Johan Holmqvist

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Position Goaltender
Catches Left
Nickname(s) Honken
Lill-Honken
Height
Weight
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
195 lb (88 kg/13 st 13 lb)
NHL Team
F. teams
Dallas Stars
Tampa Bay Lightning
New York Rangers
Nationality Flag of Sweden Sweden
Born May 24, 1978(1978-05-24),
Tolfta, SWE
NHL Draft 175th overall, 1997
New York Rangers
Pro career 2001 – present

Johan Holmqvist (born May 24, 1978 in Tolfta, Sweden) is a Swedish ice hockey goaltender. He is currently playing for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League.

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[edit] Career

He started his career in the Elitserien team Brynäs IF. He played for their senior team from 1996 to 2000. He then signed with the New York Rangers, who had drafted Holmqvist in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft (7th round/175 pick overall). Holmqvist only 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 once again signed with an NHL club. He is currently with the Dallas Stars and is their No. 2 goaltender to Marty Turco after spending the season up until the trade deadline with Tampa Bay.

[edit] Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP W L T/OL SO G A Pts GAA Sv% GP W L OL G A Pts GAA Sv%
1996–97 Brynäs IF SEL 2  ?  ?  ?  ? 0 0 0 3.00 .878 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
1997–98 Brynäs IF SEL 33  ?  ?  ?  ? 0 0 0 2.59 .895 3  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 4.67 .813
1998–99 Brynäs IF SEL 41  ?  ?  ?  ? 0 0 0 2.79 .896 14 0 0 0  ?  ?  ? 2.39 .918
1999–00 Brynäs IF SEL 41  ?  ?  ?  ? 0 0 0 2.57 .898 11  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 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  ?  ?  ?  ? 0 1 1 3.39 .891 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2005–06 Brynäs IF SEL 26  ?  ?  ?  ? 0 3 3 1.95 .927 4  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 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 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
SEL totals 185  ?  ?  ?  ? 0 4 4 2.73  ? 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.87  ?
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 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

[edit] International career

Holmqvist has represented Sweden in two World Championship, 2005 and 2006. In the 2006 tournament he was Sweden's starting goaltender and helped the Swedes to their first gold medal in a World Championship since 1998.

[edit] International statistics

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

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