Johan Holmqvist
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| Position | Goaltender |
| Catches | Left |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (89 kg) |
| NHL Team F. Teams |
Tampa Bay Lightning New York Rangers |
| Nationality |  Sweden |
| Born | May 24, 1978, Tierp, SWE |
| NHL Draft | 175th overall, 1997 New York Rangers |
| Pro Career | 2001 – present |
Johan Holmqvist (born May 24, 1978 in Tierp, Sweden) is a Swedish ice hockey goaltender. He is currently playing for the NHL club Tampa Bay Lightning.
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[edit] Career
He started his career in the Swedish Elite league team Brynäs IF. He played for their senior team from 1996 to 2000. He then signed with the New York Rangers, who had drafted Holmqvist in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft (7th round/175 pick overall). But Holmqvist did only play three games with the Rangers between 2000 and 2003. The rest of the time he spent with Rangers' farm team Hartford Wolf Pack of the AHL. On March 11, 2003 Holmqvist was traded to Minnesota Wild for Lawrence Nycholat. He played the rest of the season with Wild's farm team Houston Aeros of the AHL. The following season, 2003/04, he also played with the Aeros and after the season he decided to move back to Sweden. He then signed with his former club Byrnäs IF and played with them for two season. But on June 1, 2006 he once again signed with a NHL club, this time it was the Tampa Bay Lightning and he will play for them in the upcoming 2006/07 season.
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GAA | Svs% | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GAA | Svs% | ||
| 1996-97 | Brynäs IF | Elitserien | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | .878 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1997-98 | Brynäs IF | Elitserien | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.59 | .895 | 3 | 4.67 | .813 | ||||||
| 1998-99 | Brynäs IF | Elitserien | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.79 | .896 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.39 | .918 | ||
| 1999-00 | Brynäs IF | Elitserien | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.57 | .898 | 11 | 2.68 | .903 | ||||||
| 2000-01 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 43 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2.89 | .906 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.48 | .923 | ||
| 2000-01 | New York Rangers | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5.04 | .859 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2001-02 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 48 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3.07 | .899 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.41 | .815 | ||
| 2001-02 | New York Rangers | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002-03 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.65 | .910 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002-03 | New York Rangers | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.08 | .889 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002-03 | Charlotte Checkers | ECHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | .956 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002-03 | Houston Aeros | AHL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.88 | .900 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 | .928 | ||
| 2003-04 | Houston Aeros | AHL | 59 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.88 | .908 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2004-05 | Brynäs IF | Elitserien | 42 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3.39 | .891 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2005-06 | Brynäs IF | Elitserien | 26 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.95 | .927 | 4 | 4.02 | .866 | ||||||
| Elitserien totals | 185 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 2.73 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.87 | ||||||
| NHL totals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.31 | .868 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| AHL totals | 193 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 2.79 | .905 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.27 | .919 | ||||
| ECHL totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | .956 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
[edit] International career
Holmqvist has represented Sweden in two World Championship, 2005 and 2006. In the 2006 tournament he was Sweden starting goaltender and helped the Swedes to their first gold medal in World Championship since 1998.
[edit] International statistics
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GAA | Svs% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Sweden | WChamp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | .857 | |
| 2006 | Sweden | WChamp | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | .909 | |
| World Champ. totals | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
