Patric Hörnqvist

Patric Hörnqvist
Born January 1, 1987 (1987-01-01) (age 25)
Sollentuna, Sweden
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 188 lb (85 kg; 13 st 6 lb)
Position Right wing
Shoots Right
NHL team
Former teams		 Nashville Predators
Djurgårdens IF (SEL)
National team  Sweden
NHL Draft 230th overall, 2005
Nashville Predators
Playing career 2005–present

Patric Gösta Hörnqvist (born January 1, 1987) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Nashville Predators in the National Hockey League.

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Playing career

Hörnqvist was born on 1 January 1987 in Stockholm, Sweden. He grew up in the suburb Sollentuna where he began playing hockey in the local club Gillbo IF[1] and also played minor hockey in Solna SK.[2] Hörnqvist later moved on to play junior hockey in Väsby IK Hockey. He was part of Stockholm/Röd's team in the 2002 TV-pucken and also made some appearances in Väsby's senior team the same season. Hörnqvist played two additional seasons with Väsby, but when head coach Charles Berglund was acquired by Djurgårdens IF in 2004 as assistant coach, Hörnqvist followed.[3] He played a few games for Djurgården's J20 team during the 2004–05 season and was drafted by Nashville Predators in the seventh round, 230th and last overall in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. Hörnqvist made his Elitserien debut on September 26 against Timrå IK and played 47 games out of 50 during the 2005–06 Elitserien season scoring five goals and seven points.[4] He became the Elitserien Rookie of the Year in 2007 after a successful second season in Djurgården's regular team, scoring 23 goals and 34 points.[5][1] Hörnqvist signed on a three-year contract with Nashville in May 2007 but had already chosen to stay for another season in Djurgården during the previous month.[6][7] He played another good season scoring 18 goals and 30 points in 53 games; and participated in his first Elitserien playoff when Djurgården met Linköpings HC in the quarterfinals. These games did not go well for Hörnqvist; he recorded only one assist, and his team lost the series 4–1.[8]

Hörnqvist moved to North America for the 2008–09 NHL season in hopes of making the Predators' roster. However, he struggled and was assigned to their minor league affiliate, the Milwaukee Admirals of the American Hockey League (AHL), where he spent most of the year. He scored his first NHL goal on October 15, 2008 against Marty Turco of the Dallas Stars, in one of his 28 NHL games that year. Hörnqvist broke out in the 2009–10 NHL season, leading the Predators in goals (30) and tying for the team lead in points with 51.

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2005–06 Djurgårdens IF SEL 47 5 2 7 36 — — — — —
2006–07 Djurgårdens IF SEL 49 23 11 34 38 — — — — —
2007–08 Djurgårdens IF SEL 53 18 12 30 58 5 0 1 1 6
2008–09 Nashville Predators NHL 28 2 5 7 16 — — — — —
2008–09 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 49 17 18 35 44 11 4 4 8 6
2009–10 Nashville Predators NHL 80 30 21 51 40 2 0 1 1 4
2010–11 Nashville Predators NHL 79 21 27 48 47 12 2 1 3 6
SEL totals 149 46 25 71 132 5 0 1 1 6
NHL totals 187 53 53 106 103 14 2 2 4 10

References

  1. ^ a b "Patric Hörnqvist, Djurgårdens IF, Årets Rookie" (in Swedish). swehockey.se. Swedish Ice Hockey Association. 20 March 2007. http://www2.swehockey.se/t2.asp?p=65501&x=1&a=908410. Retrieved 3 July 2010. 
  2. ^ Kenneth Ahl (3 April 2007). "Årets Rookie i Svensk Hockey" (in Swedish). Solna SK. http://www.sportnik.com/group/21485/news/246386. Retrieved 3 July 2010. 
  3. ^ Abrahamsson, Hans (19 February 2007). "”Jag siktar mot Tre kronor”" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/hockey/sverige/elitserien/article404036.ab. Retrieved 3 June 2010. 
  4. ^ Jerker Dammbro (26 September 2005). "Laguppställningen mot Timrå" (in Swedish). difhockey.se. Djurgårdens IF Hockey. http://www.difhockey.se/nyhet.php?news=2998. Retrieved 3 July 2010. 
  5. ^ "Årets rookie" (in Swedish). Svenska Hockeyligan. Archived from the original on 21 November 2011. http://web.archive.org/web/20110519124205/http://hockeyligan.se/index.php?menu=1&submenu=1&subsubmenu=7. Retrieved 28 June 2010. 
  6. ^ "Hörnqvist skrev på för Nashville" (in Swedish). svt.se. Sveriges Television. 23 May 2007. http://svt.se/2.19851/1.833715/hornqvist_skrev_pa_for_nashville. Retrieved 3 July 2010. 
  7. ^ Jerker Dammbro (17 April 2007). "Patric Hörnqvist stannar i DIF" (in Swedish). difhockey.se. Djurgårdens IF Hockey. http://www.difhockey.se/nyhet.php?news=4038. Retrieved 3 July 2010. 
  8. ^ "SM-slutspel - 2007/2008" (in Swedish). hockeyligan.se. Hockeyligan AB. http://estat.hockeyligan.se/c/LStart.aspx?LId=157. Retrieved 3 July 2010. 

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