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Michael Holmqvist

{{Short description|Swedish ice hockey player (born 1979)}}

{{More footnotes needed|date=September 2023}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2015}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image = Michael Holmqvist.jpg

| caption =

| image_size = 230px

| played_for = Färjestads BK
TPS (SM-liiga)
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Chicago Blackhawks
Frölunda HC
Djurgårdens IF
Linköpings HC

| position = Centre

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lb = 207

| ntl_team = Sweden

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|6|8}}

| birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden

| draft = 18th overall

| draft_year = 1997

| draft_team = Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

| career_start = 1996

| career_end = 2015

}}

Rolf Anders Michael Holmqvist Pedersen (born June 8, 1979) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey forward. He is the older brother of Djurgårdens IF player Andreas Holmqvist.

Playing career

Holmqvist was drafted 18th overall by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft from the SEL. After moving to the SM-liiga with TPS in 1999, Holmqvist made it to North America to start the 2003–04 season.{{cite web |title=Ducks Agree To Terms With Center Mikael Holmqvist |url=http://www.mightyducks.com/PressBox/PressBox2.asp?PressBoxID=673 |website=Anaheim Mighty Ducks |access-date=December 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030820132046/http://www.mightyducks.com/PressBox/PressBox2.asp?PressBoxID=673 |archive-date=August 20, 2003 |date=April 29, 2003}}

Michael only managed to play 21 games for the Ducks during the season, splitting time with affiliate, the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks of the American Hockey League. On July 30, 2005, Holmqvist was traded by the Ducks to the Chicago Blackhawks for Travis Moen.{{cite web |last1=Kempenaar |first1=Adam |title=Hawks Trade Moen For Holmqvist |url=http://www.chicagoblackhawks.com/news/news.asp?story_id=2867 |website=Chicago Blackhawks |access-date=July 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060318051047/http://www.chicagoblackhawks.com/news/news.asp?story_id=2867 |archive-date=March 18, 2006 |date=July 30, 2005}} In the 2005–06 season, Michael enjoyed his best year, recording 10 goals and 20 points in 72 games played. Holmqvist played two full seasons with the Blackhawks before returning to the SEL in 2007. In total, Holmqvist played 156 regular season games, scoring 18 goals and 17 assists for 35 points while collecting 72 penalty minutes.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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

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! colspan="5"|Regular season

! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

! colspan="5"|Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

1995–96

| Djurgårdens IF

| J20

| 24

7294

| —

————
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| 1996–97

| Djurgårdens IF

| J20

| 39

293564110

| —

————
1996–97

| Djurgårdens IF

| SEL

| 9

0000

| —

————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1997–98

| Färjestads BK

| SEL

| 41

2356

| 7

0000
1998–99

| Färjestads BK

| J20

| 11

971631

| —

————
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| 1998–99

| Färjestads BK

| SEL

| 15

0006

| —

————
1998–99

| Hammarby IF

| SWE.2

| 3

2020

| —

————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1999–2000

| TPS

| SM-l

| 54

1231514

| 11

2354
2000–01

| TPS

| SM-l

| 46

4598

| 10

1342
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2001–02

| TPS

| SM-l

| 56

9132216

| 8

10112
2002–03

| TPS

| SM-l

| 56

15254036

| 7

0004
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2003–04

| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

| NHL

| 21

20225

| —

————
2003–04

| Cincinnati Mighty Ducks

| AHL

| 24

771420

| —

————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2004–05

| Cincinnati Mighty Ducks

| AHL

| 79

143246111

| 11

22410
2005–06

| Chicago Blackhawks

| NHL

| 72

10102016

| —

————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2006–07

| Chicago Blackhawks

| NHL

| 63

671331

| —

————
2007–08

| Frölunda HC

| SEL

| 53

7101751

| 4

0002
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2008–09

| Djurgårdens IF

| SEL

| 53

9101978

| —

————
2009–10

| Djurgårdens IF

| SEL

| 52

991820

| 9

0222
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2010–11

| Linköpings HC

| SEL

| 51

551039

| 7

2572
2011–12

| Linköpings HC

| SEL

| 48

02222

| —

————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2012–13

| Djurgårdens IF

| Allsv

| 49

891769

| 6

1124
2013–14

| Djurgårdens IF

| Allsv

| 50

1592428

| 10

6284
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2014–15

| Djurgårdens IF

| SHL

| 43

36914

| —

————
bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | SEL/SHL totals

! 365 !! 35 !! 45 !! 80 !! 236

! 27 !! 2 !! 7 !! 9 !! 6

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | SM-l totals

! 212 !! 40 !! 46 !! 86 !! 74

! 36 !! 4 !! 6 !! 10 !! 22

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 156 !! 18 !! 17 !! 35 !! 72

! — !! — !! — !! — !! —

=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

! rowspan="102" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

1997

| Sweden

| EJC

| 6

1346
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1998

| Sweden

| WJC

| 7

01128
2008

| Sweden

| WC

| 7

0006
bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan=3 | Junior totals

! 13 !! 1 !! 4 !! 5 !! 34

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan=3 | Senior totals

! 7 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 6

References

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External links

  • {{icehockeystats}}
  • [http://www.expressen.se/sport/hockey/shl/michael-holmqvist-slutar-med-ishockeyn/ Holmqvist retires]

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{{succession box | before = Ruslan Salei | title = Anaheim Ducks first round draft pick | years = 1997 | after = Vitaly Vishnevski}}

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