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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. The position an ice hockey player plays can be divided into three basic categories: Forwards Centre Wingers Defenceman Goaltender ...
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NHL can also be an abbreviation for National Historic Landmark or Non-Hodgkins lymphoma. ...
The Tampa Bay Lightning is a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida. ...
The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in New York City, New York, U.S.A.. Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the oldest teams in the National Hockey League, and are part of the group of teams referred...
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The NHL Entry Draft is a collective meeting in which the franchises of the National Hockey League systematically select the rights to available amateur players who meet the eligibility requirements to play professional hockey in the NHL. // The first NHL Amateur Draft was held on June 5, 1963 at the...
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The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in New York City, New York, U.S.A.. Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the oldest teams in the National Hockey League, and are part of the group of teams referred...
May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). ...
1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...
Tierp is a Municipality in Uppsala County, in east central Sweden. ...
Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ...
NHL can also be an abbreviation for National Historic Landmark or Non-Hodgkins lymphoma. ...
The Tampa Bay Lightning is a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida. ...
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). Holmqvist only played three NHL games for the Rangers between 2000 and 2003. Most of his time was spent with the Rangers' farm team Hartford Wolf Pack of the AHL. On March 11, 2003 Holmqvist was traded to Minnesota Wild for Lawrence Nycholat. Holmqvist played the rest of the season with the Wild's farm team, the Houston Aeros of the AHL. The following season, 2003/04, he played with the Aeros. At the end of the season, he decided to move back to Sweden where signed with his former club, Byrnäs IF. He played with them for two seasons and then, on June 1, 2006, he once again signed with a NHL club. He is currently with the Tampa Bay Lightning and is their No. 1 goaltender in the 2006/2007 post-season. The Elitserien logo Elitserien is the name of the highest-level Swedish ice hockey league, where the first season under this name was played in 1975-1976. ...
Brynäs IF is a sports club from Gävle, Sweden, mostly known for its professional ice hockey team. ...
1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in New York City, New York, U.S.A.. Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the oldest teams in the National Hockey League, and are part of the group of teams referred...
The 1997 NHL Entry Draft was held at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 21 June 1997. ...
The Hartford Wolf Pack are an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. ...
The American Hockey League (AHL) is regarded as the top professional hockey league in North America outside the National Hockey League (NHL) for which it serves as the primary developmental circuit. ...
March 11 is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (71st in leap years). ...
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Minnesota Wild are a professional ice hockey team based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. ...
Lawrence Nycholat (born May 7, 1979) is a Canadian defenceman for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League. ...
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Career statistics | | | Regular season | | Playoffs | | Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | T | SO | G | A | Pts | GAA | Sv% | GP | G | A | Pts | GAA | Sv% | | 1996-97 | Brynäs IF | Elitserien | 2 | ? | ? | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | .878 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | | 1997-98 | Brynäs IF | Elitserien | 33 | ? | ? | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.59 | .895 | 3 | ? | ? | ? | 4.67 | .813 | | 1998-99 | Brynäs IF | Elitserien | 41 | ? | ? | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.79 | .896 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.39 | .918 | | 1999-00 | Brynäs IF | Elitserien | 41 | ? | ? | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | .898 | 11 | ? | ? | ? | 2.68 | .903 | | 2000-01 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 43 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.89 | .906 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.48 | .923 | | 2000-01 | New York Rangers | NHL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.04 | .859 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | | 2001-02 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 48 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.07 | .899 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.41 | .815 | | 2001-02 | New York Rangers | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | | 2002-03 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 35 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.65 | .910 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | | 2002-03 | New York Rangers | NHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.08 | .889 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | | 2002-03 | Charlotte Checkers | ECHL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | .956 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | | 2002-03 | Houston Aeros | AHL | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.88 | .900 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | .928 | | 2003-04 | Houston Aeros | AHL | 59 | 23 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.88 | .908 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | | 2004-05 | Brynäs IF | Elitserien | 42 | ? | ? | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.39 | .891 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | | 2005-06 | Brynäs IF | Elitserien | 26 | ? | ? | ? | ? | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1.95 | .927 | 4 | ? | ? | ? | 4.02 | .866 | | 2006-07 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 48 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2.85 | .893 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | | Elitserien (Swedish Elite League) totals | 185 | ? | ? | ? | ? | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2.73 | ? | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.87 | ? | | NHL totals | 52 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.31 | .868 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | | AHL totals | 193 | 87 | 69 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2.79 | .905 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.27 | .919 | | ECHL totals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | .956 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Brynäs IF is a sports club from Gävle, Sweden, mostly known for its professional ice hockey team. ...
The Elitserien logo Elitserien is the name of the highest-level Swedish ice hockey league, where the first season under this name was played in 1975-1976. ...
The Hartford Wolf Pack are an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. ...
The American Hockey League (AHL) is regarded as the top professional hockey league in North America outside the National Hockey League (NHL) for which it serves as the primary developmental circuit. ...
The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in New York City, New York, U.S.A.. Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the oldest teams in the National Hockey League, and are part of the group of teams referred...
NHL can also be an abbreviation for National Historic Landmark or Non-Hodgkins lymphoma. ...
The Charlotte Checkers are an American ice hockey team in Charlotte, North Carolina, playing in the ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League). ...
The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey, with teams scattered across the United States and Canada, generally regarded as a tier below the American Hockey League. ...
This article is about the American Hockey League team. ...
NHL can also be an abbreviation for National Historic Landmark or Non-Hodgkins lymphoma. ...
International career Holmqvist has represented Sweden in two World Championship, 2005 and 2006. In the 2006 tournament he was Sweden's starting goaltender and helped the Swedes to their first gold medal in a World Championship since 1998.
International statistics | Year | Team | Event | | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GAA | Sv% | | 2005 | Sweden | WChamp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | .857 | | 2006 | Sweden | WChamp | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | .909 | | World Championship totals | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | The Ice Hockey World Championship is an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. ...
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