Johan Holmqvist

{{short description|Swedish ice hockey player}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image = Johan Holmqvist.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| caption = Johan Holmqvist playing for Frölunda HC during a preseason game against Tappara in Borås Sweden in August 2008.

| played_for = Brynäs IF
New York Rangers
Dallas Stars
Tampa Bay Lightning
Frölunda HC
Karlskrona HK

| league = SHL

| position = Goaltender

| catches = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lb = 195

| ntl_team = SWE

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|5|24|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Tolfta, Sweden

| draft = 175th overall

| draft_year = 1997

| draft_team = New York Rangers

| career_start = 1996

| career_end = 2018

}}

Johan Erik Daniel Holmqvist (born May 24, 1978) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey goaltender, he most notably played in the National Hockey League and the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).

Playing 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 four NHL games for the Rangers between 2000 and 2003. Most of his time was spent with the Rangers' farm team, the Hartford Wolf Pack of the AHL.

On March 11, 2003, Holmqvist was traded to the 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 he 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, an 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 Mike Smith, Jeff Halpern and Jussi Jokinen. On July 23, 2008, he signed a contract with the Swedish club Frölunda HC.

International play

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{{MedalSport | Ice hockey}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold | 2006 Riga | }}

{{MedalBronze | 2009 Bern/Kloten | }}

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Holmqvist has represented Sweden in two World Championships, 2005 and 2006. He was Sweden's starting goaltender in 2006 and led Sweden to their first gold medal in a World Championship since 1998, for which he was selected as the tournament's best goaltender.{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/WS/ihm046000_85i_1_0.pdf|title=BEST PLAYERS SELECTED BY THE DIRECTORATE|date=2006-05-21|publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation|access-date=2009-01-22}}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="10" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="8" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | Playoffs

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Season

! Team

! League

! GP !! W !! L !! T !! OTL !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA !! SV%

! GP !! W !! L !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA !! SV%

1996–97

| Brynäs IF

| SEL

| 2

80403.00.879

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1997–98

| Brynäs IF

| SEL

| 33

18978202.59.895

| 3

031801404.67.813
1998–99

| Brynäs IF

| SEL

| 41

238311142.79.896

| 14

958553402.39.919
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| 1999–00

| Brynäs IF

| SEL

| 41

240210442.60.898

| 11

6713012.68.903
2000–01

| Hartford Wolf Pack

| AHL

| 43

1944230511122.89.906

| 5

233141302.48.923
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2000–01

| New York Rangers

| NHL

| 2

0201191005.04.859

| —

2001–02

| Hartford Wolf Pack

| AHL

| 48

26126273414013.07.899

| 4

121631204.41.815
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2001–02

| New York Rangers

| NHL

| 1

0009000.001.000

| —

2002–03

| Hartford Wolf Pack

| AHL

| 35

1413519048422.65.910

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2002–03

| New York Rangers

| NHL

| 1

01039203.08.889

| —

2002–03

| Charlotte Checkers

| ECHL

| 1

10060202.00.956

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2002–03

| Houston Aeros

| AHL

| 8

5304792312.88.900

| 23

15814995012.00.928
2003–04

| Houston Aeros

| AHL

| 59

23277346714842.56.908

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2004–05

| Brynäs IF

| SEL

| 42

12264244513813.39.891

| —

2005–06

| Brynäs IF

| SEL

| 26

149315395031.95.928

| 4

041941304.02.866
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2006–07

| Tampa Bay Lightning

| NHL

| 48

27153254812112.85.893

| 6

243701802.92.893
2007–08

| Tampa Bay Lightning

| NHL

| 45

20166246912423.01.890

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2007–08

| Dallas Stars

| NHL

| 2

10080503.75.857

| —

2008–09

| Frölunda HC

| SEL

| 49

27182279910122.17.917

| 11

656232512.41.905
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2009–10

| Frölunda HC

| SEL

| 53

23219318114202.68.896

| 7

344292203.08.893
2010–11

| Frölunda HC

| SEL

| 40

17220229710532.74.903

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2011–12

| Brynäs IF

| SEL

| 28

1710015996312.36.916

| 4

22252902.15.931
2012–13

| Brynäs IF

| SEL

| 39

1520020958842.52.914

| 4

042161504.17.895
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| 2013–14

| Brynäs IF

| SHL

| 26

1213015427122.76.901

| —

2014–15

| Almtuna IS

| SWE-2

| 22

119012614332.05.924

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2014–15

| Brynäs IF

| SHL

| 5

1402761112.39.911

| 1

0164302.83.912
2015–16

| Karlskrona HK

| SHL

| 20

514011635402.79.903

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2016–17

| Karlskrona HK

| SHL

| 29

1216016956722.37.919

| —

2017–18

| Karlskrona HK

| SHL

| 5

1302931603.28.904

| —

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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 99 !! 48 !! 34 !! 0 !! 9 !! 5264 !! 262 !! 3 !! 2.99 !! .890

! 6 !! 2 !! 4 !! 370 !! 18 !! 0 !! 2.92 !! .893

=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

! Result

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! GP

! W

! L

! OT

! MIN

! GA

! SO

! GAA

! SV%

ALIGN="center"

| 1996

| Sweden

| EJC18

| {{bronze3}}

| 4

| 3

| 1

| 0

| 240

| 7

| 1

| 1.75

| .923

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1998

| Sweden

| WJC

| 6th

| 6

| —

| —

| —

| 366

| 11

| 0

| 1.80

| .919

ALIGN="center"

| 2005

| Sweden

| WC

| 4th

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 0

| 40

| 3

| 0

| 4.50

| .857

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2006

| Sweden

| WC

| {{gold1}}

| 7

| 5

| 0

| 2

| 420

| 14

| 2

| 2.00

| .909

ALIGN="center"

| 2009

| Sweden

| WC

| {{bronze3}}

| 2

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 88

| 4

| 0

| 2.73

| .915

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan=4 | Junior totals

! 10

! —

! —

! —

! 606

! 18

! 1

! 1.78

! —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan=4 | Senior totals

! 10

! 6

! 1

! 2

! 548

! 21

! 2

! 2.30

! —

References

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