Andreas Holmqvist

{{Infobox ice hockey biography

| name = Andreas Holmqvist

| image = Andreas Holmqvist 2012-03-31 01.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| caption

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|7|23|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 203

| position = Defence

| shoots = Right

| played_for = Linköpings HC
Frölunda HC
Djurgårdens IF
Kölner Haie

| ntl_team = SWE

| draft = 61st overall

| draft_year = 2001

| draft_team = Tampa Bay Lightning

| career_start = 2000

| career_end = 2015

}}

Per Robert Andreas Holmqvist Pedersen (born 23 July 1981) is a Swedish professional ice hockey coach and former player. He won gold at the 2006 World Championship, while representing Sweden national team.

Playing career

Holmqvist made his debut in men's ice hockey in Sweden's second-division with Hammarby IF in 2000–01. He played for Linköpings HC, Frölunda HC and Djurgårdens IF in the Swedish Elitserien, interrupted by stints in the AHL and ECHL: From 2003 to 2005, he played for the Hamilton Bulldogs, Pensacola Ice Pilots and Springfield Falcons. In 2007 and 2010, Holmqvist made it to the SHL finals with Linköping and Djurgårdens IF respectively.

He signed with Kölner Haie in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) in 2012. He reached the DEL finals with Köln in 2013 and 2014 and was named 2013 DEL Player of the Year.{{Cite web|url = http://www.haie.de/news/holmqvist-spieler-des-jahres-krupp-trainer-des-jahres-haie-mit-vielen-del-auszeichnungen|title = Holmqvist "Spieler des Jahres", Krupp "Trainer des Jahres" – Haie mit vielen DEL-Auszeichnungen! {{!}} Kölner Haie| website = www.haie.de| date=16 March 2013 |access-date = 2016-03-17}} He announced his retirement towards the end of the 2014–15 season.{{cite web| url = http://www.haie.de/index.php?type=article&articleId=7293 | title = Andreas Holmqvist ends his career after the season | publisher = Kölner Haie | date = 2015-02-22 | accessdate = 2015-02-22 | language = German}}

International play

Holmqvist played nine games during the 2006 World Championships en route to winning gold. He also played for Sweden at the 2005–06, 2006–07 and 2007–08 Euro Hockey Tour.

Coaching career

In September 2015, he was named assistant coach of Djurgårdens IF's women's team.{{Cite web|url = http://www.difhockey.se/artikel/5884/|title = Andreas Holmqvist tillbaka i Djurgården| website = Djurgården Hockey|access-date = 2016-03-17}}

Personal

He is the younger brother of fellow hockey player Michael Holmqvist.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! colspan="5" \| Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! colspan="5" \| Playoffs
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM
1999–2000 \| Hammarby IF \| J20 \| 33	8	12	20	16 \| 6	1	2	3	4
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2000–01 \| Hammarby IF \| Allsv \| 37	5	13	18	40 \| 10	1	2	3	6
2001–02 \| Hammarby IF \| Allsv \| 42	11	13	24	97 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2002–03 \| Linköpings HC \| SEL \| 43	4	9	13	28 \| —	—	—	—	—
2003–04 \| Hamilton Bulldogs \| AHL \| 4	0	0	0	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2003–04 \| Pensacola Ice Pilots \| ECHL \| 63	4	33	37	16 \| 5	0	4	4	0
2004–05 \| Springfield Falcons \| AHL \| 42	3	9	12	22 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2005–06 \| Linköpings HC \| J20 \| 1	0	0	0	2 \| —	—	—	—	—
2005–06 \| Linköpings HC \| SEL \| 46	6	16	22	64 \| 13	1	3	4	24
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2006–07 \| Linköpings HC \| SEL \| 49	7	21	28	54 \| 12	4	5	9	35
2007–08 \| Frölunda HC \| SEL \| 49	3	23	26	40 \| 4	0	0	0	2
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2008–09 \| Frölunda HC \| SEL \| 7	1	2	3	10 \| —	—	—	—	—
2008–09 \| Djurgårdens IF \| SEL \| 35	5	11	16	30 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2009–10 \| Djurgårdens IF \| SEL \| 51	3	21	24	84 \| 15	3	3	6	12
2010–11 \| Djurgårdens IF \| SEL \| 48	12	17	29	10 \| 7	0	3	3	2
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2011–12 \| Djurgårdens IF \| SEL \| 40	5	9	14	20 \| —	—	—	—	—
2012–13 \| Kölner Haie \| DEL \| 49	11	39	50	30 \| 12	0	12	12	6
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2013–14 \| Kölner Haie \| DEL \| 35	3	18	21	28 \| 17	1	5	6	10
2014–15 \| Kölner Haie \| DEL \| 32	2	15	17	14 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2018–19 \| Boo HC 2 \| SWE.7 \| 2	0	1	1	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
2018–19 \| Kalmar HC \| SWE.3 \| 17	3	14	17	42 \| 3	0	2	2	2
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| SEL totals ! 368!!46!!129!!175!!340 ! 51!!8!!14!!22!!75