Johan Holmqvist
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| Born |
May 24, 1978 Tolfta, SWE |
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| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb) | ||
| Position | Goaltender | ||
| Catches | Left | ||
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SHL team Former teams |
Karlskrona HK Brynäs IF Frölunda HC Dallas Stars Tampa Bay Lightning New York Rangers |
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| National team |
 Sweden
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| NHL Draft | 175th overall, 1997 New York Rangers |
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| Playing career | 2001–present | ||
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| Representing Sweden
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| Men's ice hockey | ||
| World Championships | ||
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2006 Riga | Ice Hockey |
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2009 Bern/Kloten | Ice Hockey |
Johan Erik Daniel "Honken" Holmqvist (born May 24, 1978) is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender, currently playing for Karlskrona HK in the Swedish Hockey League.
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 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, 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 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.
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