Jonas Holøs

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Jonas Holøs
Born (1987-08-27) 27 August 1987
Sarpsborg, NOR
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Right
KHL team
Former teams 		Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Sparta Warriors
Färjestads BK
Colorado Avalanche
Växjö Lakers
National team  Norway
NHL Draft 170th overall, 2008
Colorado Avalanche
Playing career 2004–present

Jonas Holøs (born August 27, 1987) is a Norwegian professional ice hockey defenseman currently signed to Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Russian Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He participated in the 2010 Winter Olympics as a member of Team Norway.[1]

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.[2]

After the 2008 IIHF World Championship in Canada, he was invited to a summer camp with the Chicago Blackhawks.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]

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.[7][8] 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.[9] 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.[10]

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).[11][12]

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.[13]

Following his accidental use and subsequent game-winning-goals in a 'SECOND 2 NONE' versus match on the EASPORTS' NHL 13, he achieved significant online attention, in what might be considered a micro-meme, in what involved significantly high-ranked defenders switching to his name and number.[14]

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.[15] 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.[16] 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.[17]

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.[18] Holøs led the Norwegian defense with 5 points, second among all tournament defensemen, in helping Norway to a 6th place finish.[19]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2003–04 Sparta Warriors GET 10000 —————
2004–05 Sparta Warriors GET 4132518 40002
2005–06 Sparta Warriors GET 2634714 60000
2006–07 Sparta Warriors GET 4011193032 1322418
2007–08 Sparta Warriors GET 402202267 61012
2008–09 Färjestads BK SEL 55881612 133368
2009–10 Färjestads BK SEL 511131424 70002
2010–11 Colorado Avalanche NHL 3906610 —————
2010–11 Lake Erie Monsters AHL 170668 71128
2011–12 Växjö Lakers SEL 412798 —————
2012–13 Växjö Lakers SEL 554131710 —————
GET totals 148194564131 2932522
SEL totals 20215415654 2033610
NHL totals 3906610 —————

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
2004 Norway WJC18 60112
2005 Norway WJC18-D1 531414
2005 Norway WJC-D1 50222
2006 Norway WJC 600012
2006 Norway WC 60002
2007 Norway WJC-D1 511231
2007 Norway WC 60116
2008 Norway WC 70116
2009 Norway WC 60002
2010 Norway OG 4 0 1 1 2
2010 Norway WC 61128
2011 Norway WC 72352
2012 Norway WC 84592
2013 Norway WC 70004
Junior int'l totals 2745961
Senior int'l totals 577121934

References

  1. ↑ National Hockey League (2010). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. Triumph Books. p. 302. ISBN 978-1-60078-422-4. 
  2. ↑ Frei, Terry (2010-10-25). "Avalanche's Holos carries hopes of native Norway". Denver Post. Retrieved 2010-10-25. 
  3. ↑ (Norwegian) "NHL-klubb interessert i Holøs". VG.no. 2008-05-27. Retrieved 2008-05-28. 
  4. ↑ "Avalanche Draft Board". Colorado Avalanche. 2008-06-21. Retrieved 2008-06-22. 
  5. ↑ (Norwegian) "Forvandlingen". Aftenposten.no. 2009-04-01. Retrieved 2009-04-01. 
  6. ↑ "Avalanche signs Chouinard, Holos". Colorado Avalanche. 2010-05-26. Retrieved 2010-06-07. 
  7. ↑ "Avalanche 2, Islanders 5". National Hockey League. 2010-10-16. Retrieved 2010-10-16. 
  8. ↑ "Holos added to Norway's list of NHL players". Denver Post. 2010-10-16. Retrieved 2011-06-16. 
  9. ↑ (Norwegian) "Holøs flyttes ned til farmerlaget". nrk.no. 2010-11-21. Retrieved 2010-11-21. 
  10. ↑ Olasveengen, F. "Norwegian NHL-records". NIHF. Retrieved 2010-12-29. 
  11. ↑ "Lake Erie Monsters transactions". theahl.com. Retrieved 2011-10-16. 
  12. ↑ Jonas Gustavsson (2011-10-17). "NHL-back till Växjö Lakers" (in Swedish). Växjö Lakers Hockey. Retrieved 2011-10-17. 
  13. ↑ "Jonas Holos signs agreement with Yaroslavl" (in Russian). Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. 2013-03-14. Retrieved 2013-03-14. 
  14. ↑ http://www.easportsworld.com/en_US/clubs/401A0001/18434/overview
  15. ↑ "Avs sign two defenseman to entry level-deals". Denver Post. 2010-05-26. Retrieved 2010-06-07. 
  16. ↑ "Canada thrashes Norway 12-1 at hockey worlds". Sporting News. 2010-05-14. Retrieved 2010-06-07. 
  17. ↑ "Best players of each team selected by coaches". IIHF. 2010-05-23. Retrieved 2010-06-07. 
  18. ↑ "Norway tightens the race". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2011-05-05. Retrieved 2011-05-17. 
  19. ↑ "Defensemen scoring leaders". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2011-05-17. 

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