Joel Lundqvist
Joel Lundqvist | |||
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Lundqvist in 2014 | |||
Born |
Åre, Sweden | 2 March 1982||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
Weight | 201 lb (91 kg; 14 st 5 lb) | ||
Position | Centre | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for |
Frölunda HC Dallas Stars | ||
National team |
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NHL draft |
68th overall, 2000 Dallas Stars | ||
Playing career | 2000–2023 |
Joel Per Lundqvist (born 2 March 1982) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey centre. He spent the majority of his career with Frölunda HC of Swedish Hockey League (SHL) and also played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Dallas Stars from 2006 to 2009. He holds the record for most appearances in the SHL. His identical twin brother is former NHL goaltender Henrik Lundqvist.
Early life
[edit]Joel and identical twin brother Henrik, a retired 15-year goaltender with the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL), were born to Eva Johansson and Peter Lundqvist. They grew up in Åre, Jämtland, an area where alpine skiing is the most popular winter activity, but Henrik and Joel chose to play ice hockey over the more popular winter sports. During the winters their kindergarten teachers used the kindergarten's 9 meters × 3 meters (30 ft × 10 ft) sandpit to freeze an outdoor ice rink where the twins would frequently skate. Their interest in hockey grew even larger when their father Peter took the twins to see Frölunda HC play in Scandinavium, Gothenburg. Peter worked for a company who sponsored Frölunda, and Henrik and Joel saw many games in Scandinavium and Frölunda became their favourite team. In 1990 Henrik and Joel joined Järpens IF and started playing organized hockey for the first time. During one practice when the coach asked if anyone wanted to be a goaltender Joel grabbed and raised Henrik's arm and said that his brother would like to.[1]
In 1993 the family moved to Båstad, Skåne, in southern Sweden to support their older sister Gabriella's tennis career. Henrik and Joel joined local team Rögle BK, and were both selected for Scania's regional team in Sverigepucken in 1995. Henrik was selected to play for Scania in TV-pucken in 1996, and in 1997 when Joel was also selected. During the 1997–98 season Henrik and Joel were extensively scouted by Frölunda, and while playing for Rögle in the 1998 Scandinavium Cup in Gothenburg, Frölunda's junior team manager and U16 coach Janne Karlsson contacted their father, who told Henrik and Joel about Frölunda's interest in them while driving home to Båstad.[2]
Playing career
[edit]He was selected by the Dallas Stars in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft (third round, 68th overall) and signed a one-year, entry-level, two-way contract with them in May 2006. He started his 2006 season in Iowa Stars scoring 38 points in 40 games but was called up and played his first game in Dallas on 3 December 2006. Lundqvist played 7 games in his first NHL playoff series, scoring two goals, and was assigned back to Iowa when Dallas was eliminated.
Lundqvist scored his first career NHL goal against Calgary Flames goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff on 17 January 2007.
His identical twin brother Henrik had a successful rookie season as goaltender for the New York Rangers in the 2005–06 season. He was afforded the opportunity to play his twin brother on 14 December 2006, in Dallas. It was the first time that a goaltender faced his twin. He and his brother are only the third set of twins to play each other in an NHL game in the history of the league.
In 2009, he returned to his native Sweden, signing with Frölunda HC. In 2011, Lundqvist became the October nominee for Guldpucken.[3] Serving as team captain, he led Frölunda to win the 2016 Swedish national championship as well as the Champions Hockey League (CHL). In 2017, Frölunda repeated as CHL champions with Lundqvist earning Most Valuable Player honors.[4]
Lundqvist retired at the end of the 2022–23 SHL season when Frölunda HC was eliminated in the semi-finals of the SHL playoffs.[5]
Career statistics
[edit]Regular season and playoffs
[edit]Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1998–99 | Västra Frölunda HC | J18 Allsv | 32 | 26 | 38 | 64 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
1999–2000 | Västra Frölunda HC | J18 Allsv | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1999–2000 | Västra Frölunda HC | J20 | 25 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
2000–01 | Västra Frölunda HC | J20 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2000–01 | Västra Frölunda HC | SEL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2000–01 | Mölndal HC | Allsv | 17 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 0 | ||
2001–02 | Västra Frölunda HC | SEL | 46 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | ||
2001–02 | Västra Frölunda HC | J20 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2002–03 | Västra Frölunda HC | SEL | 50 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 113 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 12 | ||
2003–04 | Västra Frölunda HC | SEL | 49 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 48 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||
2004–05 | Frölunda HC | SEL | 50 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 57 | ||
2005–06 | Frölunda HC | SEL | 49 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 87 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 34 | ||
2006–07 | Iowa Stars | AHL | 40 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 10 | ||
2006–07 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 36 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
2007–08 | Iowa Stars | AHL | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2007–08 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 55 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | ||
2008–09 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 43 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2009–10 | Frölunda HC | SEL | 49 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2010–11 | Frölunda HC | SEL | 31 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2011–12 | Frölunda HC | SEL | 48 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 63 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
2012–13 | Frölunda HC | SEL | 55 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 57 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | ||
2013–14 | Frölunda HC | SHL | 46 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 59 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
2014–15 | Frölunda HC | SHL | 55 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||
2015–16 | Frölunda HC | SHL | 45 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
2016–17 | Frölunda HC | SHL | 51 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 | ||
2017–18 | Frölunda HC | SHL | 43 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 49 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
2018–19 | Frölunda HC | SHL | 51 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 35 | ||
2019–20 | Frölunda HC | SHL | 46 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2020–21 | Frölunda HC | SHL | 39 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
2021–22 | Frölunda HC | SHL | 52 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
2022–23 | Frölunda HC | SHL | 51 | 18 | 29 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 27 | |||
SHL totals | 915 | 199 | 312 | 511 | 814 | 174 | 34 | 51 | 85 | 217 | ||||
NHL totals | 134 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 56 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
International
[edit]Medal record | ||
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Representing | ||
Ice hockey | ||
World Championships | ||
2006 Latvia | ||
2013 Sweden/Finland | ||
2017 Germany/France | ||
2009 Switzerland | ||
2014 Belarus | ||
IIHF World U18 Championships | ||
2000 Switzerland |
Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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2000 | Sweden | WJC18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
2002 | Sweden | WJC | 6th | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
2006 | Sweden | WC | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
2009 | Sweden | WC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2012 | Sweden | WC | 6th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
2013 | Sweden | WC | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
2014 | Sweden | WC | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
2015 | Sweden | WC | 5th | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
2017 | Sweden | WC | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
2018 | Sweden | OG | 5th | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
Junior totals | 13 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||||
Senior totals | 54 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 26 |
Awards and honors
[edit]Award | Year | |
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SHL | ||
Rookie of the Year nominee | 2002 | |
Le Mat Trophy champion | 2003, 2005, 2016, 2019 | [6][7] |
AHL | ||
All-Star Game | 2007 | |
CHL | ||
Champion | 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020 | [8][9] |
MVP | 2017 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Letter to My Younger Self | By Henrik Lundqvist". The Players' Tribune. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ^ "Biography". Henrik Lundqvist Promotions. 2008. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2009.
- ^ Nyström, Magnus (2 November 2011). "Joel Lundqvist: "Det är väldigt hedrande"". Expressen (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 6 January 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
- ^ "Joel Lundvqist is NordicBet MVP!". www.championshockeyleague.net. Archived from the original on 7 February 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
- ^ Käck, Andreas; Rydén, Anna; Karlsson, Mattias; Johansson, Anton (10 April 2023). "Joel Lundqvists karriär är över". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ "Frolunda Swedish champions for 2015/16". norran.se (in Swedish). 24 April 2016. Archived from the original on 20 September 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ^ "Frölunda are the Swedish Champions". Swedish Hockey League. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ Gustav Orbring (7 February 2017). "Frölunda win CHL for second year running" (in Swedish). SVTSport.se. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
- ^ "Frolunda crowned CHL champions". Champions Hockey League. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Dallas Stars draft picks
- Dallas Stars players
- Frölunda HC players
- Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Identical twins
- Iowa Stars players
- Olympic ice hockey players for Sweden
- People from Åre Municipality
- Sportspeople from Jämtland County
- Swedish expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Swedish ice hockey centres
- Swedish twins