Joel Lundqvist

Joel Per Lundqvist (born 2 March 1982) is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre for Frölunda HC of Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He serves as the team's captain. He is the identical twin brother of the New York Rangers' goaltender Henrik Lundqvist. He previously played in the National Hockey League for the Dallas Stars from 2006 to 2009.

Joel Lundqvist
Born	(1982-03-02) 2 March 1982 Åre, Sweden
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	201 lb (91 kg; 14 st 5 lb)
Position	Centre
Shoots	Left
SHL team Former teams	Frölunda HC Dallas Stars
National team	Sweden
NHL Draft	68th overall, 2000 Dallas Stars
Playing career	2000–present

Early life

Joel and identical twin brother Henrik, a goalie with the New York Rangers of the 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 (3rd 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.

Lundqvist during his tenure with the Stars.

His identical twin brother Henrik had a successful rookie season as goaltender for the New York Rangers in the 2005–06 season, and continues to be one of the league's best goaltenders. He was afforded the opportunity to play his twin brother on December 14, 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 champ with Lundqvist earning Most Valuable Player honors.[4]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2000–01	Mölndal HC	Allsv		17	10	5	15	10		9	8	8	16	0
2000–01	Frölunda HC	SEL		9	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Frölunda HC	SEL		46	12	14	26	28		10	1	3	4	8
2002–03	Frölunda HC	SEL		50	17	20	37	113		16	6	3	9	12
2003–04	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
SHL totals				727	152	251	403	688		149	32	48	80	184
NHL totals				134	7	19	26	56		25	4	5	9	14

Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Ice hockey
World Championships
	2006 Latvia
	2013 Sweden/Finland
	2017 Germany/France
	2009 Switzerland
	2014 Belarus
IIHF World U18 Championships
	2000 Switzerland

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 (Frölunda HC)	2003, 2005, 2016, 2019	[5][6]
AHL
All-Star Game	2007
CHL
Champions (Frölunda HC)	2016, 2017, 2019	[7][8]
MVP	2017

See also

• List of family relations in the NHL

References

1. "Letter to My Younger Self | By Henrik Lundqvist". The Players' Tribune. Retrieved 2018-10-15.
2. "Biography". Henrik Lundqvist Promotions. 2008. Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2009-02-18.
3. 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.
4. "Joel Lundvqist is NordicBet MVP!". www.championshockeyleague.net (in German). Archived from the original on 2017-02-07. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
5. "Frolunda Swedish champions for 2015/16". norran.se (in Swedish). 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
6. "Frölunda are the Swedish Champions". Swedish Hockey League. 2019-05-02. Retrieved 2019-05-03.
7. Gustav Orbring (2017-02-07). "Frölunda win CHL for second year running" (in Swedish). SVTSport.se. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
8. "Frolunda crowned CHL champions". Champions Hockey League. 2019-02-06. Retrieved 2019-02-06.

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database

Preceded by Niklas Andersson

Frölunda HC captains 2009–present

Incumbent