| Joel Lundqvist | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Lundqvist in 2014 | |||
| Born | (1982-03-02)2 March 1982 (age 43) 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 professionalice hockey player. He played as acentre, spending the majority of his career withFrölunda HC ofSwedish Hockey League (SHL) and also played in theNational Hockey League (NHL) for theDallas Stars from 2006 to 2009. He holds the record for most appearances in the SHL. His identical twin brother is former NHL goaltenderHenrik Lundqvist.
Joel and identical twin brotherHenrik, a retired 15-year goaltender with theNew York Rangers of theNational Hockey League (NHL), were born to Eva Johansson and Peter Lundqvist. They grew up inÅre,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 by 3 meters (29.5 ft × 9.8 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 seeFrölunda HC play inScandinavium,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 toBåstad,Skåne, in southern Sweden to support their older sister Gabriella's tennis career. Henrik and Joel joined local teamRögle 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 1998Scandinavium 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]
He was selected by theDallas Stars in the2000 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 inIowa 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 againstCalgary Flames goaltenderMiikka Kiprusoff on 17 January 2007.
His identical twin brotherHenrik had a successful rookie season asgoaltender for theNew York Rangers in the2005–06 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 withFrölunda HC. In 2011, Lundqvist became the October nominee forGuldpucken.[3] Serving as team captain, he led Frölunda to win the 2016 Swedish national championship as well as theChampions Hockey League (CHL). In 2017, Frölunda repeated as CHL champions with Lundqvist earning Most Valuable Player honors.[4]
Lundqvist retired at the end of the2022–23 SHL season when Frölunda HC was eliminated in the semi-finals of the SHL playoffs.[5]
| 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 | ||||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Representing Sweden | ||
| Men'sice 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | |
| Preceded by | Frölunda HC captain 2009–2023 | Succeeded by |