL G A Pts GAA SV%
1996–97 Brynäs IF SEL 2 0 0 ? 0 0 0 0 3.00 .879 — — — — — — — — —
1997–98 Brynäs IF SEL 33 ? ? ? ? 0 0 0 2.59 .895 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 4.67 .813
1998–99 Brynäs IF SEL 41 ? ? ? 4 0 0 0 2.79 .896 14 9 5 0 0 0 0 2.39 .919
1999–00 Brynäs IF SEL 41 ? ? ? 4 0 0 0 2.60 .898 11 ? ? ? 0 0 0 2.68 .903
2000–01 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 43 19 4 5 2 0 1 1 2.89 .906 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 2.48 .923
2000–01 New York Rangers NHL 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.04 .859 — — — — — — — — —
2001–02 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 48 26 12 6 1 0 1 1 3.07 .899 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 4.41 .815
2001–02 New York Rangers NHL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.000 — — — — — — — — —
2002–03 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 35 14 13 5 2 0 0 0 2.65 .910 — — — — — — — — —
2002–03 New York Rangers NHL 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.08 .889 — — — — — — — — —
2002–03 Charlotte Checkers ECHL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.00 .956 — — — — — — — — —
2002–03 Houston Aeros AHL 8 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.88 .900 23 15 8 0 0 0 0 2.00 .928
2003–04 Houston Aeros AHL 59 23 27 7 4 0 2 2 2.88 .908 — — — — — — — — —
2004–05 Brynäs IF SEL 42 ? ? ? 1 0 1 1 3.39 .891 — — — — — — — — —
2005–06 Brynäs IF SEL 26 ? ? ? 3 0 3 3 1.95 .928 4 ? ? ? ? ? 3 4.02 .866
2006–07 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 48 27 15 3 1 0 3 3 2.85 .893 6 2 4 0 0 0 0 2.92 .893
2007–08 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 45 20 16 6 2 0 1 1 3.01 .890 — — — — — — — — —
2007–08 Dallas Stars NHL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.75 .857 — — — — — — — — —
2008–09 Frölunda HC SEL 49 ? ? ? 2 0 1 1 2.17 .917 11 ? ? ? ? ? 1 2.41 .905
2009–10 Frölunda HC SEL 53 ? ? ? 0 ? ? ? 2.68 .896 7 ? ? ? ? ? ? 3.08 .893
SEL totals 185 ? ? ? ? 0 4 4 2.63 .900 32 ? ? ? ? ? ? 2.80 .883
NHL totals 99 48 34 9 3 0 4 4 2.99 .890 6 2 4 0 0 0 0 2.92 .893
AHL totals 193 87 69 23 10 0 4 4 2.79 .905 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.27 .919
ECHL totals 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.00 .956 — — — — — — — — —

International

Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM GAA SV%
2005 Sweden WChamp 1 0 0 0 0 4.50 .857
2006 Sweden WChamp 7 0 0 0 0 2.00 .909
World Championship totals 8 0 0 0 0

References

  1. ↑ "BEST PLAYERS SELECTED BY THE DIRECTORATE" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2006-05-21. Retrieved 2009-01-22.
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