Leif Holmqvist
| Leif Holmqvist | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Leif Holmqvist in 1968 | |||
| Born |
12 November 1942 Gävle, Sweden | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||
| Weight | 172 lb (78 kg; 12 st 4 lb) | ||
| Position | Goaltender | ||
| Caught | Left | ||
| Played for |
Strömsbro IF AIK London Lions Indianapolis Racers HV71 Hanhals IF | ||
| National team |
 Sweden | ||
| Playing career | 1958–1982 | ||
Leif Erik "Honken" Holmqvist (born 12 November 1942) is a retired Swedish ice hockey goaltender. He is one of only three players to win the Golden Puck award twice, which he did while playing for AIK.[citation needed]
Holmqvist played a season in England for the London Lions and one in the United States for the Indianapolis Racers.[citation needed]
He competed as a member of the Sweden men's national ice hockey team at the 1968 and 1972 Winter Olympics.[1]
Holmqvist was named best goaltender at the 1969 IIHF World Championships.[2] After retiring from hockey, Holmqvist coached in the Norwegian National League.[2]
He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1999.[3][4]
References[edit]
- ^ Leif Holmqvist at Sports Reference
- ^ a b "Leif Holmqvist". legendsofhockey.com. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ^ "IIHF Hall of Fame". IIHF.com. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ^ "Sura-legender i Hall of Fame". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Stockholm, Sweden. 3 December 2003. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Leif Holmqvist.
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- A to Z Encyclopedia of Ice Hockey Archived 11 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
Categories:
- 1942 births
- AIK IF players
- HV71 players
- Indianapolis Racers players
- Living people
- London Lions (ice hockey) players
- Ice hockey people from Gävle
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in England
- Swedish expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Swedish ice hockey goaltenders
- Ice hockey players with retired numbers
- Olympic ice hockey players for Sweden
- Ice hockey players at the 1968 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 1972 Winter Olympics
- IIHF Hall of Fame inductees
- Expatriate ice hockey players in England