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Joel Lundqvist
Joel Lundqvist
	Lundqvist in 2014
Born	2 March 1982 (age 42); Åre, Sweden
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	Sweden
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

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

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

Regular season and playoffs

			Regular season					Playoffs
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	11	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

Year	Team	Event	Result	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
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

Award	Year
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

References

^ "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.