Joel Lundqvist

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Position	Center
Shoots	Left
Height Weight	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 194 lb (88 kg)
NHL Team	Dallas Stars
Nationality	Sweden
Born	March 2, 1982, Åre, SWE
NHL Draft	68th overall, 2000 Dallas Stars
Pro Career	2000 – present

Joel Lundqvist (born March 2, 1982, in Åre, Sweden) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player with Dallas Stars in NHL.

Joel Lundqvist is 6'0 feet tall. He weighs 194 pounds and shoots left handed when playing hockey. Lundqvist was selected by the Dallas Stars in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft (3rd round, 68th overall) and signed a 3 year entry level two way contract with them in May 2006. He started his 2006 season in Iowa Stars but was called up and played his first game in Dallas on December 3, 2006.

His identical twin brother Henrik Lundqvist had a successful rookie season as goaltender for the New York Rangers in the 2005-06 season. He was afforded the opportunity to play his twin brother on December 14, 2006, in Dallas. It was the first time that a goaltender faced his twin. He and his brother are only the third set of twins to play each other in an NHL game in the history of the league.

Scored his first career NHL goal against the Calgary Flames on January 17, 2007.

1 Career statistics
2 International play
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Career statistics

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2000-01	Mölndal HC	Swe-2	17	10	5	15	10	--	--	--	--	--
2000-01	Frölunda HC	Elit	9	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--
2001-02	Frölunda HC	Elit	46	12	14	26	28	10	1	3	4	8
2002-03	Frölunda HC	Elit	50	17	20	37	113	16	6	3	9	12
2003-04	Frölunda HC	Elit	49	9	14	23	48	10	2	2	4	8
2004-05	Frölunda HC	Elit	50	7	12	19	38	13	2	5	7	57
2005-06	Frölunda HC	Elit	49	10	22	32	87	17	3	4	7	34
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