Michael Holmqvist

Rolf Anders Michael Holmqvist Pedersen (born June 8, 1979) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey forward. He is the older brother of Djurgårdens IF player Andreas Holmqvist.

Playing career Holmqvist was drafted 18th overall by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the 1997 NHL entry draft from the SEL. After moving to the SM-liiga with TPS in 1999, Holmqvist made it to North America to start the 2003–04 season.

Michael only managed to play 21 games for the Ducks during the season, splitting time with affiliate, the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks of the American Hockey League. On July 30, 2005, Holmqvist was traded by the Ducks to the Chicago Blackhawks for Travis Moen. In the 2005–06 season, Michael enjoyed his best year, recording 10 goals and 20 points in 72 games played. Holmqvist played two full seasons with the Blackhawks before returning to the SEL in 2007. In total, Holmqvist played 156 regular season games, scoring 18 goals and 17 assists for 35 points while collecting 72 penalty minutes.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1995–96 Djurgårdens IF J20 24 7 2 9 4 — — — — — 1996–97 Djurgårdens IF J20 39 29 35 64 110 — — — — — 1996–97 Djurgårdens IF SEL 9 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1997–98 Färjestads BK SEL 41 2 3 5 6 7 0 0 0 0 1998–99 Färjestads BK J20 11 9 7 16 31 — — — — — 1998–99 Färjestads BK SEL 15 0 0 0 6 — — — — — 1998–99 Hammarby IF SWE.2 3 2 0 2 0 — — — — — 1999–2000 TPS SM-l 54 12 3 15 14 11 2 3 5 4 2000–01 TPS SM-l 46 4 5 9 8 10 1 3 4 2 2001–02 TPS SM-l 56 9 13 22 16 8 1 0 1 12 2002–03 TPS SM-l 56 15 25 40 36 7 0 0 0 4 2003–04 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 21 2 0 2 25 — — — — — 2003–04 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 24 7 7 14 20 — — — — — 2004–05 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 79 14 32 46 111 11 2 2 4 10 2005–06 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 72 10 10 20 16 — — — — — 2006–07 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 63 6 7 13 31 — — — — — 2007–08 Frölunda HC SEL 53 7 10 17 51 4 0 0 0 2 2008–09 Djurgårdens IF SEL 53 9 10 19 78 — — — — — 2009–10 Djurgårdens IF SEL 52 9 9 18 20 9 0 2 2 2 2010–11 Linköpings HC SEL 51 5 5 10 39 7 2 5 7 2 2011–12 Linköpings HC SEL 48 0 2 2 22 — — — — — 2012–13 Djurgårdens IF Allsv 49 8 9 17 69 6 1 1 2 4 2013–14 Djurgårdens IF Allsv 50 15 9 24 28 10 6 2 8 4 2014–15 Djurgårdens IF SHL 43 3 6 9 14 — — — — — SEL/SHL totals 365 35 45 80 236 27 2 7 9 6 SM-l totals 212 40 46 86 74 36 4 6 10 22 NHL totals 156 18 17 35 72 — — — — —

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1997 Sweden EJC 6 1 3 4 6 1998 Sweden WJC 7 0 1 1 28 2008 Sweden WC 7 0 0 0 6 Junior totals 13 1 4 5 34 Senior totals 7 0 0 0 6