Jonas Holøs
{{Short description|Norwegian ice hockey player (born 1987)}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = 2022-04-10 Eisbären Berlin gegen Kölner Haie (Deutsche Eishockey-Liga 2021-22, Playoff-Viertelfinale) by Sandro Halank–045.jpg
| image_size = 230px
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|8|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Sarpsborg, Norway
| position = Defence
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 205
| played_for = Sparta Sarpsborg
Färjestad BK
Colorado Avalanche
Växjö Lakers
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
HC Fribourg-Gottéron
Linköping HC
Kölner Haie
| ntl_team = Norway
| career_start = 2004
| career_end = 2023
| draft = 170th overall
| draft_year = 2008
| draft_team = Colorado Avalanche
}}
Jonas Holøs (born August 27, 1987) is a Norwegian former professional ice hockey defenseman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) and participated in the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics as a member of Team Norway.{{cite book |last=National Hockey League|title=The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011|year=2010 |publisher= Triumph Books |page= 302|isbn= 978-1-60078-422-4}}
Playing career
Holøs began playing for hometown Norwegian team Sparta Warriors of the GET-ligaen in 2002, but after the 2007–08 season he signed with Färjestads BK of the Swedish Elitserien.{{cite news| url = http://www.denverpost.com/avalanche/ci_16424994 | title = Avalanche's Holos carries hopes of native Norway | newspaper = Denver Post | date = 2010-10-25 | access-date = 2010-10-25 | last = Frei | first = Terry }}
After the 2008 IIHF World Championship in Canada, he was invited to a summer camp with the Chicago Blackhawks.{{cite news|url=http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=510953|title=NHL-klubb interessert i Holøs|date=2008-05-27|newspaper=VG.no|access-date=2008-05-28|language=no}} But on 21 June 2008, he was drafted by the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League in the sixth round as the 170th overall pick.{{cite news|url=http://avalanche.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=366621&page=NewsPage&service=page |title=Avalanche Draft Board |date=2008-06-21 |publisher=Colorado Avalanche |access-date=2008-06-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080624165751/http://avalanche.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=366621 |archive-date=2008-06-24 }} Returning to Sweden Holøs played in 55 games and recorded 8 goals for 16 points. Färjestad's General Manager, Thomas Rundqvist, stated before the 2009 Playoff finals that Holøs was the player who had evolved the most in the 2008–09 season, and that the Avalanche wanted him already in the autumn of 2009. But Holøs stated that he had a two-year contract with Färjestad, which he intended to fulfill.{{cite news|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/sport/ishockey/article3008745.ece |title=Forvandlingen |date=2009-04-01 |publisher=Aftenposten.no |access-date=2009-04-01 |language=no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090402171307/http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/sport/ishockey/article3008745.ece |archive-date=2009-04-02 }} After finishing the 2009–10 season with 14 points for Färjestads he left the Elitserien and signed with the Colorado Avalanche to a two-year entry-level contract on May 26, 2010.{{cite news|url=http://avalanche.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=530243|title=Avalanche signs Chouinard, Holos |date=2010-05-26|publisher=Colorado Avalanche|access-date=2010-06-07}}
In the 2010–11 season, he made the Avalanche opening night roster out training camp. Holøs made his NHL-debut on October 16, 2010, against the New York Islanders leading all players in time on ice with 23:57 in his first game. He became the sixth Norwegian, following Bjørn Skaare, Anders Myrvold, Espen Knutsen, Ole-Kristian Tollefsen and Patrick Thoresen to play in the NHL.{{cite web| url = http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20102011/ES020057.HTM | title = Avalanche 2, Islanders 5 | publisher = National Hockey League | date = 2010-10-16 | access-date = 2010-10-16}}{{cite news| url = http://www.denverpost.com/avalanche/ci_16359395 | title = Holos added to Norway's list of NHL players | newspaper = Denver Post | date = 2010-10-16 | access-date = 2011-06-16}} In his fourth game he set a new individual NHL-game record amongst Norwegians by logging a total of 27 minutes and 22 seconds of time on ice. On November 21, 2010, he was sent down to the Colorado's AHL affiliate, the Lake Erie Monsters.{{cite news|url=http://nrksport.no/ishockey/1.7391057|title=Holøs flyttes ned til farmerlaget|date=2010-11-21|publisher=nrk.no|access-date=2010-11-21|language=no}} On December 19 he was back with the Avalanche, registering his third assist of the season, tying the Norwegian record of most assists in one season by a defenceman.{{cite web|title=Norwegian NHL-records |author=Olasveengen, F |url=http://www.hockey.no/t2.asp?p=4920&x=1&a=194620 |publisher=NIHF |access-date=2010-12-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724075201/http://www.hockey.no/t2.asp?p=4920&x=1&a=194620 |archive-date=2011-07-24 }}
After failing to take a spot in the Avalanche's team for the 2011–12 season, Holøs asked for his release from the Avalanche organization on October 14, 2011, to move back to Europe. Two days later he was reassigned by the Colorado Avalanche to a two-year deal (expiring after the 2012–13 season) with the newcomers Växjö Lakers Hockey of the Swedish top-tier league Elitserien (SEL).{{cite web |url=http://theahl.com/stats/transactions.php?f_season_id=37&f_team_id=373 |title=Lake Erie Monsters transactions |website=theahl.com |access-date=2011-10-16}}{{cite web |url=http://www.vaxjolakers.se/artikel/10600/ |title=NHL-back till Växjö Lakers |publisher=Växjö Lakers Hockey |author=Jonas Gustavsson |language=sv |date=2011-10-17 |access-date=2011-10-17}}
Upon completion of the 2012–13 season, his second with the Lakers and producing 17 points in 55 games, Holøs left as a free agent to sign a contract with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Russian KHL on March 14, 2013.{{cite web | url = http://hclokomotiv.ru/news/news/yonas_kholos_pereedet_v_yaroslavl/ | title = Jonas Holos signs agreement with Yaroslavl | publisher = Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | date = 2013-03-14 | access-date = 2013-03-14 | language = ru | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130328161504/http://hclokomotiv.ru/news/news/yonas_kholos_pereedet_v_yaroslavl/ | archive-date = 2013-03-28 | url-status = dead }}
After two seasons in the KHL, Holøs made a third return to the SHL, in signing an optional two-year contract with former club, Färjestads BK on June 16, 2015.{{cite web | url = http://www.farjestadbk.se/artikel/67345/ | title = Holos returns to Farjestads | publisher = Färjestads BK | date = 2015-06-16 | access-date = 2015-06-16}}
At the completion of his contract with Färjestads, Holøs was not extended by the club and as a free agent, he opted to move to Switzerland in agreeing to a two-year deal with HC Fribourg-Gottéron of the NLA on May 29, 2017.{{cite web | publisher = HC Fribourg-Gottéron | date = 2017-05-29 | access-date = 2017-05-29 | language = fr | url = https://www.gotteron.ch/news/detail/jonas-holos-nor-signe-pour-deux-ans-avec-fribourg-gotteron-3050.html | title = Jonas Holos signs for two years with Gotteron | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171104063427/https://www.gotteron.ch/news/detail/jonas-holos-nor-signe-pour-deux-ans-avec-fribourg-gotteron-3050.html | archive-date = 2017-11-04 | url-status = dead }}
On 18 June 2019, Holøs having left Switzerland as a free agent opted for a fourth tenure in the SHL, agreeing to a two-year contract with Linköping HC.{{Cite web| publisher = Linköpings HC | url = https://www.lhc.eu/artikel/6xjpajx23-30c01/jonas-holos-till-cluben | title = Jonas Holos to LHC! | date = 18 June 2019 | access-date = 18 June 2019 | language = sv}} After completion of his two-year stint with Linköping HC, Holøs moved to Germany, in signing a one-year deal with Kölner Haie of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) on 14 June 2021.{{cite web| publisher = Kölner Haie | url = https://www.haie.de/news/jonas-holos-verstaerkt-die-haie-abwehr | title = Jonas Holøs strengthens Sharks defense | date = 14 June 2021 | accessdate = 14 June 2021 | language = German }} In the 2021–22 season, he was limited through injury to just 6 regular season games and four playoff appearances for Kölner Haie.
As a free agent, Holøs returned home to Norway and rejoined original club, Sparta Sarpsborg, on a three-year contract on 27 April 2022.{{cite web | url = https://www.sparta.no/artikel/lkxval2h9-40kl1/han-er-hjemme | title = He is home! | publisher = Sparta Warriors | date = 27 April 2022 | accessdate = 27 April 2022 | language = Norwegian}} Limited to just one playoff game in his first season of his return to Sparta, Holøs opted to conclude his 19 year professional career due to injury on 4 August 2023.{{cite web| url = http://www.sparta.no/artikel/wf3lalkvp-40kl1/jonas-holos-legger-opp | title = Holos announces retirement | publisher = Sparta Sarpsborg | date = 4 August 2023 | accessdate = 4 August 2023 | language = Norwegian }}
International play
Holøs was first selected to play international hockey for Norway at the junior level in the 2004 World Under-18 IIHF Championships in Belarus. Developing as an allround defenceman Jonas became a fixture on the Norwegian defense, making his full men's international debut at the 2006 World Championships in Latvia, playing in all 6 games.
After playing in 4 consecutive World Championships Holøs was chosen and made his Olympic debut at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, despite placing last in their group and eliminated by Slovakia in the Qualifying playoffs, Jonas led the entire Tournament for average ice-time per game.{{cite news|url=http://www.denverpost.com/avalanche/ci_15168071|title=Avs sign two defenseman to entry level-deals|date=2010-05-26|newspaper=Denver Post|access-date=2010-06-07}} At the following 2010 World Championships in Germany, he scored his first full international goal when he opened the scoring in a 12-1 drubbing to Canada on May 14, 2010.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.sportingnews.com/general/article/2010-05-14/canada-thrashes-norway-12-1-hockey-worlds|title=Canada thrashes Norway 12-1 at hockey worlds|date=2010-05-14|magazine=Sporting News|access-date=2010-06-07}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} Upon completion of the Championships he was again the tournament leader in average ice-time and was named among the Norwegian best in a ninth-place finish.{{cite news|url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230000_85J_1_0.pdf|title=Best players of each team selected by coaches|date=2010-05-23|work=IIHF|access-date=2010-06-07}}
Following the completion of his first North American season, Holøs joined the national team in Slovakia for the 2011 World Championships. During the round robin, he was named as the best player in a 3-2 victory over Switzerland on May 5, 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/en/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/browse/5/article/norway-tightens-the-race.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=3650&cHash=5eecc1656e |title=Norway tightens the race |date=2011-05-05 |access-date=2011-05-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021075625/http://www.iihf.com/en/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/browse/5/article/norway-tightens-the-race.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=3650&cHash=5eecc1656e |work=IIHF |archive-date=2012-10-21 }} Holøs led the Norwegian defense with 5 points, second among all tournament defensemen, in helping Norway to a 6th-place finish.{{cite web | url = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261000_85E_15_0.pdf | title = Defensemen scoring leaders | date = 2011-05-17 | access-date = 2011-05-17 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161231165729/http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/261/IHM261000_85E_15_0.pdf | archive-date = 2016-12-31 | work = IIHF | url-status = live }}
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 | ||||||||
| 2002–03
| NOR U19 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2003–04 | Sparta Warriors | NOR U19 | 35 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 24
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003–04
| Sparta Warriors | NOR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2004–05 | Sparta Warriors | NOR U19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004–05
| Sparta Warriors | NOR | 41 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2005–06 | Sparta Warriors | NOR | 26 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006–07
| Sparta Warriors | NOR | 40 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 32
| 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 18 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2006–07 | Sparta Warriors 2 | NOR.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007–08
| Sparta Warriors | NOR | 40 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 67
| 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2008–09 | SEL | 55 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 12
| 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 2009–10
| Färjestad BK | SEL | 51 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 24
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2010–11 | NHL | 39 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 10
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010–11
| AHL | 17 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 8
| 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2011–12 | SEL | 41 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012–13
| Växjö Lakers | SEL | 55 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 10
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2013–14 | KHL | 52 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 12
| 16 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 2014–15
| Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | KHL | 60 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 10
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2015–16 | Färjestad BK | SHL | 40 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016–17
| Färjestad BK | SHL | 51 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 8
| 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2017–18 | NL | 38 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 8
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018–19
| HC Fribourg–Gottéron | NL | 49 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 8
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2019–20 | SHL | 52 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 12
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020–21
| Linköping HC | SHL | 48 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2021–22 | DEL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022–23
| NOR | — | — | — | — | —
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NOR totals ! 148!!19!!45!!64!!131 ! 30!!3!!2!!5!!22 | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | SHL totals ! 393!!38!!79!!117!!96 ! 30!!4!!5!!9!!14 | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 39!!0!!6!!6!!10 ! —!!—!!—!!—!!— |
=International=
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! Year ! Team ! Event ! Result ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM | ||||
| 2004
| Norway | WJC18 | 10th | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2005 | Norway | WJC D1 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005
| Norway | WJC18 D1 | 1st | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2006 | Norway | WJC | 10th | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2006
| Norway | WC | 11th | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2007 | Norway | WJC D1 | 9th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 31 |
| 2007
| Norway | WC | 14th | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2008 | Norway | WC | 8th | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2009
| Norway | OGQ | Q | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2009 | Norway | WC | 11th | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010
| Norway | OG | 10th | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2010 | Norway | WC | 9th | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 2011
| Norway | WC | 6th | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2012 | Norway | WC | 8th | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| 2013
| Norway | WC | 10th | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2014 | Norway | OG | 12th | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2014
| Norway | WC | 12th | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2015 | Norway | WC | 11th | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| 2016
| Norway | WC | 10th | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2016 | Norway | OGQ | Q | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 2017
| Norway | WC | 11th | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2018 | Norway | OG | 8th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 2018
| Norway | WC | 13th | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2019 | Norway | WC | 12th | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 2021
| Norway | WC | 13th | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="4" | Junior totals ! 27!!4!!5!!9!!61 | ||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="4" | Senior totals ! 121!!16!!31!!47!!52 |
References
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External links
- {{icehockeystats}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110724075201/http://www.hockey.no/t2.asp?p=4920&x=1&a=194620 Norwegian NHL records]
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