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Encyclopedia > Johan Holmqvist
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
Height
Weight
ft 3 in (1.91 m)
195 lb (89 kg)
NHL Team
F. Teams
Tampa Bay Lightning
New York Rangers
Nationality Flag of Sweden Sweden
Born May 24, 1978,
Tierp, SWE
NHL Draft 175th overall, 1997
New York Rangers
Pro Career 2001 – present

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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. ... This article is about the American Hockey League team. ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...


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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Hockeybird.com ----}- On The Farm (1099 words)
Johan Holmqvist (6-1, 190, 5/78) – young, mild mannered, and looking to avenge last year’s early exit from the playoffs at the hands of John Grahame and the Providence Bruins.
Johan’s strengths are his mobility and a fast glove hand – stick handling is not so strong, particularly when playing the puck behind his net, although to be fair, the fluky boards in Hartford get as many assists as the players.
Johan’s biggest weakness has always seemed to be his confidence, but I’ll take this to mean that he’s feeling good about his play right now.
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