Johan Holmqvist

Johan Erik Daniel Holmqvist (born May 24, 1978) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey goaltender, he most notably played in the National Hockey League and the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).

Playing career He started his career in the Elitserien team Brynäs IF. He played for their senior team from 1996 to 2000, winning a Swedish championship in 1999. He then signed with the New York Rangers, who had drafted Holmqvist in the 1997 NHL entry draft (7th round/175 pick overall). Holmqvist played four NHL games for the Rangers between 2000 and 2003. Most of his time was spent with the Rangers' farm team, the Hartford Wolf Pack of the AHL.

On March 11, 2003, Holmqvist was traded to the Minnesota Wild for Lawrence Nycholat. Holmqvist played the rest of the season with the Wild's farm team, the Houston Aeros of the AHL, and won the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as MVP of the Calder Cup Playoffs as Houston won the league championship. The following season, 2003/04, he played with the Aeros. At the end of the season, he decided to move back to Sweden where he signed with his former club, Brynäs IF.

He played with them for two seasons and then, on June 1, 2006, he signed with the Tampa Bay Lightning, an NHL club. He played with them for almost two years, putting up mixed numbers. He was traded at the 2008 trade deadline to the Dallas Stars along with Brad Richards for Mike Smith, Jeff Halpern and Jussi Jokinen. On July 23, 2008, he signed a contract with the Swedish club Frölunda HC.

International play

Holmqvist has represented Sweden in two World Championships, 2005 and 2006. He was Sweden's starting goaltender in 2006 and led Sweden to their first gold medal in a World Championship since 1998, for which he was selected as the tournament's best goaltender.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP W L T OTL MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 1996–97 Brynäs IF SEL 2 — — — — 80 4 0 3.00 .879 — — — — — — — — 1997–98 Brynäs IF SEL 33 — — — — 1897 82 0 2.59 .895 3 0 3 180 14 0 4.67 .813 1998–99 Brynäs IF SEL 41 — — — — 2383 111 4 2.79 .896 14 9 5 855 34 0 2.39 .919 1999–00 Brynäs IF SEL 41 — — — — 2402 104 4 2.60 .898 11 — — 671 30 1 2.68 .903 2000–01 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 43 19 4 4 — 2305 111 2 2.89 .906 5 2 3 314 13 0 2.48 .923 2000–01 New York Rangers NHL 2 0 2 0 — 119 10 0 5.04 .859 — — — — — — — — 2001–02 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 48 26 12 6 — 2734 140 1 3.07 .899 4 1 2 163 12 0 4.41 .815 2001–02 New York Rangers NHL 1 0 0 0 — 9 0 0 0.00 1.000 — — — — — — — — 2002–03 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 35 14 13 5 — 1904 84 2 2.65 .910 — — — — — — — — 2002–03 New York Rangers NHL 1 0 1 0 — 39 2 0 3.08 .889 — — — — — — — — 2002–03 Charlotte Checkers ECHL 1 1 0 0 — 60 2 0 2.00 .956 — — — — — — — — 2002–03 Houston Aeros AHL 8 5 3 0 — 479 23 1 2.88 .900 23 15 8 1499 50 1 2.00 .928 2003–04 Houston Aeros AHL 59 23 27 7 — 3467 148 4 2.56 .908 — — — — — — — — 2004–05 Brynäs IF SEL 42 12 26 4 — 2445 138 1 3.39 .891 — — — — — — — — 2005–06 Brynäs IF SEL 26 14 9 — 3 1539 50 3 1.95 .928 4 0 4 194 13 0 4.02 .866 2006–07 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 48 27 15 — 3 2548 121 1 2.85 .893 6 2 4 370 18 0 2.92 .893 2007–08 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 45 20 16 — 6 2469 124 2 3.01 .890 — — — — — — — — 2007–08 Dallas Stars NHL 2 1 0 — 0 80 5 0 3.75 .857 — — — — — — — — 2008–09 Frölunda HC SEL 49 27 18 — 2 2799 101 2 2.17 .917 11 6 5 623 25 1 2.41 .905 2009–10 Frölunda HC SEL 53 23 21 — 9 3181 142 0 2.68 .896 7 3 4 429 22 0 3.08 .893 2010–11 Frölunda HC SEL 40 17 22 — 0 2297 105 3 2.74 .903 — — — — — — — — 2011–12 Brynäs IF SEL 28 17 10 — 0 1599 63 1 2.36 .916 4 2 2 252 9 0 2.15 .931 2012–13 Brynäs IF SEL 39 15 20 — 0 2095 88 4 2.52 .914 4 0 4 216 15 0 4.17 .895 2013–14 Brynäs IF SHL 26 12 13 — 0 1542 71 2 2.76 .901 — — — — — — — — 2014–15 Almtuna IS SWE-2 22 11 9 — 0 1261 43 3 2.05 .924 — — — — — — — — 2014–15 Brynäs IF SHL 5 1 4 — 0 276 11 1 2.39 .911 1 0 1 64 3 0 2.83 .912 2015–16 Karlskrona HK SHL 20 5 14 — 0 1163 54 0 2.79 .903 — — — — — — — — 2016–17 Karlskrona HK SHL 29 12 16 — 0 1695 67 2 2.37 .919 — — — — — — — — 2017–18 Karlskrona HK SHL 5 1 3 — 0 293 16 0 3.28 .904 — — — — — — — — NHL totals 99 48 34 0 9 5264 262 3 2.99 .890 6 2 4 370 18 0 2.92 .893

International Year Team Event Result GP W L OT MIN GA SO GAA SV% 1996 Sweden EJC18 4 3 1 0 240 7 1 1.75 .923 1998 Sweden WJC 6th 6 — — — 366 11 0 1.80 .919 2005 Sweden WC 4th 1 0 1 0 40 3 0 4.50 .857 2006 Sweden WC 7 5 0 2 420 14 2 2.00 .909 2009 Sweden WC 2 1 0 0 88 4 0 2.73 .915 Junior totals 10 — — — 606 18 1 1.78 — Senior totals 10 6 1 2 548 21 2 2.30 —